HARARE – A South African woman suspected to have ingested cocaine and attempted to smuggle it into Zimbabwe is not pregnant as she claimed, a second scan has confirmed. Isaura Masinga, 40, of Germistone, South Africa, is appearing before Harare magistrate Barbra Chimboza facing charges of possession of cocaine. The first scan confirmed the presence…
HARARE – Victims of floods in Mbare have filed a $100 000 law suit against Harare City Council (HCC) for damages. The residents, who reside along Mbirimi, Chinamhora, Dumbutshena and Mwamuka streets, had their homes flooded twice after heavy rains hit the area. In their lawsuit filed by their legal counsel Allen Moyo on May…
HARARE – Traffic cops manning rob blocks are free to urinate in public as there is no law to prohibiting the practice, Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni told the National Assembly on Thursday. Responding to a question from Matabeleland South MDC senator Sithembile Mlotshwa on what government was doing to enforce the law against…
HARARE – Government plans to build a new hospital to replace all functions of the old and overwhelmed Harare Central Hospital (HCH), Health minister David Parirenyatwa (pictured) said. HCH was commissioned in 1958 to cater for approximately 630 black African patients. “We agreed with the president (Robert Mugabe) and others that when you look at…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government said the controversial statutory Instrument 64 (SI 64) of 2016 has helped boost local industry capacity utilisation, a government official has said. Deputy Industry minister Chiratidzo Mabuwa last week said the legislative piece — which was introduced in June last year restricting importation of locally available basic goods —…
HARARE – Former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa says the country’s security chiefs have no issues with opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, and will readily accept him if he wins next year’s eagerly-anticipated national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, amid lingering citizen anxiety that securocrats will once again intervene in the country’s politics next…
HARARE – In a move that has been roundly criticised by the opposition as “2018 bribes”, President Robert Mugabe’s stone-broke government is to splurge millions of scarce United States dollars on new vehicles for traditional leaders. This comes as Zimbabwe has just been officially ranked as the poorest country in Africa, at a time that the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s escalating crises point to disaster, with a majority of the long-suffering masses saying the country’s economy is now in a “very bad” state, analysts have warned. They said the lurching from one crisis to another proves that authorities could “play tricks with politics, but no tricks work when it comes to the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s general elections must be held by August 21 2018, when the national legislative assembly’s five-year term expires, according to the new Constitution. Section 158 of the new Constitution states that “a general election must be held so that polling takes place not more than . . . 30 days before the expiry…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe — like the majority of Zimbabweans who told pollsters that they fear criticising him — is also scared of the future, former Finance minister Simba Makoni has said. This comes after the Mass Public Opinion Institute (Mpoi) revealed in its latest survey that 62 percent of Zimbabweans are not free…
