HARARE – Little-known 2018 presidential hopeful Gastaff Kativu has been removed from remand in a case where he faces charges of calling President Emmerson Mnangagwa a “murderer”. Kativu is being charged with undermining the authority of the president. Kativu, 46, allegedly entered the venue of the Zanu PF extraordinary congress in Harare in December and…
HARARE – The Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) engaged secretive Chinese businessman Sam Pa in its diamond mining venture with Sino-Zim, Parliament heard yesterday. The parliamentary committee portfolio committee on Energy and Mines heard from CIO director responsible for Economics, Jimias Madzingira, that Sam Pa’s company China International Fund donated mining equipment worth $10 million to…
HARARE – A bogus State security agent Guthry Chirodzero, aka Madzibaba Guthry, who allegedly breached President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close security in December last year, will remain on remand. This is after Harare magistrate Victoria Mashambe yesterday dismissed his application seeking his removal from remand. Mashambe gave the State a last chance to furnish Chirodzero with…
HARARE – A man who claims to have stitched a coalition deal for the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai during the 2013 elections has approached the High Court demanding payment from the former prime minister’s brother. In the application, Moreprecision Muzadzi is once again seeking to compel the late MDC leader’s brother, Manasa Tsvangirai, and…
HARARE – Scores of inmates remanded in custody failed to pitch up at Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday after ‘Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services’ (ZPCS) vehicles broke down. ZPCS’ failure to bring prisoners to court resulted in dozens of cases failing to recommence and scores others failing to receive trial dates. Harare magistrates were forced to…
HARARE – The Gideon Gono-led Zimbabwe Special Economic Zones Authority (Zimseza) said yesterday its board had appointed strategic marketer and manager Edwin Kondo as its new chief executive. The SEZ, mandated with spearheading the country’s quest for increased foreign direct investment through Special Economic Zones (SEZs), said in a statement a start date for Kondo…
HARARE -The crisis meeting between government and teachers’ unions ended in deadlock yesterday after government only offered them a 10 percent increment against their demand of a 100 percent hike. By the time of going to print last night, the unions were still locked in caucus meetings to decide on the way forward. Teachers have…
HARARE – National Patriotic Front (NPF) leader Ambrose Mutinhiri has been dragged to the High Court by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (Private) Limited (ZETDC) for failing to pay a $54 000 electricity debt. According to court papers, ZETDC, a subsidiary company of Zesa Holdings, is the applicant, while Mutinhiri is cited as…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has come up with a comprehensive panel of approved parliamentary and local government candidates ready to represent the party across the length and breadth of the country for the looming general elections. This comes as the ruling Zanu PF’s just-ended primary elections have been sullied by accusations of ballot-stuffing,…
HARARE – Only a handful of mourners turned up for the funeral of popular actor Lawrence “Mdara Bhonzo” Simbabarashe despite the celebrity status hevwas accorded during his life. Mdara Bhonzo was a popular figure, whose influence and fame cut across the demographic structure, which would have translated to a large number of mourners, as he…
