Tanyaradzwa Marabada ENTERTAINMENT WRITER marabadat@dailynews.co.zw THE selection process for 10 provincial representatives to take part in the popular national traditional dance contest — Chibuku Neshamwari — will come to an end this Saturday. Mashonaland Central will host the final provincial contest this Saturday at Club 75 Ruyamuro in Mvurwi ahead of the national finals scheduled for…
GOVERNMENT workers will tomorrow down their tools to force their employer to improve their salaries and conditions of service. This followed their two week notice to the government that they would embark on industrial action if their demands are not met. Clearly, the strike will paralyse the government and cause unimaginable damage to the economy….
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board has been hailed for the yards it is putting in to rid the organisation of corruption. This comes as Zinara has been under the spotlight over allegations of abuse of public funds. Speaking during a media tour of the country’s roads rehabilitation programme with editors in Beitbridge on…
A 50 -YEAR-OLD man from Mbare, in Harare appeared in court facing allegations of breaking into the ministry of Foreign Affairs office and a law firm with the intention to steal laptops. Lesley Muderedzi appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda last Friday facing two counts of unlawful entry into premises in aggravating circumstances. He will…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITER ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWEANS should brace themselves for tightly contested elections next year as Zanu PF and the opposition have passed up the chance to engage in political dialogue and agree on another government of national unity in the country. So says Stephen Chan, renowned professor of World Politics at the University of…
Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw NORTON town secretary Kizito Muhomba together with 12 councillors have been charged with criminal abuse of duty after they allegedly passed a resolution to sell residential stands to themselves at a low value at $30 per square metre. The accused were granted $50 000 bail by regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is continuing with its drive to provide residential stands to residents as the local authority moves to clear the ever ballooning housing waiting list which is currently just above 130 000. The local authority at the weekend unveiled 267 serviced stands in Emganwini suburb, a month after 144 other stands…
Ketty Nyoni STAFF WRITER nyonik@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF has warned its former members against abusing party registered trademarks to undermine President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This comes after former Zanu PF youth league leaders Jim Kunaka and Godfrey Tsenengamu held separate press conferences last week, in which they both called for the return of exiled former Zanu PF…
Dionne Kanyowa A WOMAN has been nabbed for impersonating a police officer in a scheme where she allegedly planned to extort money from a landlord lying that he had purchased his house illegally and therefore was facing arrest. Glayds Matope, who approached the property buyer pretending to be a police officer, was remanded in custody…
THREE men were last week arrested for fraud for allegedly selling non-existent stands by using forged ownership certificates through a housing cooperative. Moses Takavadiyi, Edwin Samboko and Loveson Jakaza were not asked to plead to the charge when they appeared in the Harare magistrate court. They were however remanded to September 21 and since they were…
