HARARE – Zimbabwe’s security commanders, majority who are war veterans, were conspicuous by their absence at Wednesday’s solidarity meeting which was addressed by President Robert Mugabe. Analysts have been quick to say this was significant given the importance of the meeting to Mugabe who hastily arranged a meeting with a faction of the war veterans at…
HARARE – At least 19 Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) investigators were suspended yesterday on a raft of allegations ranging from corruption to abuse of office. Most of the disgruntled investigators, who were served with suspension letters yesterday, told the Daily News that they were being punished for demanding their benefits through a court application. But…
HARARE – The High Court has ruled that Evangelical Church of Zimbabwe bishop Isaac Soda is not the legitimate leader of the church after it emerged in court that the institution’s constitution was flouted to benefit his ascension. Soda had approached the court seeking to bar Simon Nota, Benson Makachi, Silas Gweshe, Gibson Mutsaka and another…
HARARE – A Harare regional magistrate yesterday postponed an $85 000 theft trial involving businessman Eddie Kebab after a State witness could not be located to testify. Kebab whose real name is Eddie Zviitwa is jointly charged with Keagan Paul Blumears, Taurai Makata, Obey Chakacha and Tinashe Hakunavanhu before magistrate Hosea Mujaya. Zviitwa is represented…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), who are representing 105 rioters arrested following demonstrations in Ruwa and Epworth early this month, are set to furnish the court with a video that exposes police’s brutally in dealing with the protestors. ZLHR lawyer Trust Manda — who appeared together with Obey Shava, Gift Mthisi and…
HARARE – The Supreme Court has ordered Marange Resources (Marange) to pay back legal costs to businessman Lovemore Kurwoti’s Core Mining after losing an appeal it filed more than two years ago. Marange appealed to the Supreme Court after the High Court stopped arbitration proceedings that were instated by Core Mining in its bid to…
CHIPINGE – Hunger has ravaged the Save Valley, forcing villagers to migrate to other districts and even across the border. The elderly have resorted to door-to-door begging. The arid region has experienced poor harvests over the past two years, with the El-Niño- induced drought aggravating the situation. Very low rainfall in the 2015/2016 season saw…
HARARE – The Loneliness of the Long Distance Driver was a great British film, many years ago. I have no memory of the title song or even the musical which accompanied it. What I know is that it made an impact on the film world. Songs of loneliness have also made their mark on the entertainment…
EDITOR — North Cyprus, located off-shore Turkey is an island divided into two, Northern Cyprus and Southern Cyprus. An island with mountains every direction you look, exotic and full of life. I came to Cyprus earlier this year as a Master’s student in Banking and Financing. I want to share and shed light on my…
HARARE – Zimbabwean miners are expected to contribute about $2 billion to the fiscus generated from export receipts this year on the back of volatile metal prices, the Chamber of Mines has predicted. The organisation’s president Toi Muganyi said the sector, which has seen an increase in small-scale gold miners, expected the international commodity prices…
