RULING Zanu PF legislators have claimed that they are being barred from opening nostro accounts because of their political allegiance. A nostro account is a bank current account denominated in foreign currency which allows one to transact in all major currencies. The legislators made the claims in the National Assembly this week where they pleaded…
AT LEAST 320 inmates from prisons across Harare Province were released back into society yesterday in an amnesty granted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Among those freed are 11 women. The beneficiaries also include four men who had been sentenced to life in prison. Harare Metropolitan Province prisons commanding officer Alvon Kapare told those attending a…
THE Government is using last year’s November to December budget surplus of $20 billion to procure Covid-19 vaccines, deputy Finance minister Clemence Chiduwa has said. Chiduwa told the National Assembly that the government had enough money to buy the required vaccines. “In November and December we made a surplus of $20 billion but this is…
HWANGE local board chairperson Nqobile Mabhena has appealed to residents to offer their expertise to aid development and address service delivery issues in the town. Mabhena made the remarks while honouring two residents, brothers Chidano and Lazarus Nkoma who repaired and repainted lockers that had gone unused for a long time at Empumalanga Clinic. “There…
THE government has blasted some church organisations for allegedly fomenting violence by rallying behind people guilty of disrupting peace in the country. This comes after the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) secretary general Kenneth Mtata took to social media to express his displeasure after MDC activist Makomborero Haruzivishe was slapped with 24 months’ imprisonment for inciting…
EDITOR — In one of his quotes, Khalil Gibram writes that, “life without liberty is like a body without a spirit”. Whereas Mandela argued that to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains but to live in a country that respects and enhances the freedom of others. This year Zimbabwe celebrates 41 years…
A HARARE woman has filed a High Court lawsuit demanding $3,1 million from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in damages after her husband was shot dead by a constable in 2018. In her court papers, Lucy Nhamo, the widow of a newspaper vendor, Zephania Nhamo, cited Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, the Harare province commanding…
FORMER Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo, pictured, has approached the court challenging recent allegations levelled against him of grabbing State land, creating residential stands and fleecing home seekers in the process. Chombo was in court challenging his placement on remand arguing there is no nexus between him and the alleged offences. Allegations against Chombo are that…
A LOCAL company has approached the High Court to recover over US$135 000 in rentals from a tenant who refuses to vacate their premises. In the court papers, Rainbow Cash and Carry (Rainbow) alleged that the tenant, Falcon Foods, refused to pay rentals or vacate the premises after receiving an eviction notice. In…
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, pictured, has warned the opposition that law enforcement agents stand ready to deal with any illegal mass gatherings and demonstrations in the country. This comes after a group calling itself “Friends of Job Sikhala Solidarity Trust” threatened to cause violence in Harare when the MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson —…
