HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is accusing apostolic church sects of invading the local authority’s suburban parks by illegally worshiping in recreational spaces. According to HCC’s environmental management committee latest minutes, the churches are mostly invading parks in high density suburbs. The concern comes as the council banned open-air worship without permit. The…
HARARE – Local Government minister July Moyo has slammed councils, accusing them of misappropriating road levies they received from Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) by diverting the funds to paying salaries. He told Senators on Thursday: “Government created a levy after noticing that anybody who travels on these roads is destroying the roads. Hence, there…
HARARE – Doctors have come under siege from nurses and environmental health practitioners (EHP) in hearings of the Public Health Act (Amendment) Bill, with the latter two arguing they perform more duties but are not recognised in managerial positions. In public hearings heard across the country to update the Act to current trends, nurses and…
HARARE – Computers donated by deposed Robert Mugabe to promote E-learning are still lying idle at various schools because the institutions do not have electricity, Information Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira has revealed. Mandiwanzira, who graced most of the occasions when Mugabe donated the gadgetry, revealed this in the National Assembly last week after he…
HARARE – A youth umbrella body has launched an audacious bid to collect 500 000 signatures in a bid to petition Parliament to review the age limit required for them to assume public office. According to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the minimum age for one to be a councillor or member of the National…
HARARE – Local Government minister July Moyo has said the coronation of Ndebele King Bulelani Lobengula Khumalo is illegal, as there is no provision for a king in Zimbabwe’s Constitution. Speaking in the Senate last week, Moyo said only chiefs were recognised in the new Constitution. This comes as High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese…
HARARE – A trust for the late Ndabaningi Sithole is seeking a court order declaring the acquisition of the politician’s Chulu Farm illegal, null and void. This is after it filed a High Court application demanding compensation for the nationalist’s farm, which was compulsorily acquired by government in 1993. The application comes at a time…
HARARE – Film maker Rufaro Kaseke who recently declared his interest to represent Chitungwiza North constituency as its legislator in the forthcoming harmonised elections became the latest example of artists who are making inroads into ruthless political fray after Energy Mutodi, Bryn Mteki and Hosiah Chipanga among others. The outspoken Kaseke, popular for his home…
HARARE – Zimbabwe eased past Hong Kong by 89 runs riding on the back of Hamilton Masakadza’s 84 and Sikandar Raza’s three wickets to cement their Super Six berth at the ongoing ICC World Cup Qualifiers at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo yesterday. There is still a game to go for the hosts in Group…
HARARE – She might have been racing for only eight months now but young Mufaro Kabasa is already showing signs that she has what it takes to become a motocross superstar. While most girls of her age are yet to learn how to ride a bicycle, Mufaro is streets ahead on her 50CC bike and…
