BULAWAYO Mayor Solomon Mguni has decried the delay by the government in approving the local authority’s 2020 supplementary budget, a development he says was hampering service delivery. In September, the local authority was forced to propose a $2,85 billion supplementary budget after the 2020 budget was eroded by an unstable exchange rate, inflation, price hikes,…
A POLICEMAN has been arrested for allegedly abusing his position by ill-treating a Harare woman at a roadblock. Clements Chipenda, 40, is accused of forcing Stella Madoka to lie and roll on the ground, which irked the woman resulting in his arrest. Chipenda was not asked to plead to allegations of criminal abuse of duty…
By Nyasha Dube TWO police officers who were serving a five year jail term each for stealing money from a suspect’s house during an unauthorised search have been cleared by the High Court. Nyasha Biyesi and Crispen Dear were convicted of theft and criminal abuse of office by a Mbare Magistrates’ Court in July and…
THE government says it is not obliged to consult citizens on the signing of the Global Compensation Deed (GCD) which will see US$3,5 billion being paid out to white former commercial farmers as this was in compliance with the Constitution. This comes after ministers of Land Anxious Masuka and Finance Mthuli Ncube issued…
By Blessing Masakadza and Vasco Chaya DENDERA musician Suluman Chimbetu ended a four-year drought with the release of his eighth album Entanglement on Saturday at Mwanga Lodge, located 42km along Harare-Shamva Road. The album was launched differently with a “listening session” event where his task was to unpack the new release. Unlike in his…
SUNGURA musician Tendai Dembo rolled back the good old times when he performed at the medical doctors’ conference in Kadoma on Saturday. He literally took doctors down memory lane as he churned out his legendary father, Leonard Dembo’s all-time hits such as Venenzia, Gire and Sarura Wako among others, much to be delight of medical…
By Black Edward IT HAD all the hallmarks of a soap opera: a high-profile horror crash, deaths of socialites, estranged parents of the late video vixen Michelle “Moana” Amuli… and not forgetting a High Court ruling. But it wasn’t a plot from your favourite TV show — it was a real-life drama. Enter Ishmael…
By Black Edward BLACK Lives Matter. I don’t know how many times we’ve read these three words just this year alone. And there’s no doubt that we will continue to hear them for a long time to come. Of course they need to be shouted much louder to sink in. Hats off to Black…
NURSES can continue working flexible hours despite the noting of an appeal by the government against an earlier High Court decision granting that permission, the Daily News on Sunday reports. This comes after High Court judge Justice Happias Zhou granted the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) leave to execute a judgment granted in their favour to…
By Emmerson Mangezi THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday arrested two men over origination of fake Covid-19 test certificates for travellers at Chirundu Border Post following a tip-off from members of the public. In a statement, ZRP said Simbarashe Tsetse,24, and Freddy Katamanga,31, were nabbed on December 3 for duping travellers and doling out fake…
