July 2019

© A 79-YEAR-OLD man was caught red-handed raping his neighbour’s juvenile daughter, a Harare court heard yesterday. [GoogleAd] Shocked villagers said they forcibly removed Antonio Sakulani Vasco Dzinza of Pasipamire Village under Chief Chinamhora from the 12-year-old girl after he was caught pants down, in the act. [GoogleAd] Yesterday, Dzinza appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra…

© Standard Charted Bank Zimbabwe has appointed Mubaiwa Mubayiwa, who was head of commercial banking, as their new executive director of the bank with immediate effect. [GoogleAd] He replaces Samuel Nhakaniso who has since left the bank and also resigned from the board of directors. “Mubayiwa has been with the bank for over 20 years…

© THE appointment of Utoile Silaigwana as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chief elections officer was done above board, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said.  [GoogleAd] In a statement yesterday, Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba said contrary to media reports questioning the appointment procedure, the commission held interviews for the position. “For the record, the…

© THE controversial Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill hustled through the first reading in May has been ruled unlawful by the Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC), which argued that the terms and descriptions of powers in the Bill is a reincarnation of the Public Order and Security Act (Posa) it seeks to repeal.   [GoogleAd]…

© NATIONAL Bakers Association of Zimbabwe (NBAZ) has warned that the ongoing severe power cuts raise the spectre of bakers failing completely to produce any baked products, and pleaded for load-shedding exemptions. [GoogleAd] The stuttering economy is suffering from some of the worst power cuts in several years with households, businesses and key infrastructure left…

© The United States government has provided an additional US$4,7 million to assist thousands of Zimbabweans living in Chimanimani and Chipinge districts to recover and rebuild their lives following Cyclone Idai. [GoogleAd] With this additional funding, the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) will work with seven partners including CARE, Catholic Relief Services, the…

© Zimbabwe’s mission to uncover the misdeeds committed during the Gukurahundi era continued this week, as the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) went on the road to Tsholotsho to gather information from women first, who witnessed the abuses. [GoogleAd] The NPRC was set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to expose crimes committed by the…

© In a first clearest sign that all is not well in the corridors of power, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a ministerial committee which will help Energy minister Fortune Chasi find a lasting solution to the protracted power scarcity which has hit industry, hospitals and other key drivers of the economy hard. [GoogleAd] Chasi…

© STOCKS of medicines at Harare City Council healthcare facilities are dwindling amid an upsurge in diarrhoeal diseases. In a report submitted to councillors, the health department indicated that while cases of diarrhoea were high, they were generally below the action and alert line and could be contained. [GoogleAd] The report follows the dispatch of…