A SECURITY guard who allegedly shot a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) conductor in Dzivaresekwa, Harare, has been slapped with more charges of theft and deliberate discharge of a firearm in a public place. Campion Marowa, who appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi yesterday, will be back in court next Monday for his statement confirmation….
ZIMBABWE is grappling with a critical shortage of educators with some learning institutions having to be manned by a single teacher, a government official has said. Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo, pictured, told Parliament on Wednesday that the government was dealing with the matter, while responding to Zanu PF MP for Rushinga,…
THE trial of Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is accused of bribing former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) boss Stanley Kazhanje to award his company a tender for the Gwanda Solar Project, continued yesterday with the first State witness taking to the stand. Chivayo and his company Intratek have since denied the allegations of bribing Kazhanje,…
MASVINGO Provincial Affairs minister Ezra Chadzamira, pictured, is feeling the heat, as Zanu PF’s ugly factional wars in the region get more…
THE government says it has put in place sufficient mechanisms to ensure learners are fully prepared for their year-end public examinations despite losing valuable learning time due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as face-to-face classes only resumed at the start of this month after schools had gone for several months closed due to outbreak…
CHIEF magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi yesterday swore-in 16 new magistrates bringing the total number of magistrates to 223 countrywide which he said is still not enough considering the workload at hand. Mutevedzi said the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) had also recruited 22 other magistrates, who are still undergoing internship. In line with the JSC’s female empowerment…
THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has opened the registration platform for exhibitors for the 2021 edition of the Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo. This comes as the 15th edition of the expo will be held virtually for the second year running between October 27 and 29 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ZTA acting-chief executive, Givemore Chidzidzi…
FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe, pictured, is facing tough times, amid the ongoing wrangle over her late husband’s remains and claims that her family’s vast business empire is crumbling. Amid all this, Grace and her family now also face the real risk of losing several of their farms in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central — where war…
FORMER deputy prime minister in the 2009 government of national unity (GNU), Arthur Mutambara, has challenged the opposition to convince Zimbabweans that it has a plan to run the country better if it wins the 2023 elections. Writing on his Facebook page at the weekend, Mutambara also said while the opposition was anchoring its 2023…
POLICE have arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly shooting to death a female Zupco bus conductor in Dzivarasekwa, Harare on Monday night. …
