Fungi Kwaramba and Godknows Matarutse STAFF WRITERS THE government has with immediate effect banned all sporting events as a precautionary measure to curb the spread of the global pandemic — coronavirus (Covid-19). Although Zimbabwe is yet to report a confirmed case of the deadly virus which originated from Wuhan, China last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa…
ALL Castle Lager Premiership teams from Harare will have to find alternative venues after the First Instance Board (Fib) deemed all stadia in the capital as unfit to host top flight matches. Dynamos, Yadah FC and Harare City normally use Rufaro Stadium for their home matches while newly-promoted side Cranborne Bullets were also hoping to…
TWO travellers who were in isolation at Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare over suspicions of having the coronavirus have tested negative, the Daily News reports. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared the deadly coronavirus a national emergency while suspending social gatherings of more than 100 people to mitigate the spread of the…
HARARE City Council (HCC) has reviewed its housing policy and immediately banned the selling of land through housing cooperatives following an upsurge of illicit housing deals with land barons being at the centre stage. According to the city fathers, the reviewed housing policy restores the city’s authority to service and sell land to individuals on…
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s lawyers have written to the registrar of the High Court, Don Ndirowei, seeking to have the politician’s matter — in which he is demanding an order directing the State to release his title deeds — heard by a judge other than Justice Edith Mushore. In the letter dated March…
FORMER Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo, was yesterday removed from remand in a case he is accused of illegally facilitating the sale of a government house in Mutare to ex-Zanu PF legislator Fred Kanzama. This comes after the State failed to secure a requisite policy document. Chombo, who is jointly charged with former valuations and…
PURE Gold has been credited to for tackling head-on the burgeoning population in urban centres which is putting pressure on the existing infrastructure, resulting in demand for housing outstripped supply. This comes as city-to city migration, especially to major cities such as Harare and Bulawayo, is driving the trend, as individuals hunt for employment…
AILING Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, was in fact airlifted to China on Sunday, as health woes continue to dog the powerful former military commander. This comes after the Daily News reported exclusively in its Monday edition that Chiwenga was once again not feeling well, and that he had been ordered by his doctors to…
Tendai Kamhungira and Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITERS THE Supreme Court has reserved ruling in an appeal filed by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga against a High Court ruling which granted her estranged wife Marry access to her cars, their children and properties, including their plush Borrowdale Brooke property. After hearing submissions from both sides, deputy chief…
MAGUNJE Zanu PF legislator Cecil Kashiri appeared in court facing fraud charges after allegedly conniving with Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officers to evade payment of import duty for a vehicle he imported from South Africa last year. Kashiri appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko on Saturday and was released on bail before the case was…
