A SHURUGWI-BASED artisanal miner has been jailed five years for axing his rival’s leg which had to be amputated after accusing him of having an extra-marital affair with his wife. The artisanal miner Charles Chingwaya, 22, popularly known as Bhamu Bhamu, was found guilty of an attempted murder charge when he appeared before Gweru regional…
BUSINESSMAN Nigel Chanakira says the suspension of councillors is negatively impacting on service delivery and infrastructure development by local authorities. Chanakira said this on Thursday during a three-day Zimbabwe Annual Multi-Stakeholder Debt Conference hosted by the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (Afrodad) and the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd), which…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored the private sector, the civil society and various stakeholders to complement the government’s efforts in fighting corruption. This comes as Zimbabwe is currently ranked 157 out of 180 nations on the latest Transparency International graft index. The country has remained unchanged at just 24 out of 100, way below the…
WITH national dialogue finally on the horizon, political analysts say Zanu PF does not need the talks or a new government of national unity (GNU) as it is firmly in power and is now also focused on the fast-approaching 2023 elections. This comes as former MDC stalwart, Lovemore Moyo, has also said there is no…
URBAN grooves music diva Pauline Gundidza of the Mafriq fame surprised all and sundry when she collaborated with her ex-husband Roki on a new song Shine Like A Star last month. The duo’s “reunion” sent tongues wagging in the local showbiz circles after the two were involved in well-drawn out public divorce over a decade…
FOR a long time now the country has been grappling with cases of sexual abuse of women by supposed men of the cloth as well as child marriages in the church. The recent death of a young girl while giving birth at an apostolic church in Marange comes to mind. On Friday, an Epworth-based self-proclaimed…
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti, and five other former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) MPs’ return to Parliament hangs in balance after the National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda yesterday indicated that he was in no rush to reinstate them. This comes as on Wednesday the High Court ordered the reinstatement of the opposition legislators, who…
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has said the deployment of technology in handling court cases will bring transparency while also eliminating corruption cases in the delivery of the justice system. Over the years court officials including lawyers and prosecutors have been arrested on corruption allegations in what has been viewed as an affront to the justice…
LANDS, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Anxious Masuka, will headline a webinar meant to discuss how sustainability can be entrenched…
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has launched an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse, child marriages and other abuses in the apostolic sects across the country. This follows an outcry over forced child marriages after the death of 14-year-old Marange girl — Annah Machaya — while giving birth at the Johanne Marange shrine, an incident…
