© BULAWAYO residents are demanding the nullification of the recent recruitment of student nurses at Mpilo Central Hospital and United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after it emerged that most of them were selected from outside Matabeleland. This was revealed by Bulawayo Provincial minister Judith Ncube on Sunday to Vice President Kembo Mohadi, politburo and central committee…
© A FORT Rixon man was allegedly fatally assaulted by his colleagues over a torn $2 note, a court heard yesterday. Qhubekani Moyo was reportedly assaulted during gambling by Thokozani Nkomo, 20, and Nyasha Muzungu, 26, who are both gold panners. Nkomo and Muzungu appeared before Bulawayo provincial magistrate Ulukile Mlea charged with murder. [GoogleAd]…
© THE Supreme Court has reserved ruling in a contract battle between businessman Wicknell Chivayo and the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), after hearing arguments by lawyers representing both parties. This comes as the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission is seeking prosecuting powers for at least 200 high-profile cases and the controversial businessman has been desperate to fend…
© BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga has filed a $4 million lawsuit against Zanu PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu for naming him on a list of alleged fraudsters. In the application filed last Friday, Buyanga through his lawyers from Rubaya and Chatambudza Legal Practitioners claimed the inclusion of his name on the list was “wrongful and…
© THE High Court has dismissed as not urgent two separate applications pitting Harare businessman Antony Parehwa and property firm Watermount Estates, who are embroiled in a legal battle over the transfer of 130 residential stands in Goromonzi to the former. Parehwa, who is into property development, on October 7 filed an urgent High Court…
THE duo of Hilton Tamangani, 29, and Evans Chinyanga, 39 as well as nine others appeared before Harare magistrate Learnmore Mapiye yester- day charged with assaulting a police officer. They are being represented by Kudzai Kadzere and Kuzi- vakwashe Ngodza. Prosecutor Sabastian Mutizirwa alleged that on October 12, around 3pm, Tatenda Sibiya, 29, a cop…
© THE main opposition MDC says it has no intention of infiltrating the anti-sanctions march scheduled for October 25 and engage in criminal acts. This comes after Vice President Kembo Mohadi claimed at the weekend that the ruling party had received intelligence suggesting that opposition parties and civil society organisations intended to infiltrate the anti-sanctions…
THREE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) officials face arrest after a committee of Parliament yesterday threatened to prefer contempt charges against them. This came after RBZ deputy governor Kupukile Mlambo and two other officials Tsitsi Hungwe and William Manhimanzi failed to appear before the Tendai Biti-led Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain how the…
© ZIMBABWE has been hit by the double wham- my of rising sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and serious shortages of drugs to treat them — derailing, in the process, the govern- ment’s fight against HIV/Aids. The shortage of drugs has left most public hospitals without enough supplies for patients to complete their treatment, exposing the…
© OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa yester accused authorities of running scared and working to destabilise the MDC after hundreds of police cordoned off the party’s national headquarters in Harare, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s economic rot continues to worsen, triggering restlessness among long-suffering Zimbabweans who are by most measures worse off than…
