© CHEGUTU West Zanu PF MP Dexter Nduna has been acquitted of unlawfully discharging a firearm in a public place. This comes after the State failed to provide enough evidence against the lawmaker. [GoogleAd] Nduna was hauled before the courts on allegations of public violence. He was alleged to have discharged a firearm during Zanu…
© A 27-year-old police constable Moses Nigel Jalasi has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of his step-daughter last Friday. [GoogleAd] The incident happened at the ZRP-owned Northampton Flats in Eastlea in Harare, on Friday afternoon. The 20-year-old victim was allegedly assaulted before being raped. According to police, the…
© A CHINHOYI University of Technology (Cut) student, Munyaradzi Africa Sakurangaranga, died after he was run over by the institution’s bus. [GoogleAd] “The tragic death was a result of an accident involving our university bus on campus as students jostled to get on the bus to go home. “The university takes full responsibility and is…
© KARIBA Municipality is proposing to increase tariffs to cover up its supplementary budget. In a notice yesterday, the municipality said majority of ratepayers have been consulted and their input has been incorporated. [GoogleAd] “Notice is hereby given that the Municipality of Kariba has resolved in terms of section 219 of the Urban Councils Act…
© THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa, yesterday released the load shedding timetable as the country faces several months of power cuts due to receding water levels in Kariba. [GoogleAd] This comes as government last week warned that if the country fails to receive early rainfall this year, it…
© OBSERVERS yesterday hailed the new Marriage Bill which seeks to repeal and replace the Customary Marriages Act (Chapter 5:07) and the Marriages Act (Chapter 5:11) so as to emerge with one Act governing marriages in Zimbabwe. [GoogleAd] Cabinet approved the Marriages Amendment Bill last week as presented by the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs…
© ZETDC procurement manager Phillip Chisango has been suspended for allegedly demanding $40 000 bribe from Billstreet company to facilitate that it wins a tender. [GoogleAd] Chisango told the Daily News: “I was suspended for two weeks and it’s an internal process.” ZETDC has also reportedly received a letter from South African Merchant Links (Private)…
© GOVERNMENT is struggling to deal with skyrocketing price increases, ruling out price controls and instead only encouraging business to promote exports and therefore generate more foreign currency. [GoogleAd] Industry and Commerce deputy minister Raj Modi told legislators last week that the price hikes are causing unnecessary suffering. “Government acknowledges that the high level of…
© The 1893 Mthwakazi (Matabeleland) Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM), in partnership with stakeholders, will gather in the UK in June to commemorate the Guruhandi genocide of the 1980s. [GoogleAd] The ceremony will honour the dead widely believed to be around 20 000. As part of commemoration, the leaders of the rights group will…
© ZIMBABWE’S education sector will — for the umpteenth time — be disrupted if teachers go on to execute their threat to strike. Three months ago, teachers had to call off yet another strike following government’s overtures at looking into their grievances. [GoogleAd] However, while calling off that particular strike, teachers — who constitute the…
