HARARE – The chaotic state of Harare — particularly in the central business district (CBD) — is due to a slipshod city council Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere, said. He said pirate taxis —popularly known as mushikashika — had taken over the streets of the capital’s CBD while Harare City Council (HCC) turned a blind…
HARARE – A Chinamora kombi driver was on Wednesday jailed seven years for stabbing another motorist following an accident. Cephas Gombe, 42, of Mutake Village Chief Chinamhora, was convicted of attempted murder by Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya. He was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment before three were suspended on condition of good behaviour. The…
HARARE – The United Family International Church (UFIC) has distanced itself from a convicted fraudster who withdrew $1 000 worth of airtime after Standard Chartered (Standard Chartered) Bank mistakenly linked his phone number to their client’s bank account. James Saunyama, 38, told Harare magistrate Arnold Maburo in mitigation that he miraculously had access to the…
HARARE – The High Court has ordered army officials not to interfere with activities at Sussexdale Farm in Goromonzi, following claims that gun-wielding soldiers visited the property, threatening to evict its current owner, Cynthia Maadza. The ruling was handed down after Maadza, through her lawyer Taona Sibanda, approached the High Court on an urgent basis…
HARARE – People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said the president Robert Mugabe-led government is insincere on dealing with corruption, adding that the nonagenarian leader’s administration acts above the law. This is despite claims by Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa that no one is above the law, following corruption allegations against Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan…
HARARE – The current corruption storm ripping President Robert Mugabe’s warring Zanu PF apart intensified yesterday after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) said it was stepping up its plans to prosecute under fire Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo. Interestingly for political watchers, this came after Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa — who does not see eye…
HARARE – Zanu PF’s deadly factional and succession wars have now reached the shores of the country’s institutions of higher learning, amid claims that the party faction rallying behind Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to work hard to render useless a law degree that three alleged Generation 40 (G40) ministers are pursuing at the University…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) corruption storm yesterday took a new twist when a Harare vendor filed a lawsuit at the High Court seeking to have Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo arrested over allegations that he swindled the parastatal of tens of thousands of dollars. Hardlife Mudzingwa, who is being represented by…
HARARE – Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, has slammed Norton Parliamentary by-election candidate, Temba Mliswa, labelling him a “political prostitute”. The combative Kasukuwere, who was addressing his party’s rally in Norton on Wednesday, said Mliswa — a former Zanu PF Hurungwe West legislator and staunch President Robert Mugabe supporter — was “driven by ulterior motives…
HARARE – Government is fully behind the installation of prepaid water meters, as the gadgets create the most viable revenue collection option, Local Government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, said. Speaking at the launch of the Harare City Council (HCC)’s Rapid Results project, Kasukuwere said a full-scale roll-out of the meters must go ahead, if the local…
