By Brandon Josphat THE High Court will today decide the fate of presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere after a lawyer Lovedale Mangwana filed an application to stop him from participating in this year’s elections. In his application, Mangwana wants the High Court to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to nullify Kasukuwere’s nomination as a presidential…
Brandon Josphat HARARE City Council has rejected two contractors who wanted to construct a modern infrastructure for informal traders at Mupedzanhamo flea market in Mbare. This comes as the local council shut down the flea market after violent clashes were reportedly being fuelled by Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) ‘agents’ who solicited…
A NOTORIOUS armed robber, who allegedly connived with a former High Court prosecutor to be granted bail using forged papers, has been re-arrested. Cornwell Kasambarare, 31, who is believed to be part of the famous Musa Taj Abdul gang of armed robbers, was arrested on Tuesday and taken to Harare Central Police Station for further…
THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is finalising its collaboration with the government to operationalise ethical recruitment by employment agencies in Zimbabwe. This comes after Zimbabwe adopted a National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP) two years ago to improve labour migration governance, protection and empowerment of migrant workers. IOM yesterday said there was an urgent need…
THE government has handed over 38 houses to families relocated to pave way for the construction of the new 310 kilometers high voltage power transmission line in Umguza, Matabeleland North Province. Zesa relocated 72 families last year as the power utility was expanding Hwange Thermal Power Station in a bid to end power outages in…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE ministry of Higher Education says 60 000 motor vehicle number plates have been produced in the first half of the year as the country’s education 5.0 begins to pay dividends. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched the National TransTech Solutions Plant Vehicle Number Plate Production Plant at the University of…
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for two suspected killers who allegedly murdered a Cowdray Park vendor for overcharging his products. Bulawayo police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele told the Daily News yesterday that the suspects hit the deceased with a hammer and a stick all over his body until he collapsed. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police…
LATEST statistics on cholera outbreak in the country since the beginning of the year are startling. According to the ministry of Health and Child Care, there are 17 cholera hotspots districts in the country – Buhera, Chegutu, Chikomba, Chimanimani, Chipinge, Chitungwiza, Chiredzi, Harare, Gokwe North, Marondera, Mazowe, Shamva, Mutare, Murehwa, Mwenezi, Seke and Wedza. The…
THE Food Poverty Line (FPL) for one person shot by more than 130 percent during the month of June this year, whilst…
HIGH Court Judge, Justice Webster Chinamora, yesterday struck off the roll MDC’s urgent application to have its aspiring MPs allowed to fi le nomination papers after failing to do so last week. Last Friday, MDC fi led an urgent application at the Electoral Court challenging Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission (Zec)’s decision to disqualify 87 of its…
