AUTHORITIES have arrested a policeman for negligent driving which they say led to the death of an outrider in First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa’s motorcade on Good Friday. The policeman, Tinotenda Esau Mutandiro — who is based in Harare — was allegedly at fault in the fatal crash which claimed the life of Freddy Chipato of…
With the country’s main opposition MDC party at war with itself amid leadership wrangles and mass defections to Zanu PF, the ruling party says it cannot wait for 2023 elections to finish off its rivals. This comes as Zanu PF has set a target to increase the number of its registered voters to five million…
OVER 140 000 workers in the transport sector in the capital lost their jobs owing to measures put in place by the government to curtail the Covid-19 pandemic, the secretary-general of Greater Harare Commuter Omnibus Association (GHACO), Ngoni Katsvairo has said. Katsvairo told the media recently that 49 000 kombis, each employing a driver, conductor…
THE first batch of SA’s unwanted AstraZeneca vaccine doses have been dispatched to the AU, the health ministry yesterday. South Africa sold its supply of the vaccine, totalling one million doses, to the AU after tests showed it offered scant protection against the 501Y.V2 variant of the coronavirus that was discovered in the country at…
THE Easter holidays started yesterday with reports of huge volumes of vehicles on the highways as most people took advantage of the government’s relaxation of Covid-19 national lockdown measures to allow inter-city travelling to curb the spread of the deadly pandemic. Several accidents were reported across the country though the police could not give the…
LOCAL Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs are guaranteed at least two seasons in the topflight after the authorities decided to go with a Cup Championship as the shortest and cheaper way of returning to football after a year’s sabbatical. There has not been any domestic league since March last year owing to the Covid-19-induced lockdown….
SOUTH Africa gospel music sensation Benjamin Dube is expected in the country this morning ahead of his performance at the Harare International Conference Centre in the afternoon. Dube is scheduled to share the stage with local gospel artistes such as Takesure Zamar Ncube, The Charambas (Charles and Olivia), Mathias Mhere, Sebastian Magacha and Takudzwa Chihambakwe…
AWARD-WINNING Zimdancehall musician Tocky Vibes has challenged African ladies to value inner beauty more than physical attributes. The prolific song writer said he has just finished a video for the track Mushene’nene in which he cautions women not to be deluded into pursuing what society deems to be a perfect body. “The song is woman-centred one. These…
POLICE have disputed claims by Norton legislator Temba Mliswa that they practiced discrimination by singling him out for arrest at a press conference at his house in February. Mliswa is seeking to have the matter referred to the Constitutional Court, saying his rights were violated in the process. The Norton legislator said the press conference…
STEWARD Bank, the largest bank by customer base, is this weekend undertaking its biggest system upgrade since its acquisition from TN Bank in 2013. The Cassava Smartech-owned bank is upgrading its Temenos T24 core banking system to the R19 version, the latest version of the banking system on the market. The migration to the new…
