© POLITICAL activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing candidate Josphat “Mzaca” Ngulube was last week sentenced to an effective six years in jail after he was convicted of torching three cars belonging to Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial women’s league chairperson Eva Bitu. [GoogleAd] Ngulube committed the offence during the violent protests that rocked the country…
© HUNDREDS of residents in desperate need of medical attention have been thronging a mobile clinic set up at Cowdray Park terminus to seek free basic medical treatment. The first pilot mobile initiative, known as Citizweans Clinic, was set up at a time when doctors in the country have been on strike for nearly three…
© FORMER deputy Health minister Edwin Muguti is in trouble after he lost his bid to challenge a High Court order demanding him to pay R252 546 and $28 000 to a couple that successfully sued him for negligently conducting a medical operation. Patricia Singizi and her husband Samuel Singizi sued Muguti in 2016 in…
ACTIONALISM reared its ugly head again dur- ing last weekend’s Zanu PF district coordinating committee (DCC) elections in Bulawayo Province where ruling party bigwigs from other prov- inces allegedly interfered with the outcome. The revelations, which come amid fears of infiltration by remnants of the vanquished G40 in Zanu PF, were made by party national…
© GOVERNMENT has gazetted the Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (Mopa) Bill which replaces the draconic Public Order and Security Act (Posa). President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed it into law last week together with the Companies and Other Business Entities Act. [GoogleAd] “The convener shall not later than seven days before the date on which a…
© THE government says people with free funds including cross border traders will continue to import goods without being asked to account for their source of foreign currency. The clarification comes days after pronouncements by newly-appointed Finance deputy minister, Clemence Chiduwa, caused widespread panic and anxiety among importers. [GoogleAd] Addressing the media on Friday, Chiduwa…
© EXPECTATIONS — largely on social media — that the return to Zimbabwe of fit-again Vice President Constantino Chiwenga would mark the beginning of a titanic political contest between him and President Emmerson Mnangagwa appear to have so far received short shrift, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] This comes after the two men appeared to…
© ZIMBABWE Football Association (Zifa) president Felton Kamambo was yesterday arrested and appeared in court for sending inappropriate text messages to his predecessor Philip Chiyangwa. Kamambo, who was arrested together with his deputy Philemon Machana, were charged with con- travening the Postal and Telecom- munications Act which prohibits sending telephone messages that are false for…
© THE State has withdrawn charges against 13 National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students who were arrested for holding a demonstration, after the institution absolved them of any wrongdoing. In September, the students allegedly barricaded the university’s entrances with logs and iron bars, blocking staff from accessing the campus after lecturers boycotted teaching…
© FORMER National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board (Nieeb) employees have filed a High Court application against the Industry and Commerce ministry, demanding thousands of litres of fuel that they were owed by the indigenisation company. Among some of the former employees that have approached the court are Virginia Mugari, who is owed 2 910,77…
