© THE nightmare of unaffordably-high school fees has become a reality for stressed parents and their children, after the government yesterday gave public schools the green light to increase levies and boarding fees, the Daily News reports. This comes despite recent pronouncements by authorities that no school would be allowed to hike its fees by…
© FILABUSI resident magistrate Mzingaye Ephraim Moyo has been arraigned for replacing court fees and bail money that was paid in cash with electronic money. Moyo received $962 in judicial fines, court fees, bail re-imbursements which he was supposed to deposit into the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) bank accounts. He only deposited $531 into the…
© FORMER Chitungwiza councillor Fredrick Mabamba was arraigned before the courts yesterday on fraud charges involving botched residential stands deals. He appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa and was remanded to today for bail determination. The complainants are Hawa Matuta, 50, Winnie Kadzibonde, 39, and Eleanor Takundwa, 50, of Unit A, Chitungwiza. Mabamba is the…
© A HARARE man who allegedly defrauded former Community Development minister Nyasha Chikwinya of US$140 000 after illegally selling residential stands at her housing scheme appeared in court yesterday. Moreblessing Madondo Mutsvunguma, 33, was charged with fraud when he appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa. Prosecutor Sabastian Mutizirwa opposed bail on the basis that there…
© AN all-FEMALE summit dubbed Boss Babe Summit also known as Girlo Therapy will bring together women thriving in the business of arts, politics, political worlds, entrepreneurship and community building globally. The Boss Babe Summit will be a hub for thriving women in all sectors to find meaning and purpose in everything they do. It…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s “eat vegetables” jibes have not escaped comedians who have already produced comic productions while feasting on his sentiments. The president, speaking to Kuwadzana residents said people should forgo meat and go for vegetables and potatoes which he said are healthy. Several comedians have come up with skits based on the jibe…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has mourned Zimbabwe’s first post-independence Agriculture minister Dennis Norman who died in England a few days before Christmas. In a statement, Mnangagwa hailed Norman, who died on December 20, 2019 after a long battle with cancer of the oesophagus, for being among a few white leaders who agreed to serve under…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday commenced his three-week annual leave, leaving the reins of power to his deputies Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi. In a statement, presidential spokesperson and acting Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet George Charamba said Mnangagwa would be vacationing within the country until end of the month….
© ZIMBABWE National Army director of procurement, Peter Muchakadzi, has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on allegations of criminal abuse of office. Muchakadzi was picked up yesterday and is expected to appear in court today. Zacc spokesperson John Makamure confirmed the arrest yesterday, without giving further details relating to the criminal charges….
© THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines and Mining Development will next week start probing the origins and operations of machete-wielding artisanal miners — popularly known as maShurugwi — who have killed scores of people around the country and terrorised many communities, the Daily News reports. The machete barbarians are particularly a major menace around…
