© THE Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu) fears that jailed Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Chief Felix Ndiweni, will be killed in prison if he remains there. Ndiweni, 54 a rabid critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government was last week jailed for an effective 18 months after he was convicted by Bulawayo magistrate Gladmore Mushove…
© Eddie Cross, the former secretary of economic affairs in the main MDC, looks like he is on a mission. [GoogleAd] A little bit of background would suffice! Before the country regained independence in 1980, the father of two had served the minority regime of Ian Douglas Smith in many capacities. In his CV, Cross…
EVER since Fortune Chasi took over the Energy ministry from the embattled Joram Gumbo, it ap- pears the power situation in the country has gone from bad to worse. Load-shedding of up to 18 hours per day has become the norm, with power tariffs having gone up almost threefold in recent weeks. [GoogleAd] Power utility…
© ZIMBABWE Gender Commis- sion (ZGC) has launched an investigation on Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya over damning sexual harassment claims, the Daily News can report. The self-styled prophet has been facing several accusa- tions of sexual abuse, including a claim that he impregnated a 17-year-old girl with many of them…
© PROGRESSIVE Agriculture and Allied industries Workers Union of Zimbabwe (Paawuz) is happy that since the coming in of the new dispensation led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa the union has managed to recover more than $300 000 owed to its members by commercial farmers. [GoogleAd] The union represents over 30 000 farm workers across the…
© MDC national organising secretary Amos Chibaya appeared in court yesterday charged with failing to comply with a prohibition notice issued by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) banning last Friday’s demonstrations in Harare. He will spend the weekend in jail pending his bail application ruling which has been set for Monday. [GoogleAd] Chibaya is being…
© A HARARE man has sued his female neighbour for $360 000 after she bit off his right index finger at the height of an altercation. Taurai Sangombe filed summons against Irene Mugwadi saying he could no longer fend for his family after the injury since he does manual jobs. They both live in Warren…
© SINGER Ashley “Shashl” Moyo’s former boyfriend Godfrey Utsiwegota was yesterday fined $600 for assaulting the songstress.Harare provincial magistrate Learnmore Mapiye slapped Utsiwegota with a two-month jail term with the option of a $600 fine. Mapiye also sentenced Utsiwegota with a three-month sentence wholly suspended for five years on condition that he does not within…
© AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) repre- sentatives including Obert Masaraure and prominent human rights lawyer Douglas Coltart were yesterday arrested by riot police during the “pay day funeral” protest held outside the Finance and Economic Development ministry’s offices in Harare. The pay day funerals organised by Artuz are being held to mourn…
© GOVERNMENT has offered civil servants a 76 percent salary increase with effect from this month to cushion them from the prevailing hyper- inflationary environment that has eroded wages leaving work- ers struggling to survive. Civil servants have for a long time been demanding to be paid salaries commensurate with the obtaining cost of…
