HIGH Court judge David Mangota has said former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere is entitled to get back the title deeds to his Nyanga property after the High Court quashed his charges last year. Mangota said this in a full judgment issued on Monday. The State had confiscated Kasukuwere’s property, which he had surrendered as…
THE High Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of former Midlands State University (MSU) bursar Mamelo Moyo and her husband Melusi for swindling the institution of more than US$150 000 in underhand dealings. Mamelo and Melusi, who is also the university’s former acting director of works, established a briefcase company supplying stationery and swindled…
PARLIAMENT has raised concern over several ministries that have been avoiding bringing parastatals audit reports under their purview to be debated in the house, the Daily News reports. The issue was raised by the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Accounts, Tendai Biti, pictured, in the National Assembly yesterday. Biti said his committee had…
AS ZANU PF’s internal ructions continue to escalate, suspended youth league official Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of failing to live up to the promises he made before his late predecessor Robert Mugabe fell from power in late 2017, the Daily News reports. This comes as the former liberation movement is once…
THE mindless and factional bloodletting within the MDC was further exposed yesterday when the party’s secretary-general Chalton Hwende issued a “final warning” to his predecessor Douglas Mwonzora for allegedly discussing party issues in the media. Ironically, Hwende’s warning to Mwonzora, which was supposed to be a confidential, internal party matter — going by the party’s…
THE government has moved to demand valid medical certificates of clearance for coronavirus (COVID-19) from individuals coming from countries affected by the deadly virus that has so far killed more than 3 000 and infected over 88 000 globally. This was announced by Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa during a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday….
GERMANY’s deputy head of mission to Zimbabwe Christian Oelfke, has said that while Zimbabwe has an impressive body of legislation to fight corruption, lack of implementation and enforcement of the existing laws is stifling the fight against the scourge. This emerged at a workshop organised by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in partnership…
PARENTS with children studying in China have agreed that they remain in the world’s most populous nation until the deadly coronavirus is contained after getting assurances about their safety from the Chinese government. This is despite the fact that other countries, including neighbouring South Africa, have evacuated their nationals from China in a bid to…
ZIMBABWE’S economy will likely continue on a downward spiral due to poor policies which are causing instability in the country, a respected South Africa-based think tank has said. The Oxford University-linked NKC African Economics (NKC) in its latest research instalment on Zimbabwe has ruled out any economic improvement in Zimbabwe in the short term. “From…
FORMER Zanu PF kingpins — who for years determinedly worked to obliterate the MDC, but now claim undying love and loyalty to the party and its leader Nelson Chamisa — are causing great discord in the country’s main opposition, the Daily News reports. So bad has the situation become that the MDC’s respected former secretary-general,…
