HARARE – Chief Justice Luke Malaba yesterday said Cabinet minister and Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo did not exhaust all remedies available to him when he approached the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) to challenge the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (Zacc) arresting powers. Malaba said this during the hearing of a constitutional challenge brought before the…
HARARE – Police have warned that fake roadblocks were being mounted by expelled cops to extort money from motorists. “We are fully aware of the machinations of some unscrupulous elements who have formed a fifth column that masquerades as police, conducting illegal roadblocks, using spikes and collecting money for themselves,” police spokesperson senior assistant commissioner…
HARARE – The State has ordered a probe into the death of former Cabinet minister and diplomat Amos Midzi who was found dead in the back of his car two years ago at his Marirangwe farm, a few kilometres outside the capital. Midzi was suspected to have taken his own life although his family members…
HARARE – Former Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) chief executive Cuthbert Dube and ex-PG Industries chief executive Gerald Mujaji are the latest high profile businessmen who are set to lose their properties over non-payment of debts. This comes as several entrepreneurs and company executives have been losing assets across the country since dollarisation in…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court registrar has set down a date for hearing an application by law expert Alfred Mavedzenge seeking to stop biometric voter registration (BVR) by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). The hearing has been set for July 5, after Chief Justice Luke Malaba yesterday granted him direct access to approach the highest…
MUTARE – Students at tertiary institutions here have been frogmarched to a massive clean-up ahead of President Robert Mugabe’s youth interface rally on Friday. Zanu PF officials have also ordered the closure of Sakubva flea market two days before the rally, with council officials working around the clock to unclog blocked sewage lines around the…
HARARE – This past weekend, I had a WhatsApp chat with the late Sharon Netsai Muguwu on a subject she had so much interest in — pageants. Tongue in cheek, I told her that Tarisai Machakaire and Farayi Machamire (fellow journalists) had invaded her turf. I was, of course, referring to the fact that the…
HARARE – Prominent businessman Shingi Munyeza has urged Zimbabweans to go out in numbers to vote in the key national elections expected mid-2018. In a statement dubbed Advice and Warning from the Watchman released yesterday, just over a year before citizens head to the polling stations to determine the makeup of the next State government,…
MUTARE – MDC Women Assembly has completed its nationwide kitchen meeting campaigns seeking to get women to spearhead voter registration for the watershed 2018 election. Chairperson of the MDC women’s assembly Lynette Karenyi said the final kitchen meeting was held in Bulilima on Sunday. “The assembly of women held the last lap of kitchen meetings…
HARARE – While the issue of refuse collection has become so central in discussions on local authorities’ provision of service, it is important for residents to play their part to ensure they live in garbage-free environments. This may only be achieved if councils educate residents on how they can assist cash-strapped councils cope with refuse…
