THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in partnership with the Harare City Council, the government and civil society organisations is rehabilitating informal markets in Harare’s suburbs to benefit 20 000 traders. This comes as council recently destroyed illegal vending structures in Mbare, Highfield and Glen View among other suburbs, which were used by small and…
HIGH Court judge Davison Foroma has freed three MDC-Alliance youth leaders — Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova — on $10 000 bail each, in a case where they are accused of faking their abduction. The trio was denied bail by Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande last week who emphasised that the…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Tendai Kamhungira AUTHORITIES are probing cases of alleged army brutality in Harare and at the country’s borders, after soldiers are said to have gone on a rampage on Wednesday night — assaulting people and looting their goods, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s security forces have been accused…
THE government will not print more money to alleviate the cash shortages in the country, Deputy Finance minister Clemence Chiduwa, has said. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Chiduwa said printing money would increase inflation. “It is not difficult to print money and as we have said in the previous statements, the cash requirement…
FORMER Dynamos captain Memory Mucherahohwa led the condolence messages yesterday as the football fraternity paid tribute to the late Glamour Boys’ assistant coach Biggie “Nzou” Zuze. Zuze, 54, died on Thursday afternoon at a private clinic after experiencing difficulties in breathing. As of yesterday, burial arrangements were not yet available as the family was still…
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) lodged a petition with the Parliament of Zimbabwe, raising issues that were of critical importance if electoral issues were to be addressed before the advent of the next set of polls. Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs Misheck Mataranyika presented the report on electoral…
Wilson Box As Zimbabwe and the world commemorates the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking today, it is prudent to note that Zimbabwe and the world`s current approach to challenges posed by illicit drug use is causing significant harm and wasting scarce public resources to humankind. Alternative approaches are emerging and every effort…
NELSON Chamisa, left, has everything to gain by embracing the growing calls for unity talks between him and interim MDC leader Thokozani Khupe — and everything to lose by spurning the mooted dialogue, analysts say. This comes as Khupe and Chamisa have been involved in a fierce tussle for the control of the country’s…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised United States President Donald Trump for allowing an American company to supply farming equipment to Zimbabwe in support of the country’s agricultural mechanisation programme, the Daily News reports. The support came despite the embargoes imposed on Zimbabwe by America, as well as the recent comments by US national security adviser…
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, has been barred from accessing their children, cars and property — including their plush Borrowdale home — after the Supreme Court yesterday set aside a provisional order she had attained from the High Court. The Supreme Court bench led by deputy chief justice Elizabeth Gwaunza and two other…
