ZAMBIAN boxing coach Greetings Kaonga is happy with how Charles Manyuchi is responding to his methods as they intensify preparations for his World Boxing Federation (WBF) middleweight title in July. Manyuchi retraced his roots by bringing in Kaonga from Zambia, who is credited for playing a crucial role when he won the World Boxing Council…
A HARARE property association has taken the Midlands State University (MSU) to the High Court seeking to bar the institution from drilling a borehole on a shared property without permission from other co-owners. In the application, One Union Avenues Owners Association (OUAOA) cited MSU and Atlanta Drilling (Private) Limited as respondents. In a court affidavit,…
ZIMBABWE Lands Commission (ZLC) deputy chairperson Tadious Muzoroza has sued the commission at the High Court, demanding unspecified outstanding salary and benefits. In the court papers, Muzoroza cited the commission and its chairperson Tendai Bare as respondents. “I received a letter of suspension from the Office of the President On the 9th of November 2020,…
IN A surprising turn of events at yesterday’s unveiling in Harare of the statue of Mbuya Charwe — the spirit medium of Mbuya Nehanda — traditional leaders said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had been anointed by Zimbabwe’s spirit mediums to lead the country. The traditional leaders, led by Chief Svosve of Mashonaland East, said they respected…
THE Environment ministry says over 100 plant and animal species are at risk of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation (IUCN). In a speech read on his behalf by the ministry’s permanent secretary Munesu Munodawafa during the International Day for Biological Diversity on Monday, Environment minister Mangaliso Ndlovu said the IUCN symposium came…
HARARE regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje is this Friday expected to decide on former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo’s application in which he is challenging accusations of grabbing land, creating residential stands and fleecing home-seekers in the process. Chombo, pictured, challenged his placement on remand last month, arguing that there was no nexus between him and the…
THE family of the late former President Robert Mugabe is digging in vowing to appeal in the courts of law Chief Zvimba’s directive to exhume his remains and rebury them at the National Heroes Acre. On Monday, Chief Zvimba directed former first lady Grace Mugabe to do the exhumation by no later than July 1,…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO TWO men who raped two minors before robbing two police officers in separate incidences have appeared before the Zvishavane Magistrates’ Courts on rape and robbery charges. Ashley Moses and Menard Gwatiedza, both 21-years-old, pleaded guilty to raping two complainants aged 14 and 17 when they appeared before Zvishavane regional magistrate Christopher…
WAR veterans yesterday demanded President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire Zanu PF secretary for war veterans Douglas Mahiya for allegedly imposing his allies to be members of the ruling party’s ex-combatants league. Speaking during a meeting in Harare South yesterday, Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) national commissar, Joel Mureremba said Mahiya is failing to…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THE government says it is setting up psychology centres in schools across the country to help learners deal with gender-based violence and bullying-related cases in learning institutions. Education ministry’s director of communications and advocacy Taungana Ndoro said the centres were motivated by a surge in school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). “We are…
