EDITOR — Recently, concern has been raised over the huge police presence along our roads. The road that has one of the biggest numbers of traffic police is along Chiremba Road where one always finds not less than three roadblocks or police checks most of the time. We have police officers from different stations such…
EDITOR — Morgan Tsvangirai is not a sacred cow in the party and he is not bigger than MDC. The party is an organisation which should continue to flourish even after the departure of any one given individual. We are not worried about change of leadership because MDC is not Tsvangirai. Our aim is that,…
HARARE – Recent comments made by Judge Nicholas Mathonsi in a seven-page ruling on farm ownership and underutilisation in the Harare High Court have rightfully raised many eyebrows. Judge Mathonsi ruled that Title Deed holder but evicted farm owner Heather Guild be allowed back onto her Mapeta Farm in the Burma Valley and that the…
HARARE – In drama and film there is a nostrum that you cannot put a loaded gun on a set when you do not intend to use it. If your script does not include a shooting scene, there is no justification for putting a gun on the set. President Robert Mugabe put a gun on…
HARARE – Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi yesterday failed to produce adequate documents in Parliament justifying his $13 000 salary which he claims was approved by the mayor and the Local Government ministry. Mahachi was giving oral evidence before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Local Government chaired by Zanu PF MP Irene Zindi. He was…
HARARE – High Court judge Joseph Musakwa has ordered ex-acting Air Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Air Zimbabwe) chief executive officer Innocent Mavhunga to report twice a day to the police, cede his title deeds and travelling documents as part of their set bail conditions. Mavhunga, is jointly charged with Grace Nyaradzai Pfumbidzayi, Air Zimbabwe’s former legal…
HARARE – One of the suspects arraigned for allegedly attacking MDC deputy treasurer Elton Mangoma attempted to flee from police, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. Paul Gorekore first appeared before Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe last week after days of evading police. This followed the arrest of five of his alleged accomplices on the same charge….
HARARE – An opposition legislator Settlement Chikwinya faces up to two years in prison for contempt of Parliament. Jacob Mudenda, Speaker of the National Assembly, said Chikwinya had repeatedly failed to heed warnings to stop lying about salaries of public officials. He said Chikwinya’s punishment will be announced in due course. “It shows wilful disregard…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has blamed government for the death of 22 Zimbabwean illegal miners gassed to death in a South African disused mine. ZCTU said it was the duty of the government to create employment for its people and the Zimbabwean government must shoulder the blame for these deaths….
HARARE – The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) needs over $150 million to bankroll the purchase of grain from farmers as well as paying arrears. This was revealed by Albert Mandizha, the general manager of GMB, when he appeared before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands, Agriculture and Irrigation Development yesterday. Mandizha was giving oral evidence…
