DAVID Whitehead Textiles Limited (DW) shareholder Edwin Chimanye has launched a High Court bid to push out the company’s judicial manager, Knowledge Hofisi, alleging gross misconduct in the administration of the fabrics firm. In the High Court application — in which he cited Hofisi, DW and the Master of the High Court as respondents —…
HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba says the city’s parking unit should increase fees by 110 percent to enable the local authority to revamp roads. Gomba, who claimed that the allocation the city was getting from the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) was inadequate, said Harare must charge a fee equivalent to the value of US$1. “City…
HARARE Water, which has accumulated $80 million in debts, will adjust tariffs every three months to recover treatment costs, mayor Herbert Gomba has said. This comes three months after the local authority hiked water tariffs by at least 900 percent from $0,80 cents to $7 per cubic metre. “The city water account is making losses…
CHITUNGWIZA Town Council seized a vehicle it had allocated to suspended human resources boss, Mary Rashamira Mukonyora, when she turned up for a disciplinary hearing last Saturday. Mukonyora was recently suspended without benefits and ordered to surrender all council property after an internal audit report alleged that she misrepresented her official status since 2012. She…
BHADELLA Wholesalers will close shop for good on Friday after operating in the country for almost 90 years. The company’s lawyer, Everson Samukange of Samukange Hungwe Attorneys, confirmed the closure of the 88-year-old wholesaler, which he attributed to the country’s economic woes. “Bhadella will close shop at the end of this month with all expected…
THE United States of America (USA) has reiterated that Zimbabwe’s problems are man-made and require President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to correct them by implementing all needed reforms and ending executive corruption, the Daily News reports. President Emmerson Mnangagwa In addition President Donald Trump’s administration has also pooh-poohed recurring claims by Harare and some Sadc leaders…
THREE Kadoma gold miners have dragged a top Zanu PF official and former Mbizo constituency MP Vongaishe Mupereri to the High Court after he allegedly grabbed their mine. Calvin and Estearn Mutema and Gift Chakupa are seeking an interdict against Mupereri and his co-defendant, Gladys Chivere. “On September 5, 2019, we obtained a certificate from…
PARLIAMENT has postponed this week’s planned MDC MPs disciplinary hearings on charges of refusing to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy. The hearings were moved to next week when the House reconvenes. National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda set up a privileges committee last year to investigate a possible case of contempt of Parliament by opposition legislators…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry, pictured, has filed an application seeking to implement a High Court order allowing her access to her children, matrimonial home and cars pending the hearing of an appeal filed by her husband. Marry and Chiwenga are embroiled in an acrimonious divorce that has seen the two trading accusations…
HEALTH and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo reiterated yesterday that authorities were ready and also had enough capacity to deal with the deadly coronavirus — which has so far killed 81 people in China and left 3 000 others ill there. This comes as fears over the spread of the virus have caused panic around…
