HARARE – The Tourism ministry has been dragged to the High Court over a $30 million debt owed to a company that provided architectural services in the construction of a United Nations Tourism Organisation project in Victoria Falls. House of Vengesayi, which trades as Vengesayi Architects, in its court papers, said the ministry failed to…
MUTARE – MDC MP for Mutasa Central Trevor Saruwaka, who was accused of contravening the Public Order and Security Act (Posa), has been acquitted. Mutare magistrate Nyasha Kuture ruled that charges against Saruwaka were fatally defective after his lawyer David Tandiri from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights applied for the dismissal of the case….
HARARE – A kombi driver who is serving six years for killing a Harare Girls High School student in an accident, yesterday accused the magistrate who presided over his case of being influenced by public pressure when the matter was heard. Wadzanai Mabika, 41, is appealing against his conviction and sentence through his lawyer Nathaniel…
HARARE – An Indian national who does consultancy for a company that is sponsoring the ongoing India-Zimbabwe ODI series and a fan who reportedly raped a local woman while booked at Meikles Hotel in Harare appeared in court yesterday. Krishna Satyanarayana Gandlur, 33, and Ravi Krishnan, 40, appeared before Harare magistrate Elijah Makomo charged with rape….
HARARE – Police yesterday gunned down a suspected armed robber in Harare’s Waterfalls suburb who was shooting back at them as he tried to escape. Police spokesperson Charity Charamba confirmed the death of the “notorious” robber who shot dead one person some few weeks ago while on a robbing spree. The robber, whose name was not…
HARARE – The Apex council, which brings together all civil service employee associations, has rejected government’s proposed new pay dates, arguing that they will not rubberstamp ideas they do not know. Last week, government unveiled a new schedule that would see its workers being paid their June salaries between June 27 and July 19. In…
WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has a huge advantage in campaign funds over Republican rival Donald Trump, figures show. Mrs Clinton’s campaign began June with $42m (£28m) in the bank; for Mr Trump it was $1.3m. The businessman has claimed to have self-funded his campaign, portraying himself as an outsider not linked to…
MUMBAI – India has announced a radical overhaul of its foreign ownership rules to attract more overseas investment. Airlines and some defence industries may now be 100% foreign owned – up from 49% and 74% respectively. And for overseas retailers there’s respite from a rule that required 30% of what they sold to be Indian…
PRETORIA – There was a heavy police presence on Pretoria streets on Tuesday morning as politically-related violent protests continued for the second consecutive day across the city. Tshwane Metro Police Department spokesperson Isaac Mahamba said there has been serious “challenges” around the Daspoort tunnel, north of Pretoria. “The protesters blocked the tunnel twice. We reopened…
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s campaign manager Corey Lewandowski leaves his job, US media report.
