MDC vice chairperson, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, has written to the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) to register his fears about suspected security agents he says are trailing him, the Daily News reports. This comes as Sikhala and other hardliners within Zimbabwe’s main opposition have called for radical action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government,…
KWEKWE City Council has converted a local beerhall in Mbizo suburb into a coronavirus (Covid-19) screening centre as a measure to scale up preparedness in case the killer virus is recorded in the city. Kwekwe mayor Angeline Kasipo, said the local authority does not have any infectious diseases control centre, hence the need to designate…
THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) has said that the motor vehicle licence increase notice being circulated on some sections of social media is fake. In a statement yesterday Zinara said: “Zinara is a statutory body that falls under the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development. Therefore, any review of licence tariffs is done by…
A HIGH Court ruling — in a case pitting businessman Frank Buyanga Sadiqi against Chantelle Muteswa — annulling a common law practice entrusting mothers with the sole custodianship of minor children born out of wedlock has changed the law. This comes as the government has tabled before Parliament amendments to the Guardianship of Minors Act…
FORMER Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services spokesperson Elizabeth Banda yesterday pleaded to be removed from remand in a corruption case, saying she wanted to protect herself from the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19). Banda is jointly charged with Raymond Mazodze, and Vongai Mazodze over fraud charges involving $1,2 million worth of fuel misappropriated during her tenure at…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) says it will ensure President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decree banning gatherings of more than 100 people is religiously followed by “conducting patrols, surveillance and checks to ensure compliance,” as the threat of coronavirus mounts after neighbouring countries South Africa and Zambia recorded cases of the pandemic. South Africa has so far…
CIVIL society organisations Tag a Life International (Tali) and Every Child in School have called on the government to include home-based colleges on the list of schools set to benefit from subsidised examination fees. This comes as the government recently announced that it would pay 53 percent of the examination fees for June and November…
A SELF-STYLED Harare prophet allegedly raped a pregnant congregant before threatening her with an abortion spell if she revealed the matter, a court heard yesterday. Godwin Chawe, 25, is answering to the rape charges before Harare regional magistrate Temba Kuwanda. When the woman,18, testified in court, she narrated how she had a miscarriage a few…
What Zim is doingWITH effect from yesterday, (March 20,2020, if you suspect Covid-19 disease, or wish to obtain more information on this disease, you are advised to call the following ministry of Health and Child Care hotline numbers for assistance: +263714 734 593 or +263774 112 531. As of March 17, 2020, 179 111 confirmed…
FORMER Zanu PF Mashonaland East provincial chairman Ray Joseph Kaukonde is facing eviction from Total Kariba Service Station which he is refusing to vacate following the expiry of the lease agreement. Total Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Total Zimbabwe), has since dragged the businessman to the High Court demanding his eviction. “Plaintiff (Total Zimbabwe) and defendant (Kaukonde)…
