HARARE – Former Midlands provincial governor Jason Machaya’s $70 000 criminal abuse of office case is set for trial on July 19 at the Anti-Corruption Courts established at the Harare Magistrates Court. Machaya, 65, appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba yesterday. Prosecutor Linda Gadzikwa alleged that between 2011 and 2017 Machaya was the governor and…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s forthcoming election does not offer opposition parties a level playing field amid a host of problems marring a vote that could define the future of the country, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has said. ZCC, representing 26 different denominations, said in a statement that as political parties and aspiring candidates intensify…
HARARE – Contracts for the construction of an $80 million National Building Society (NBS) housing project were allegedly fraudulently awarded to land developers without the knowledge of the responsible authorities, a court heard yesterday. This was revealed before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba when former NBS strategic executive assistant to the general manager Tirivavi James Chiuta…
BULAWAYO – MDC senator Michael Carter has said he is optimistic that MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa will rise above all the negative machinations by his opponents. Carter said the current onslaught by the Zanu PF propaganda machinery against Chamisa were not only a clear sign of desperation but will as a matter of fact…
HARARE – Businessman Adam Molai has filed a $200 000 defamation suit against Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner Goodson Nguni, accusing the anti-graft boss of defaming him. Molai and Housing Corporation Zimbabwe (Private) Limited are the applicants in the matter. Molai said Nguni portrayed him in a negative light at a May 3 news conference…
HARARE – Government is digitalising most of its services as part of a cocktail of measures that aim at putting customers at the centre of all its activities, senior principal director in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) Mary Sibusisiwe Mubi has said. Mubi, who is in charge of public affairs and knowledge…
HARARE – Two United States observer missions — the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) — are fielding a joint delegation to assess Zimbabwe’s preparations for the upcoming polls. The Washington-based delegation which arrived on Saturday, includes regional and election experts from Africa, Europe and North America comprising Brigalia Bam, former…
HARARE – Is it not sad that a major city can operate for nearly four years without a substantive chief executive? Such is the case with Harare, which has been operating without a substantive town clerk since 2015. After cutting ties with Tendai Mahachi three years ago, the city fathers have been on a merry-go-round,…
HARARE – Australia-based music promoter and businessman Guardian Mushangwe has expanded his empire into the health sector as a means to keep afloat. Mushangwe recently launched Mopane Community Health an organisation that focuses on Disability and Mental Health Support, Clinical Mental Health Nursing, Counselling and other community services. Last year, the music promoter won Male…
WASHINGTON – After what seemed like an endless back-and-forth, a highly-anticipated summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 is officially on – again. Trump made the announcement on Friday after welcoming Kim Jong-un’s right-hand man, Kim Yong-chol, to the White House to talk about Washington’s…
