A Harare businessman has petitioned police commissioner- general Godwin Matanga, accusing the police of failing to act in terms of the law, when they arrested him at his Borrowdale home. According to court papers, the businessman Last Mapuranga is facing domestic violence and resisting arrest charges, which he has since denied having committed. [GoogleAd] According to…
The three percent ward retention scheme by the city council here has created animosity between the councillors and the city management, with the former taking the latter to task over the unclear disbursement of the funds. The feud between management and the councillors come at a time, the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) last month wrote…
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s staunchest allies are set to lock horns in the battle to lead the party’s youth assembly at the forthcoming elective congress in May after more than four threw their hats into the ring. The death of MDC founding president Morgan Tsvangirai in February and the subsequent rise of Chamisa as his successor…
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says the Church must lead the way in initiating dialogue between him and President Emmerson Mnangagwa so as to rescue long-suffering Zimbabweans who are staring at a bleak future. However, well-placed sources in government say Mnangagwa is unlikely to be swayed by the Church which is reportedly getting its funding from…
Zimbabwe will secure its latest fibre optic connection to the outside world tomorrow, with the official launch of the Harare-Chivhu-Masvingo-Beitbridge Internet link completing the connection of the country to all the major borders. [GoogleAd] The $98 million project, to be officially launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa tomorrow in Beitbridge, caps the latest laying of a…
If government does not prioritise the provision of foreign currency to local authorities for the procurement of water treatment chemicals, many councils will be forced to stop pumping water, Urban Councils Association (Ucaz) president Josiah Makombe said. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Makombe said many councils had now run out of water treatment…
Harare City Council is inundated with applications by investors who want to partner in the construction of new markets. Director of Housing and Community services Addmore Nhekairo said hundreds of applications have been received and the city was now processing them. [GoogleAd] Currently, council has designs for the markets; they have been completed and what was…
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has experienced a roller coaster life on his legal journey, as a senior official of the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) partially exonerated him in his $5,6 million fraud trial on Friday. [GoogleAd] This also comes as the Intratek Zimbabwe (Intratek) founder’s High Court bid to have the case dismissed collapsed on numerous…
Premier African Minerals says it is scaling up activities in Zimbabwe with the resumption of drilling at its lithium assets at Fort Rixon near Bulawayo. The Aim quoted resources firm is one of at least three firms that are actively pursuing lithium opportunities in Zimbabwe, where government hopes to turn around its flagging fortunes by exploiting…
Top dancehall singer Winky D’s late inclusion on the Nigerian Patoranking-headlined gig is a major boost to the musical event. Of interest also is the inclusion of Jah Prayzah, with whom he has been compared to on a number of things. The two artistes have played down suggestions of rivalry between them but that has not…
