By Ashley Moyo A NEW pageant — Mr & Miss Elementary — which is set to take place at the Zimbabwe College of Music in Harare on December 10, aims at teaching the children to fight child marriages. This comes as Zimbabwe has made a commitment to eliminate child, early and forced marriages by 2030,…
WHEN the world football governing body Fifa announced they were banning Zimbabwe from participating in international matches last February, they made one thing clear — reinstate the Felton Kamambo-led Zifa board or stay on the sidelines. Weighing in on the issue, Fifa president Gianni Infantino did not mince his words, simply stating “they know what…
HARARE magistrate Tafadzwa Miti yesterday postponed the bail hearing of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala to next Monday, November 21 due to power cuts at the magistrates’ courts. He is facing charges of inciting public violence last June at the memorial service in Nyatsime, Chitungwiza of CCC activist Moreblessing Ali….
By Nyasha Dube THE High Court has put an end to a long running ownership wrangle of a gold mine in Mudzi district pitting Earthrow Investments and Pahasha Somalia Mining Syndicate, declaring the former to be the rightful owner of the mining claims. The two rival miners had been locked in an ownership dispute over…
By Regis Chingawo THE World Food Programme (WFP) says more than 7,6 million Zimbabweans are facing a food crisis. These latest figures are a massive jump from the estimated three million people who were reported to be in need of food aid between January and March this year. A WFP report for October of this…
By Nyasha Dube THE High Court has dismissed an application filed by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) where it was appealing against a Beitbridge Magistrate Court’s judgment that gave a local transport company, Trustus, the authority to repossess a truck that the revenue authority had impounded. According to court documents, in April last year, Zimra…
By Nyasha Dube A MAZOWE woman has approached the High Court seeking an order to bar her parents from interfering with her farming activities. Lovemore and Elinah Dzipange, who are the parents to Zuwa Damson, were the first to approach the High Court last October seeking a declaration and interdict against her. Justice Sylvia Chirawu-Mugomba…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC), which is pushing for dialogue between major political parties says that while bringing the ruling party, Zanu PF and opposition parties together has been difficult, there is always a way out. Calls for political parties to dialogue and avoid disputed election results have been made by…
THE finals for the Jikinya Dance Festival will be held on Thursday, November 24 where schools representing the country’s 10 provinces will battle it out for the top spot at Winery Hall in Gweru. National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) came up with the Jikinya Dance Festival in 2002, in partnership with the National Association…
By Brandon Josphat THE government says it has started a process of formalising illegal mining activities across the country in order to collect revenue from the currently informal operations. Addressing informal miners, popularly known as Makorokoza yesterday in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central Province the Mines minister, Winston Chitando said the proposed measures were intended to control…
