MATABELELAND youths have petitioned the government against its decision to charge passport fees in United States dollars, saying the majority of citizens do not have access to foreign currency. An ordinary passport is pegged at US$60, while the one issued after three days costs US$200, with the emergency one costing US$318. In a petition to…
A HUMAN rights group has launched a fresh bid to stop Chief Justice Luke Malaba, pictured, from resuming duties, arguing Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi’s Supreme Court appeal had no effect of suspending a recent High Court ruling forcing him to retire. This comes as nearly a fortnight ago, three High Court judges — Jester Charewa,…
IN A surprising turn of events at yesterday’s unveiling in Harare of the statue of Mbuya Charwe — the spirit medium of Mbuya Nehanda — traditional leaders said President Emmerson Mnangagwa had been anointed by Zimbabwe’s spirit mediums to lead the country. The traditional leaders, led by Chief Svosve of Mashonaland East, said they respected…
THE Environment ministry says over 100 plant and animal species are at risk of extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation (IUCN). In a speech read on his behalf by the ministry’s permanent secretary Munesu Munodawafa during the International Day for Biological Diversity on Monday, Environment minister Mangaliso Ndlovu said the IUCN symposium came…
HARARE regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje is this Friday expected to decide on former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo’s application in which he is challenging accusations of grabbing land, creating residential stands and fleecing home-seekers in the process. Chombo, pictured, challenged his placement on remand last month, arguing that there was no nexus between him and the…
THE family of the late former President Robert Mugabe is digging in vowing to appeal in the courts of law Chief Zvimba’s directive to exhume his remains and rebury them at the National Heroes Acre. On Monday, Chief Zvimba directed former first lady Grace Mugabe to do the exhumation by no later than July 1,…
WAR veterans yesterday demanded President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire Zanu PF secretary for war veterans Douglas Mahiya for allegedly imposing his allies to be members of the ruling party’s ex-combatants league. Speaking during a meeting in Harare South yesterday, Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) national commissar, Joel Mureremba said Mahiya is failing to…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THE government says it is setting up psychology centres in schools across the country to help learners deal with gender-based violence and bullying-related cases in learning institutions. Education ministry’s director of communications and advocacy Taungana Ndoro said the centres were motivated by a surge in school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). “We are…
LAWYERS representing former Social Welfare minister Priscah Mupfumira have approached the High Court challenging a warrant of arrest issued against her last Friday. Mupfumira is on trial in a matter she is jointly charged with former Social Welfare ministry permanent secretary Ngoni Masoka for allegedly flouting tender processes and prejudicing the National Social Security Authority…
CHIEF Zvimba is set for a collision course with the family of the late former president Robert Mugabe whose remains the traditional leader wants exhumed from his Kutama homestead and reburied at the National Heroes Acre not later than July 1. The order follows last week’s traditional court hearing in which Mugabe’s erratic widow Grace…
