GUTU – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says Zimbabwe’s economy has deteriorated to such catastrophic levels that it is just a matter of time before President Robert Mugabe comes “running” to him for assistance. Addressing a large gathering of villagers at the weekend who attended a memorial service for the late father of recent MDC returnee,…
HARARE – The MDC says expelled deputy party treasurer-general Elton Mangoma is an outsider in the party whose departure will only make the party stronger. Addressing thousands who attended a constituency rally in Harare’s Kuwadzana surbub yesterday, party organising secretary Nelson Chamisa ridiculed Mangoma’s insistence that he will not be forced out of the labour-backed…
CHICAGO – A South Side religious leader admitted on Friday that he broke the law when he agreed a $3,4 million deal to lobby Chicago politicians to lift sanctions against the regime of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Prince Asiel Ben Israel, 72, pleaded guilty to failing to register as an agent of the controversial Mugabe,…
BULAWAYO – The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it will take stringent measures to recover over $1 million it is owed by both government and parents in unpaid tuition fees and levies for the third term of 2013 at council schools. Councillors said contract forms compelling parents and government to pay up fees before schools…
HARARE – The Registrar of Companies has struck more than 176 companies off the register, while 634 companies are set to be de-registered in the next three months. In a general notice 121 of 2014 published in the Government Gazette on Friday, the companies were struck off in accordance with section 320 of the Companies…
HARARE – Traffic came to a standstill in Harare’s central business district as thousands of people from United Family International Church (UFIC) thronged the streets in a road show to promote the Judgement Night prayer session to be held on April 19. Cheering crowds, clad in white T-shirts that were inscribed with the Judgement Night’s…
HARARE – Jailed former Buhera South MDC legislator Tangwara Matimba has been denied bail pending the hearing of his appeal. Matimba is currently serving two years in prison after he was convicted of fraud. Magistrate Hosea Mujaya last Friday dismissed Matimba’s application after ruling that he had no prospects of success on appeal. Mujaya initially…
HARARE – A senior Harare lawyer is facing criminal charges after he allegedly pocketed his client’s money meant to cover a mortgage debt owed to Zimplats (Private) Limited (Zimplats). Edson Tapuwa Mudambanuki from Mudambanuki and Associates Legal Practitioners is accused of fraud and theft of trust property. State papers claim the 50-year-old lawyer swindled funds…
MASVINGO – A 40-year-old Chiredzi woman who raped and infected her mentally-challenged stepson with a sexually transmitted disease, stunned a Masvingo magistrate when she said she was having an affair with the teenager because his father spent too much time away from home. Respina Mukanduri appeared before Masvingo magistrate, Judith Zuyu facing charges of aggravated…
BULAWAYO – A 23-year-old woman who raped her seven-year-old neighbour in 2009 has appeared in court. Gugulethu Ncube who was 18 at the time she committed the crime, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mark Dzira and was remanded out of custody to March 14. The court heard that on a date which the young boy…
