JOHANNESBURG – Officials at the Zimbabwe’s embassy in Pretoria were taken to task yesterday by protesting members of a new party, Zimbabwe People First (ZPF), which was recently formed by sacked deputy president of that country, Joice Mujuru. The protesters were demanding the right to vote in Zimbabwe polls from South Africa, where they reside….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s hopes of making significant strides towards eradicating corruption lie in setting up performance-based corruption targets, former Chimanimani Zanu PF MP Michael Mataure has said. Mataure said although the country has enough laws to combat corruption there is no political will to deal with the scourge. [GoogleAd] “We are good at producing documents,…
HARARE – Protest and award-winning actor Sylvanos Mudzvova, who was arrested on Wednesday in the capital for staging a controversial one-man play Missing Diamond: I Want My Share, has been released without charge but not before being warned that he could disappear just like missing anti-President Robert Mugabe activist Itai Dzamara. Mudzvova took to Facebook…
HARARE – An auditor who allegedly unearthed misuse of over $500 000 by Roman Catholic employees who are in charge of donor funds is frustrating the State as he cannot be located to testify during trial. Cornelius Hamadziripi, 49, Dadirayi Nyamasuka, 34, and Wonder Mufunda, 40, were subsequently removed from remand before prosecutor Norman Tsarwe…
HARARE – Lawmakers have slammed government’s failure to create employment for college graduates and the poor state of infrastructure at the country’s institutions of higher learning. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Zanu PF and MDC legislators concurred that government must upgrade infrastructure at State universities and also create employment. [GoogleAd] “We have examples of universities…
HARARE – Two Harare men who allegedly masqueraded as police officers demanding bribes from unsuspecting people appeared in court charged with impersonation. Moses Nyavanhu, 39, and Cosmas Vheremu,49, appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti yesterday. [GoogleAd] They both denied the charges and were remanded to April 24, for trial continuation. The complainant is Lackson Mutara,…
HARARE – A Harare man was on Tuesday left battling for his life after he was stabbed by the occupants of an unregistered private car he had hitch-hiked. The culprits sped off with his property worth $1 500. [GoogleAd] The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has since launched a manhunt for accused persons who were driving…
HARARE – Legislators serving in the second session of the eighth Parliament of Zimbabwe are now feeling useless as they have “failed” to align the country’s laws with the new Constitution. Recently, civil society and residents’ organisations petitioned Parliament to press for the alignment of the country’s laws after Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere “disrupted”…
BULAWAYO – A Lupane man who continuously raped his sixteen-year-old daughter with her mother and aunt fully aware of the matter has been convicted. The rape, which continued even after she got married, sent tongues wagging after it was finally revealed. [GoogleAd] Sylvester Nzima, 46, of Moya Village in Lupane was found guilty by Hwange…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Tourism Authority chief executive Karikoga Kaseke touched a raw nerve this week when he pointed out that Harare, once known as the Sunshine City, is now one of the filthiest cities in southern Africa. Kaseke blamed the city fathers for failing to do elementary work such as cutting grass and cleaning roads…
