THE government is escalating its push to stem the resurgent foreign currency parallel market, including publicising the names of people who are allegedly involved in illegal forex activities and ordering banks to freeze their accounts. The governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mangudya, said yesterday that the central bank’s Financial Intelligence Unit…
THE government yesterday said Zimbabwe’s new Covid-19 cases continue to be recorded at schools which are turning out to be super spreaders. This comes as the country has recorded 129 919 confirmed cases and 4 607 deaths since the virulent pandemic was first recorded here in March 2020. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing in…
THE ugly ructions ravaging the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC faction escalated last weekend after its youth league unilaterally cut loose its organising secretary Godfrey Kurauone as factional fights continue unabated. This comes as Kurauone, who is currently furthering his studies in the United States (US), is being linked to a faction allegedly close to the party’s…
A HARARE woman Sharon Moffat has dragged the Marange Apostolic Church of St Johanne (Johanne Marange) to the High Court seeking to stop the church members from engaging in child marriages. This comes as there has been an outcry over child marriages following a 14-year-old girl Annah Machaya’s death while giving birth at a Johanne…
SAMANTHA, the daughter of late music icon Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, has filed for divorce from her estranged husband, former Warriors and Kaizer Chiefs midfielder, Tinashe Nengomasha, pictured, for the second time. This comes as Samantha in December 2019 filed for separation from the former Black Aces and Motor Action midfielder, claiming that the relationship had…
PROSECUTOR-General Kumbirai Hodzi has filed a petition seeking the High Court to throw out former Information Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira’s freedom bid. This comes after Mandiwanzira approached the High Court last year challenging deputy chief magistrate Bianca Makwande’s decision to dismiss his application in which he sought to have criminal abuse of office charges…
A 53-YEAR-OLD man from Stoneridge, Harare, has been slapped with a 32-year jail term for sexually abusing seven boys from his neighbourhood. Handson Chinamhora pleaded guilty to seven counts of aggravated indecent assault, but denied two of the similar offences. Regional magistrate Kudakwashe Mhere initially jailed Chinamhora to 37 years in jail before suspending five…
A MEMBER of the Zimbabwe National Army who raped his two-year-old daughter whom he shared a bed with several times in the absence of the mother has been jailed to an effective 20 years. The soldier, aged 41, had denied the allegations when he appeared before a regional magistrate, and was convicted after a full…
HARARE – EcoSure, the micro-insurance product from Econet Life, has played a significant role in raising the country’s insurance penetration by over…
THE Zambia Supreme Court will next Tuesday sit to decide if it had jurisdiction when it reversed its earlier judgments compelling the…
