VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has challenged urban residents to vote out “incompetent” opposition led councils in the upcoming general elections as they had failed to improve on service delivery. Most urban councils have been led by the opposition for over 20 years now with Zanu PF leading the majority in rural councils. However, speaking in…
A HARARE woman is accused of committing fraud and robbing her employer of over US$4 500, a Harare magistrate heard last week….
By Ketty Nyoni and Brandon Josphat RESTIVE public sector workers are headed for another major showdown with the government. This comes after they rejected outright their employer’s latest offer of a 100 percent salary increment, which they allege has also seen some junior colleagues earning more than their superiors in some cases. It also comes…
HANDCRAFT industries in Bulawayo are set to benefit from a Swedish-funded gender-inclusive local economic development project, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said. According to BCC’s latest council minutes, women in the handicraft industries will get most of the funding. “It shall be recalled that the City of Bulawayo was one of the twelve local…
ZIMBABWE plans to keep its local currency as legal tender, even as the US dollar is now the unit of choice for…
POOR Zimbabweans are beginning to pay a high price for the escalating weakening of the local currency, with prices of basic goods continuing to rise and many landlords hiking rents for their properties in urban areas. The president of the Zimbabwe Real Estate Institute (ZREI), Brian Kashoni, told the Daily News yesterday that rental charges…
ZANU PF activist Sybeth Musengezi, who was arrested on allegations of fraudulently acquiring the ruling party’s membership card, has filed an application for a stay of proceedings. He was arrested last year and charged with fraud after he allegedly falsified his address when he obtained a party membership card. Musengezi appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai…
A HARARE man has been remanded in custody after he allegedly assaulted his wife early this month when he found her communicating with her former boyfriend. Lloyd Kudzai Mushinye, 27, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday and was remanded in custody pending the release of a cyber-lab report by the State. Mushinye is also…
A CHITUNGWIZA man has appeared before the Harare Magistrate’s Court on charges of forging his wife’s signature in order to secure a divorce three years after their marriage. Travolta Reginald Tonderai Chitongo, 29, was hauled before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Friday, where he was asked not to plead before being charged with forgery. He was…
A FRAUD suspect, James Landon, who duped Nyasa Air Charter in a botched US$1, 5 million partnership deal, has been arrested while…
