HARARE – Three men who allegedly assaulted traders at Zimpost Flea Market and stole property worth $13 127 were released on Friday on $100 bail each. The trio — Tatenda Chendambuya, 25, Bullet Kaitano, 29, and Tafadzwa Zuse, 25, who are vendors who sell books in the city centre were remanded to January 22. [Adz]…
HARARE – Zanu PF hailed the clampdown on vendors dubbed “Operation Restore Order” which was instigated by former president Robert Mugabe after he complained about the chaos in the Central Business District of Harare. According to the ruling party’s central committee report presented to the 2017 special extraordinary congress, the party hailed Mugabe’s stance on…
HARARE – The year 2017 is one we cannot celebrate in terms of proper human rights upliftment, realisation, protection and defending, a human rights executive has said. Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) director Okay Machisa said the internal political fights in the ruling Zanu PF party ended up giving us a military solution that we…
HARARE – Chitungwiza and Manyame Rural Residents Association (Camera) has accused Local Government minister July Moyo of neglecting other councils and focusing only on Harare City Council. They argue that while Moyo may be trying to fix issues in Harare, he should not use that as justification to interfere in the city’s affairs. [GoogleAd] The…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has given his strongest hint to date that he may be grooming his youngest deputy, Nelson Chamisa, to succeed him in the MDC — after he gave the youthful politician the crucial task of leading the party’s selection process of parliamentary and council candidates for this year’s crunch elections….
HARARE – In A potential breach of good corporate governance practices, Zifa’s latest audited financial results show that the flamboyant president of the country’s supreme football governing body, Philip Chiyangwa, earned $72 000 in 2017 alone by renting out his offices to the association. Zifa’s offices were relocated from its headquarters at 53 Livingstone Avenue…
HARARE – The race to fill the vacant post of Deputy Chief Justice is starting in earnest later this month, with prospective leadership candidates exploring possibilities and prospective support in what is expected to be a crowded race. Luke Malaba’s promotion to become Chief Justice has set off a high-flyer leadership contest, with serious contenders…
HARARE – Former ministers Walter Mzembi and Samuel Undenge were released on bail yesterday after appearing before the courts on charges of criminal abuse of office. The two were arrested on Friday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on charges of abuse of office. [Adz] Mzembi, who was represented by Job Sikhala, was ordered by…
HARARE – Government is ill-treating former president Robert Mugabe, his nephew and former Public Service minister Patrick Zhuwao has sensationally said. In an interview with Voice of America (Voa) on Friday Zhuwao said the government is not respecting Mugabe. [Adz] “They are ill-treating the old man, they went to prophets and traditional healers and were…
HARARE – Residents have argued that maladministration of the $144 million China Exim Bank loan to refurbish Morton Jaffray water treatment works is the cause of all the water woes in Harare. Residents Forum coordinator Denford Ngadziore told the Daily News on Sunday that had most of the money not been abused, some of the…
