By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) says there has been a surge in youth migration from the second-largest city to other countries in the past decade. This comes as Zimbabweans have been leaving the country in search of employment amid worsening economic challenges in the country since the turn of the…
A ZANU PF chairperson for Kaguvi District in Mkoba North, Midlands Province, has filed an application at the Harare High Court seeking to bar recalled Citizens for Coalition Change (CCC) MP for Mkoba North Amos Chibaya from contesting in the February 3 by-elections. Chibaya and scores of other CCC MPs and councillors were recalled last…
ENVIRONMENTAL Management Agency (Ema+) director general Aaron Chigona yesterday appeared in court facing criminal abuse of office charges after allegedly approving the illegal allocation of stands on wetlands in Borrowdale, Harare. Chigona, 55, who was arrested on Tuesday, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje and was granted US$300 bail. The State claims that Chigona gave…
BY EMMANUEL MARAMBE ZIMBABWE’s U14 girls’ tennis team shone in the ITF/CAT Southern Africa Championships in Namibia recently. The local U14 girls, namely Kuzivaishe Chapepa, Rutendo Tom and Akeelah Khanye secured gold after overcoming neighbours South Africa 2-0 in the decisive match. The South Africa U14 girls’ team was made up of Jordan Edwards, Charlotte…
THE Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF), made up of the government, business and labour, congregated in Victoria Falls yesterday to, among other things, examine the plight of workers given the economic challenges in the country. The economy has been characterised by the continued slump of the Zimbabwe dollar against the United States (US) dollar on both…
LIBERIA’S outgoing President George Weah has said he has no plans of seeking re-election in 2029 after his defeat in recent elections….
ZAMBIAN President Hakainde Hichilema has urged people to relocate from towns to villages following the deaths of over 350 people in a…
A CHINESE translator, who has been on the run since November last year after he allegedly sold his clients fake Temporary Employment Permits (TEPs), has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing forgery charges. Brighton Silent Mutete, 30, of Kuwadzana, Harare, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Apolonia Marutya and was granted US$50 bail. He will…
TWO suspected drug dealers, who were arrested last Saturday for selling crystal meth, an illegal and dangerous substance, have been remanded in custody. Norah Makwavarara, 40, who has a similar charge before the courts, and Dexter Muteredhe, 34, appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts on Monday facing charges of dealing in dangerous drugs. Makwavarara was…
OPPOSITION stalwart, Welshman Ncube, says he will one day be forced to take the public into his confidence about the chaos ravaging the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the highly regarded lawyer, academic and former Cabinet minister in the short-lived government of national unity (GNU) of 2009, said he…
