By Rutendo Ngara THE University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has bowed down to pressure from its students, moving to revise its fees downwards. This comes after students mounted protests and also approached the High Court in a bid to reverse the UZ’s recent steep fee hikes, which had risen by an average of more than 600…
ZANU PF parliamentarian and businessman Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who was implicated in a US$5 million fraud scandal at the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe, is seeking to have the allegations dropped saying charges are contrived and designed to falsely implicate him and his company Mayor Logistics. Wadyajena is alleged to have acquired 25 trucks from alleged…
A HARARE magistrate has deferred its ruling on an application for discharge that was filed by assault accused Marry Mubaiwa following the amputation of part of her right hand on Friday. She is accused of assaulting her maid Delight Munyoro after a clash over children at a private school in the capital. Marry, who is…
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has justified its continued dealings with Univern Enterprises notwithstanding Parliament’s recommendations to cancel software contracts with the system vendor. Univern Enterprises is a Zimbabwean-registered firm, which trades as Southern Region Trading Company (SRTC), it supplies Information Technologies (IT) systems, as well as various goods and services.Giving oral evidence to…
HYUNDAI Motor Group is striving to win support in Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa for South Korea’s Busan’s bid to host…
IT WAS not a good day in office for Jah Prayzah, pictured, at the weekend after he was pelted on stage by angry fans who had thronged the Purple Festival at Belgravia Sports Club in the capital. The sad incident took place around 1 am on Sunday, just a few minutes after the lanky musician…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration must press on with its engagement and re-engagement foreign policy, with a view to increasing investment inflows into the country. This is despite renewal of sanctions against the country by the United States of America, the United Kingdom and its western allies, which have crippled the economy since the turn of…
SOUTH Africa is facing a risk of an unprecedented level of load shedding this week after units at two of its coal-fired…
TWO Harare detectives from CID Drugs appeared in court over the weekend, accused of demanding US$1 000 bribe from suspected drug dealers for favourable testimony in court. Shinnon Mihloro and Fortune Simbarashe Matoma were nabbed at Harare Magistrates’ Court for receiving US$70 trap money after one of the drug dealing suspects reported the matter. The…
PUBLIC sector workers are ratcheting up their push for new salary increases and improved working conditions, with their unions threatening at the weekend to go on strike unless authorities address their demands soon. Cecilia Alexander, the president of the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) — the apex union for civil servants —…
