© MDC deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, who is accused of seeking to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration, will stand trial between January 27 and 31 next year. [GoogleAd] Sikhala, who is represented by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), is currently out of custody on $5 000 bail. In his bail application in July,…
© BUSINESSMAN and FreeZim Congress opposition party leader Joseph Makamba Busha has slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government for lacking the capacity to rid Zimbabwe of serious economic challenges. [GoogleAd] Busha told journalists in the capital this weekend that the country’s economic and political situation had deteriorated since the late former President Robert Mugabe’s…
© VICE President Kembo Mohadi has called for the establishment of an environmental law enforcement unit at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in a bid to augment the execution of environmental laws against pollution and land degradation. [GoogleAd] Mohadi said this on Friday during the national clean-up campaign which is held every first Friday of…
© HEAD of Aids and TB Unit in the Health and Child Care ministry Owen Mugurungi says the drought gripping Zimbabwe poses severe health consequences, especially for people with chronic illnesses such as HIV and tuberculosis (TB). [GoogleAd] Mugurungi told the Daily News on Sunday in the capital that it is important for people suffering…
© FORMER vice president Joice Mujuru’s combine harvester worth over US$200 000 is set to go under the hammer on Wednesday after the High Court recently removed from the roll her application challenging an order for the attachment of the property to settle a debt owed to a local agriculture company. [GoogleAd] Mujuru, pictured, through…
© FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe, pictured, has defended a $2 million lawsuit filed against her and her son Russel Goreraza by Lebanese businessman Jamal Hamed, who accuses the two of defaming him during a legal battle in a diamond ring deal that went wrong. [GoogleAd] The widow of the former president Robert Mugabe sued…
© EXPLOSIONS of gas cylinders have risen since Zimbabweans resorted to using cooking gas in urban centres due to erratic power supply, police have said. Over the past few months, the police have recorded a number of gas cylinder explosion-related accidents where properties worth thousands of dollars were destroyed. [GoogleAd] “In a fire incident…
© NEWLY-appointed United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator Maria Ribeiro, pictured, yesterday said Zimbabwe has a legacy of policies that deter economic growth. She, however, encouraged young people to innovate practical solutions to improve the country’s social and economic trajectory. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe is going through its second hyper-inflation in two decades, which analysts attribute to bad…
© THE private sector must exploit the opportunities presented by Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU), top industrialist and former Confederation of Zimbabwe Industry (CZI) president Busisa Moyo said yesterday. Britain is set to leave the EU on January 31, 2020 in what has come to be popularly known as Brexit. [GoogleAd] This follows…
© EIGHT money changers reportedly lost US$765 000 to two Harare businessmen in a botched foreign currency deal in which they sought to receive bank transfers at prevailing black market rates. Munir Kamruddin Kazi, 45, and Shingirai Levison Muringi, 28, appeared before Harare magistrate Learnmore Mapiye charged with fraud. [GoogleAd] They were released on $10…
