FORMER Vice President Joice Mujuru has been granted a brief relief after the Sheriff of the High Court recently stayed the execution of an auction that would have resulted in the sale of her farming equipment in Beatrice over a US$226 000 debt. The auction comes after the Supreme Court, in March, ordered Mujuru and…
BY RUTENDO NGARA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the Zimbabwe Youth Council (ZYC) offices should be decentralised to ensure that youth are able to have access and easily raise their concerns at the nearest offices. The ZYC is the link between the government, through the Youth ministry and the youth, and one of its mandates is…
BY LAWRENCE PAGANGADeputy News Editor HE HAD been freed from jail on Friday, but the following Monday found him back in police custody awaiting trial. Brian James, who had just benefited from the presidential amnesty, was already in police custody and was being held on allegations of breaking into a house in the upmarket Borrowdale…
By Brandon Josphat CONCERNS are growing over rising cases of Covid in the country, after at least six people lost their lives to the disease this week alone. This has led Parliament to urge Vice President Chiwenga — who is also Zimbabwe’s Health and Child Care minister — to reinstate the mandatory wearing of face…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has warned malcontents bent on discrediting his party’s unconventional primaries in Harare today, by engaging in electoral malpractices such as vote-buying and busing people. Speaking on Thursday in Mbare, Harare, during a street meeting, Chamisa said his party would disqualify candidates who engage in electoral chicanery. “We…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT TEACHERS’ unions say authorities need to come up with an economic rescue package for their members urgently. This comes as the cost of living in the country continues to rise worryingly, amid an escalating Zim dollar and prices crisis. In a letter delivered to the Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday, the Progressive…
By Rutendo Ngara PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals is currently not offering any radiotherapy services as their machines are not functioning due to breakdowns. Speaking during a parliamentary portfolio on Health fact-finding tour at the institutions, oncologist Nothando Mutizira said the last radiotherapy machine had broken down in January last year. “We are offering cancer treatment…
ONE of the country’s largest tyre providers, Trentyre, has embarked on an aggressive expansion drive to evolve and refine its identity as a supplier of choice to all key sectors of the economy, such as agriculture, mining, and infrastructure. The company is a subsidiary of Zimplow Holdings, a major participant in the logistics and automotive…
By Ketty Nyoni THE country’s opposition should rally behind Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, in this year’s presidential election. So says former MDC bigwig, Morgen Komichi, who announced on Wednesday this week that he would now lead a splinter formation of the party. Speaking last night on independent television station 3Ktv’s popular…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has appealed to the country’s political parties to join hands in the fight against corruption in the country. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, during a national anti-corruption strategy meeting, chairperson for Zacc, Loice Matanda-Moyo, called on political players and Parliament to play their part if the fight against graft…
