HARARE – Legislators on Tuesday slammed Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko for bunking the National Assembly during the second reading of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) Bill. This was after Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere delivered the second reading speech explaining the NPRC Bill on behalf of Mphoko. The debate was forced to adjourn…
BULAWAYO – A Binga man who allegedly put on a police uniform in a bid to get free public transport to the city centre has appeared in court. Thembelenkosi Ndlovu, 31, yesterday appeared before magistrate Tinashe Tashaya facing charges of impersonation. He was convicted on his own plea of guilt and was remanded in custody…
HARARE – Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals could soon perform its first heart transplant after the National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (Noic) granted the health institution’s cardiology department $350 000 for capacitation. The hospitals’ consultant cardiothoracic surgeon, David Chimuka, said the funding is a step towards enabling them to be capacitated to perform the transplants. All…
HARARE – Bulawayo Provincial Affairs minister Eunice Sandi-Moyo has said she is unfazed by the way she was forced out as the Zanu PF women’s league deputy secretary. Sandi-Moyo and Sarah Mahoka resigned from the women’s league last month, bringing to an end their acrimonious divorce from the ruling party’s influential wing, following weeks of…
HARARE – Fired Chitungwiza Municipality councillors have argued that their dismissal was illegal, accusing Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere of using an unsanctioned audit report to nail them. Last month, Kasukuwere sacked the town’s 25 councillors after they were implicated in corruption, among other rogue deals, in the audit conducted by the local authority. So…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is likely to use the discredited 2013 voter register in next year’s election, as the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) process will not be completed in time, analysts claim. They argued that the BVR system requires careful planning, preparation and implementation, making the whole process time consuming. There is…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government should make serious resolutions about the management of the capital’s water resources by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa). Water shortages have become so critical that most urban dwellers are forced to relieve themselves in the bush rendering the use of toilets untenable, thereby creating a health hazard at…
HARARE – Zimre Property Investments (ZPI) has declared a $500 000 dividend for the year to December 2016, weathering difficult operating environment. The listed property firm’s company secretary, Sibongile Mhlanga, yesterday said the dividend — which is $0,029 per share — would be paid to shareholders beginning of next month. “The board of directors of…
HARARE – Music star Jah Prayzah is currently in Kenya where he is collaborating with Mozambican star Mr Bow in the Coke Studio. The Sendekera singer and Mr Bow have been paired up in the Coke Studio to collaborate on a track as part of noncompetitive show initiated by the Coca-Cola Company to bring together,…
JOHANNESBURG – A storm has erupted on social media on an account allegedly belonging to Buhle Mkhize against Norma Gigaba, wife of Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba. Mkhize had an affair with Malusi Gigaba in the past, and a previous social media spat between the two carried on for months in 2015 and 2016. On Twitter,…
