AS EXPECTED, the government has appealed against the weekend ruling by the High Court which nullified the recent extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s tenure in office. Speaking to the Daily News last night, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the appeal meant that the High Court’s judgment in the Malaba case had now been suspended. “We filed…
ZIMBABWE requires over 50 000 additional teachers to match the requirements of the Covid-19 standard operating procedures introduced by the government to curb the spread of the deadly virus, Labour minister Paul Mavima has said. In a ministerial statement presented in the National Assembly yesterday, Mavima said the government was in the process of recruiting…
FORMER Cabinet minister and Zanu PF Mashonaland West senator, Prisca Mupfumira, who is facing corruption charges, has been given her passport back to allow her to travel to South Africa on Parliament business. Through her lawyer Admire Rubaya, Mupfumira produced documents showing she had been cleared to travel by the government, before applying for the…
A SUSPECTED armed robber has been arrested on allegations of conniving with seven accomplices in stealing a safe from a company in Graniteside, Harare which contained US$166 000. It is alleged that on May 4, 2021, Justin Chibaya, 37, and his alleged accomplices are said to have attacked a security guard, threatening him with a…
A LOCAL bank accounts clerk has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts accused of conniving with an assistant branch manager to swindle the financial institution of over $23 million, before transferring it into two different accounts. Arthur Munhuuripi, 47, was yesterday charged with theft while his suspected accomplice Nyasha Dumbu is allegedly on the run….
FOUR Local Government ministry officials accused of recommending allocation of residential stands to their friends, who were not on the housing waiting list have been granted $20 000 bail each. Andrew Shawatu, who was the principal administration officer of the State lands section and Priscilla Mudzinge, who was the director of urban planning and commonage…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s term of office by another five years despite the resistance from legal experts, civic organisations and the opposition. In a letter written by Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda to Malaba yesterday, Mnangagwa said medical reports validated that the Chief Justice, who turns…
A HARARE man yesterday appeared in court after he was arrested on allegations of conniving with three Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) employees…
THE police on Monday recovered close to one kilogramme of cocaine stashed in a foreigner’s undergarments at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport after a tip off. The cocaine weighing 945g has a street value of $7 560 000. “The suspect had been placed under surveillance after reports that she was believed to have ingested…
FIVE people were murdered within a week with the police raising concern over the increase in murder cases, some of which are being committed by mentally-challenged individuals. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the law would take its course and perpetrators will be brought to book. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)…
