HARARE – Activist cleric Phillip Mugadza has petitioned the United States Embassy in Harare seeking revocation of dozens of visas granted to President Robert Mugabe’s bloated delegation heading to the United Nations General Assembly this week. The controversial cleric — who claims he has received a prophecy from God that Mugabe would die on October…
HARARE – Commissioner-general of police Augustine Chihuri and Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo have been dragged to the High Court by a refrigeration and air conditioning company, which is demanding $161 000 in outstanding debts for services it provided to the force. In the application, Wynands Investments cited Chihuri, Chombo, deputy commissioner general administration and…
HARARE – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has been dragged to court for failing to pay $14 000 to a telecommunications company. The money is for services offered through a contract entered between the parties 17 years ago. Ericom Communications is the applicant in the matter, while the MDC is cited as the respondent. “The plaintiff…
BULAWAYO – Zanu PF youth district chairperson Magura Charumbira has been charged with insulting Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko in a telephone conversation, the latest to be arraigned under a tough presidential insult law. Charumbira is alleged to have threatened violence at the burial of the late Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister, Shuvai Mahofa, after Mphoko was…
HARARE – Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation remained unchanged in August after showing an upward trajectory for six consecutive months between November 2016 and May 2017. Zimbabwe recorded price inflation of 0,14 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) in August. The food and non-alcoholic beverages sub-index (weight: 33,5 percent) increased by 1,8 percent y-o-y in August, more or…
HARARE – A South African model who last month claimed to have been severely assaulted by First Lady Grace Mugabe has stepped up her legal fight to bring President Robert Mugabe’s wife to book with the Pretoria High Court set to hear the case on Tuesday next week. This comes as Grace has claimed that…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe became the first citizen to register under the biometric voter registration (BVR) yesterday in what has enraged the opposition after the Zanu PF leader partook in the exercise in the comfort of his official residence — the State House. Mugabe and his wife, Grace, were the first Zimbabweans to be…
HARARE – The appointment of Ray Goba as the new Prosecutor-General (PG) has drawn mixed feelings among lawyers with some questioning his suitability for the job after he was convicted in Namibia for drunk driving and attempting to defeat justice. Goba himself, during the interview to choose the PG vigorously defended himself and said the…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has allocated an unspecified amount of foreign currency to the pharmaceutical industry in a frantic move to avert a potentially devastating drug shortage in the country. RBZ governor John Mangudya told the Daily News yesterday that the central bank had made the disbursement. This follows an exposé…
HARARE – The MDC has filed an urgent chamber application seeking to nullify the proclaimed dates for voter registration, arguing that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is unprepared for the process. Voter registration began yesterday. In the application, MDC cited President Robert Mugabe and Zec as respondents. This comes after Mugabe on September 8, through…
