HARARE – National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda has slammed an “elephant size” team of 350 legislators that he said was a burden to the fiscus. It is the largest legislature since the southern African country attained independence from British colonial rule in 1980. Legislators receive monthly salaries of $1 124 and $1 046 for allowances…
HARARE – Government plans to scrap the $40 fee required by the Registrar-General’s office for aliens’ citizenship renunciation, Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni has told the National Assembly. He was responding to a question without notice from Zanu PF Hurungwe East legislator Sarah Mahoka why government was making it difficult for aliens to get…
HARARE – A local woman, who was busted at Harare International Airport allegedly hiding 3,8 kg of cocaine in her luggage, has accused the police of planting the illegal drugs in her bag. She said this after applying for acquittal at the close of the State case. Beauty Mutashu was represented by Tawanda Takaindisa in…
MUTARE – A Pentecostal church pastor, who suspended from church over an alimony row with his ex-wife, has been jailed eight months over $1 250 maintenance arrears. Itai Anderson Gutukunhuwa, 30, of Zore International Ministries, was convicted on his own plea of guilt by magistrate Innocent Bepura. He was charged for failure to pay maintenance…
BULAWAYO – Fire gutted a former automobile dealership in Bulawayo yesterday, destroying a landmark 11th Avenue building and burning at least four motor vehicles. No injuries were reported, the ambulance crew said, with firefighters aggressively battling the huge fire at the building once used by Toyota Motor Company as a showroom. The cause of the…
HARARE – Four unsolicited bidders who sought to rehabilitate Harare’s water reticulation system at an estimated cost of $178 million have been turned down, Local Government permanent-secretary George Mlilo has said. This comes as Harare City Council (HCC) is currently rehabilitating Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Works (MJ) to increase water supply to 620 megalitres (Ml)…
HARARE – Small-scale poultry producers are now feeling the heat of chicken shortages following the outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu — also known as avian influenza — a few weeks ago. This comes amid indications that Zimbabwe’s largest poultry producer, Irvine’s, is yet to secure a licence from government to import hatching eggs…
HARARE – Family of God Church leader Andrew Wutawunashe is locked in a messy divorce row with his estranged wife Rutendo Faith, who is demanding a share of church assets, arguing they are part of their matrimonial property. The two are seeking to end the marriage, which was solemnised in terms of Marriages Act (Chapter…
MUTARE – A former Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) employee has been jailed for 50 years for stealing electricity transmission gadgets. Evans Mukorera, 31, of 131 Area 14 in Dangamvura was slapped with the lengthy sentence following his conviction on his own plea of guilt by magistrate Lazarus Murendo. [GoogleAd] Mukorera was convicted…
HARARE – Three quarters of the 8 600 schools in Zimbabwe do not have electricity and computers, making it extremely difficult to implement the new education curriculum, a teachers’ union has said. Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora has implemented a review of the school curriculum that emphasises the expansion in the capabilities of…
