THE First Capital Bank in partnership with World Vision yesterday donated relief goods worth $50 000 to Cyclone Idai victims. [GoogleAd] Speaking at the event, the bank director, Sam Matsekete said they are aware that children, women, the elderly and the ill are particularly vulnerable when a disaster of this magnitude strikes, and that is…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country’s land reform programme is irreversible and that his government will only compensate former white commercial farmers for the improvements on their farms. [GoogleAd] Early this week, government tabled a RTGS$53 million part payment for the estimated 4 500 white farmers who lost their farmland in the chaotic land reform…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned retailers and companies against “unjustified” price increases which he said had brought untold suffering to ordinary Zimbabweans. [GoogleAd] Incidentally, as Mnangagwa was addressing the Zanu PF youth assembly at the party’s headquarters in the capital, retailers were warning of a fresh round of price increases. This comes as most retailers…
CIVIL Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) chief executive officer David Chawota was back in court yesterday for his routine remand hearing, with his matter postponed to May 24 after prosecutors said investigations were still ongoing. [GoogleAd] Chawota is accused of failing to declare his personal interests in a company that was contracted by the Zimbabwe…
A HARARE court yesterday dismissed former Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa’s application for review after his legal practitioners noted anomalies in the transcript served by the State. [GoogleAd] Parirenyatwa stands accused of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly directed Natpharm board chairperson George Washaya to terminate Flora Nancy Sifeku’s contract with the…
The Rwandan Embassy in Harare will today commemorate the 25th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi at the Arupe Jesuit University at Number 16 Link Road in Mount Pleasant in Harare. [GoogleAd] The programme will start at 16:00hrs with a church service. At the national level, the commemoration was held in Kigali on Sunday…
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission concluded talks with Zimbabwean officials last week and reached agreement on macroeconomic policies and structural reforms that can underpin a Staff Monitored Programme (SMP). [GoogleAd] A team from the IMF, led by Gene Leon, visited Harare on April 1-5 to continue discussions on a SMP. The SMP aims to…
A HARARE woman has approached the High Court seeking rescission of a default judgment in a case she was suing Harare Central Hospital for $100 000 in damages after being attacked by a psychiatric patient in a hospital ward. [GoogleAd] Tatenda Majuru had claimed $100 000 damages, $25 000 for emotional trauma, $25 000 for…
THE family of a man allegedly killed by police has sued the law enforcement agency for refusing to grant consent for a hospital post-mortem to obtain information on the cause of death. [GoogleAd] Rights lawyer Obey Shava has alleged police are delaying authorising the procedure in a bid to cover up a suspected murder by…
LAND barons are illegally selling residential stands at Golden Quarry dumpsite, with the Harare City Council warning prospective home buyers that the area is an industrial garbage dumpsite that will never be used for real estate. [GoogleAd] Harare City Council spokesperson Michael Chideme told the Daily News that anyone who buys the stands will be…
