HARARE – A local bank has dragged former deputy minister of Mines and Mining Development Fred Moyo to court over a $700 000 debt owed to the financial institution. According to an application filed at the High Court, the bank is seeking an order directing the investigation and identification of Moyo’s properties to go under the…
HARARE – Government has apologised for the current shortages of diesel on the market which it said had been caused by a “logistical” glitch. This comes as most garages are struggling to raise money on time to pay for their stocks from fuel companies who traditionally have demanded payment in advance. [GoogleAd] The challenges to raise…
HARARE – Outspoken Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi has courted public anger over his attacks on former president Robert Mugabe who last week railed against a recent government crackdown against protesters. Mugabe warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa against using the military to contain protesters — in reference to last month’s vicious crackdown by security forces on people…
HARARE – $1 million fraud charges have challenged a State decision to prosecute them arguing they should not be indicted in their individual capacities. Korbs Kobie Mutandiro, Basilio Sandamu and Taona Munzvandi made an application for exception to fraud charges on the basis the State grain utility they represented should have been charged. [GoogleAd]…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s plan to convene a national dialogue with small opposition parties has been dealt a body blow after at least four parties have disengaged citing a sincerity and trust deficit from the 76-year-old strongman. Mnangagwa had initially invited many of the country’s well-known opposition figures, including those who contested him in last…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga is back from India where he was receiving treatment for an abdominal ailment, a government official has confirmed. [GoogleAd] Chiwenga travelled to India with his wife Marry and Health deputy minister John Mangwiro about two weeks ago. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mangwiro said they had a safe journey back…
Former president Robert Mugabe has denounced the use of lethal force by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to crush last month’s protests, and warned that his successor faces the spectre of being overthrown because “God has his own way of punishing rogues and cruel people”. [GoogleAd] The former president, who was ousted in a soft coup d’état in…
First lady Auxilia Mnangagwa is educating widows on inheritance laws to empower them to continue living on their matrimonial property until they die in the wake of rampant violation by in-laws who take advantage of their ignorance, fear of social stigma and the inaccessibility of the courts. [GoogleAd] In road shows with the Master of…
Environmental lawyers have blasted the government’s unusually slow emergency response to the Battlefields mine disaster. People and Earth Solidarity Law Network (PESLawyers) called the late pulling out of bodies of at least 24 illegal gold miners out of shafts in the mine west of Harare “just heartbreaking”. The dozens of illegal gold miners were pulled out…
Former Finance minister and senior opposition politician Tendai Biti has said his conviction on charges of unlawfully and falsely announcing the results of last year’s presidential election was a flagrant abuse of the court process. (GoogleAd) Biti, vice chairperson of the main opposition MDC, was fined $200 after being hauled before the courts last year on…
