NEWLY-ELECTED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume is putting on a brave face, saying the city’s operations will not be affected significantly by the recent recall of 21 councillors as they will be replaced soon, the Daily News reports. This comes as Harare City Council is now left with 26 councillors out of a possible 47 after…
HARARE town clerk Hosiah Chisango and his alleged accomplices, director housing and community services Addmore Nhekairo and acting town planner Samuel Nyabezi, were yesterday freed on $50 000 bail each. The three are facing allegations of criminal abuse of office, bribery and fraud and were freed by regional magistrate Bianca Makwande who ruled that the…
FC PLATINUM have been dealt another huge blow ahead of their participation in the African Champions League after Sudanese giants Al-Hilal came back to raid them for highly-rated winger Silas Songani. The platinum miners were hoping to make a huge impact in this year’s campaign having failed to go past the group stages in…
MDC president Thokozani Khupe, pictured, yesterday shifted her focus to Bulawayo where she recalled eight councillors. This comes as Khupe has also recalled Gwanda mayor Justine Mazhale. Khupe, who has been on a recalling campaign against the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance, has continued to decimate her opponent. Khupe has been recalling MDC Alliance legislators and…
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) chairperson Tavengwa Mukuhlani is confident they will be granted permission for the Chevrons to tour Pakistan during this coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Since the global outbreak of the novel virus, the government banned all sporting activities in March including incoming or outward bound tours for all national teams. However, Zimbabwe is scheduled tour…
SOME of the people linked to the foiled July 31 mass demonstrations claimed yesterday that they were still being trailed by suspected State security agents despite being recently cleared by the police, the Daily News reports. However, police said yesterday that they had not received any reports of unlawful surveillance or harassment from the complainants…
1THE government yesterday eased lockdown measures further, allowing businesses to operate for 12 hours, but indicated that the fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) is yet to be won. The relaxation was in line with Statutory Instrument 216 of 2020, which among other issues operationalises the resumption of the aviation sector, regulates tourism operations under the lockdown…
ZANU PF political commissar and Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has said the ruling party does not use violence to win elections, claiming in papers submitted to the High Court that they are a peace-loving organisation. This comes after the Election Resource Centre (ERC) filed a court application seeking to have Matemadanda retract his statement…
THE senseless blood-letting in the MDC continues with interim president Thokozani Khupe wielding the axe on 11 more councillors in Harare, including deputy mayor Enock Mupamawonde, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe and Nelson Chamisa’s MDC factions are set for another titanic battle over the use of the name MDC Alliance in December…
HARARE City Council (HCC) health director Prosper Chonzi has been appointed acting town clerk for the next two weeks following the arrest of Hosea Chisango in Gweru last week over land issues. Chisango has since applied for bail at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts in a case of fraud, criminal abuse of office and bribery…
