OLD Mutual Zimbabwe on Monday officially handed over five newly-furnished call rooms at Harare Children’s Hospital. This initiative aimed to provide a more comfortable and supportive environment for doctors and health workers dedicated to caring for children in the hospital’s seven wards and 240 beds. The donation was a result of a strategic collaboration that…
Tapiwa Chirume THE Agricultural Marketing Authority (Ama) has moved to allay public fears over possible bread price increases, clarifying that new grain importation regulations introduced this year will not trigger any rise in the cost of basic commodities. This clarification comes after the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe (NBAZ) recently warned that plans to increase…
Thabiso Mutirwara ZESA has suspended the acting mangingdirector of the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), Abel Gurupira, following a series of high-profile power outages that disrupted important national events this month. The suspension comes after power cuts occurred during President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) in Parliament on Tuesday and…
Rutendo Ngara Senior Staff Writer REGIONAL magistrate Sandra Mupindu sentenced Gregory Graham Hall of Kariba to eight years in prison for fraud and forging his mother’s will to name himself as the sole beneficiary of a US$181 000 estate. Hall pleaded with the court for a lighter sentence, citing illness, but Mupindu rejected the plea,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Tuesday painted an optimistic picture of Zimbabwe’s economy, citing accelerating growth, the relative stability of the new local currency, ZiG, and substantial increases in foreign currency reserves. The figures mentioned — US$10,4 billion in inflows and a jump in foreign reserves to US$900 million —…
RUTENDO NGARA THE High Court has dismissed businessman Luka Ignatius Fabris’s attempt to overturn a US$500 000 default judgment granted in favour of Tendai Mashamhanda. Justice Jacob Manzunzu rejected Fabris’s application for rescission of judgment, finding his explanation for failing to defend the lawsuit unreasonable and his purported defence “devoid of bona fides” (lacking good…
RUTENDO NGARA THREE police officers who allegedly broke into the Police Ordinance Stores and stole uniforms appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Artwell Sanyatwe yesterday facing theft charges. The accused, Thabane Hugh Bajilia, Makomborero Dziva, and Sadat Cader, were all granted US$100 bail and will return to court on November 27. It is alleged that on…
Tinashe Nekati NEWLY- INSTALLED Chief Richard Jeyi, the 16th Chief Chinamhora of Domboshava, has urged students to resist the growing menace of drug and substance abuse, warning that it threatens to derail the future of the nation’s youth. Speaking during a recent prize-giving ceremony at Makumbe Hilltop College in Domboshava, Chief Chinamhora applauded the school’s…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER FORMER Tottenham Hotspur coach Harry Redknapp, 78, is among the over 200 coaches who have applied for the vacant Warriors coaching job. The post became vacant after Michael Nees was shown the exit last week following a string of poor results, managing just two wins from 14 games during his…
SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER LOCAL movie — Rise — recently won its 15th award at the British Urban Film Festival — the longest standing black-owned film festival in the United Kingdom. The movie, which revolves around a young boy who lives in a rubbish dump but persuades a reclusive boxing coach to teach him to fight,…
