HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is failing to fully accommodate all the vendors at sites designated for them. As such, some of the vendors who could have been allocated space at district markets cannot find space as the city centre is now swamped. According to minutes of HCC’s informal sector committee, a total…
HARARE – Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s estranged wife Tambudzani has pulled yet another stunt, after dragging the magistrate who dealt with her husband’s application for a protection order to the High Court, accusing the court official of bungling legal procedures. In the latest application filed at the High Court on Monday, Tambudzani is now seeking…
HARARE – Deputy chief secretary to the president and Cabinet, Justin Mupamhanga, has been embroiled in a nasty farm wrangle in Bindura, following a boundary dispute which has spilled into the High Court. According to the court application, Soul Gomwe is the applicant, while Mupamhanga and Lands minister Perrance Shiri are cited as respondents. Gomwe…
HARARE – The 2018 harmonised elections were marred by massive intimidation, isolation and violence in rural communities, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ) has reported. In a statement yesterday, CCJPZ said the July election narrative was centred on fear which was motivated by promises of a return of 2008 political violence,…
HARARE – Government is owed over $4,5 billion by tax evaders, Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga has said. Presenting the 2018 expenditures and 2019 budget priorities before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Finance on Monday, Guvamatanga expressed concern over tax dodging. “It is important to note that we have a compliance issue, chairman. As of…
BULAWAYO – Nelson Chamisa had ordered Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami to step down and pave way for the party’s preferred candidate Mlandu Ncube. In a letter to Kambarami dated October 29, the MDC instructed the dreadlocked deputy mayor to step down from his position within seven days. “Failure to comply within the stipulated period…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni will from today (Wednesday) embark on a two-day programme to tour the city’s dilapidated industrial sites with the view of having first-hand information of the crisis on the ground. This, the mayor said, will see the city fathers coming up with a position paper which will support ailing industries…
HARARE – Police in Hwange have shut down a popular hub of commercial sex work and crime in the coal mining town much to the delight of residents who have welcomed the move as they had on numerous occasions complained against its existence. Popularly known as Truck Stop and located about three kilometres just outside…
HARARE – The Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of pulling a publicity stunt by bringing to Bulawayo the commission of inquiry hearing into the post-election violence that led to the death of at least six civilians in Harare on August 1. The inquiry was, however, characterised by violence which saw about four…
HARARE – Self-styled prophet Guthry Chiredzero was yesterday jailed for 16 years for attempting to assassinate President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Chiredzero, aka Madzibaba Guthry, was convicted of breaching Mnangagwa’s close security in December with a loaded firearm. He was jailed after full trial on charges of possessing an offensive weapon at a public gathering, impersonating a…
