HARARE – In a shocking move, police yesterday arrested outspoken cleric Evan Mawarire as he conducted a church service — fuelling fears that authorities are now in full panic mode over the country’s collapsing economy and the growing talk of imminent socio-political upheaval in urban areas. Mawarire’s arrest came hardly 24 hours after he had…
HARARE – Contrary to social media chatter, newly-appointed Prosecutor-General (PG), Ray Goba, came joint tops in the recent interviews by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to find a worthy candidate for the office. At the same time, constitutional experts say President Robert Mugabe’s appointment of Goba fully satisfies the Constitution, adding that legally, this appointment…
HARARE – Parliament is at long last moving to rein in government ministers who bunk Parliament sessions, targeting those who did not attend the august House’s business on Wednesday without giving apologies. Those found guilty face contempt charges. This comes on back of numerous complaints, particularly by opposition legislators, over ministers’ absence from Parliament business,…
HARARE – Opposition leader and former vice president, Joice Mujuru, has waded into the Tendai Biti-led People’s Democratic Party (PDP) infighting, arguing there is nothing untoward about the latter’s secretary-general Gorden Moyo announcing their alliance. Last week, PDP was plunged into chaos after Moyo announced that the party was not part to the MDC Alliance….
HARARE – Poultry producer, Crest Breeders International (Crest), has applied for the exhumation of human remains at its Harare South’s Saturday Estates Retreat to pave way for the company’s expansion. The company, which supplies day-old chicks hatching eggs, made a notice in Friday’s government gazette, through Doves Funeral Services, advising of its intention to change…
HARARE – For a woman in the eye of a storm, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau’s calm and cheerful demeanour belies the raging tempest swirling around her. In a country where vote-rigging has been alleged in the past, her journey as the chief elections commissioner has been marred with accusations of tilting the…
HARARE – The case of a cop who was charged after he reportedly wrote a WhatsApp message saying national police spokesperson Charity Charamba is an “idiot” has been resuscitated and will be back in court on October 5. Police General Headquarters-based James Mabasa, 38, is being charged with contravening the Postal and Telecommunications Act by…
HARARE – Two Harare men have been dragged to court after they reportedly assaulted a suspected burglar severely before dragging his body to a roadside, leading to his death. The pair — 34-year-old Rangano Chenjerai and Tirivamwe Chenjerai, 37 — appeared before Harare magistrate Hosea Mujaya charged with culpable homicide, but they denied the charges….
HARARE – While the move to enact a Bill enforcing punitive mandatory sentencing for rapists and sexual abuse perpetrators has been widely embraced, legislators have raised concern over its inability to address the issue of the age of sexual consent, which stakeholders argue is crucial in curbing rising rape cases of minors. This comes as…
HARARE – Stare-run monopolistic fixed line operator, TelOne, yesterday announced new phone codes for cities across the country as part of a national broadband project aimed at ensuring customers get more from landlines. TelOne has set new area codes for Harare from 04 to new code 024 prefixing number 2 (existing number), Bulawayo from 09…
