September 2021

A CHINHOYI magistrate yesterday upheld a recent ruling by Chief Zvimba to have the remains of the late former president Robert Mugabe, exhumed and reburied at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. The ruling sets up a potentially bruising fight in the coming months between the State and the Mugabe family — which has previously said…

AUTHORITIES yesterday said at least 81 learners and 21 teachers had contracted the lethal coronavirus upon the reopening of face-to-face learning across the country. However, they said those infected had not contracted the virulent respiratory disease at their schools — meaning they were already ill when they reported for lessons. “From the statistics …we have…

CONGREGANTS who have not yet received their Covid-19 jabs are now allowed to physically attend church services following a High Court ruling which upheld a Harare man, Obert Kondongwe’s application challenging a government directive demanding only fully vaccinated people to go to places of worship. In the interim ruling handed down yesterday, the High Court…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to avail resources to the Air Force of Zimbabwe before paying tribute to the officers for their resilience in defending the country’s air space and sovereignty. Speaking at the Josiah Tungamirai Air Force Base in Gweru, where 18 students graduated, Mnangagwa said the government will avail resources to ensure that…

PARLIAMENT has slammed the police over the “poor handling” of cases of sexual harassment in workplaces, colleges and churches. According to a joint report tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday by the portfolio committees on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare and Women Affairs following a petition from Emthonjeni Women’s Forum on sexual harassment…