© ZIMBABWE has secured 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity from neighbouring Mozambique, Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi has said. [GoogleAd] The energy import news from Mozambique, which is expected to ease Zimbabwe’s long-running power crisis, was posted by Chasi on Twitter. “I was in Maputo last week where I met the Energy minister….
© A Luveve man who was shot and injured in the thigh while attempting to disarm a police officer during the January fuel protests has been jailed. [GoogleAd] Promise Mandizha Dube, 31, was yesterday sentenced to four years behind bars after he was convicted of public violence charges by magistrate Tinashe Tashaya. Dube will serve…
© HIGH Court judge Amy Tsanga will tomorrow determine a fresh bail appeal lodged by ex-Cabinet minister Priscah Mupfumira who is in detention pending trial over corruption charges. [GoogleAd] Mupfumira was represented by Thabani Mpofu who argued that the magistrates’ court had misdirected itself when it denied her bail. The lower court dismissed Mupfumira’s bail…
© A JOHANE Marange apostolic sect member was yesterday convicted of aiding a church ‘‘prophet’’ in raping a 14-year-old girl. Marion Chindaro of Nyamande Village under Chief Chinamhora committed the offence while at the so-called prophet’s homestead where he was receiving spiritual help. [GoogleAd] Chindaro dragged the girl to a room where the said sect…
© CORPORATE 24 Medical Centre and Group of Hospitals on Wednesday launched three medical aid schemes as a reaction to challenges faced by people in accessing healthcare amid the economic downturn. [GoogleAd] The new schemes are the Plug, Senior and the Nemhuri4 plan. The Plug medical aid scheme is for people who are already on…
© A BULAWAYO magistrate has freed 13 National University of Science and Technology (NUST) students who were arrested during a demonstration at the institution’s main campus. [GoogleAd] The students, Jok Deng, 25, Chuny Joseph, 27, Zibusiso Ndlovu, 21, Joseph Nyamayaro, 22, Tinotenda Kwaramba, 21, Daniel Mangiza, 24, Tanaka Charamba, 22, Peace Harare, 23, Methembe Msipha,…
© THE State has set October 30 as the trial date for MDC youth assembly secretary-general Gift Ostallos Siziba — who is accused of inciting public violence after he allegedly encouraged the public to participate in demonstrations while addressing a rally in Glen Norah in July. [GoogleAd] When he appeared in court yesterday for routine…
© EXACTLY a week after the government swooped on four companies suspected of driving the thriving foreign currency parallel market, the Zimbabwe dollar has plunged again against the major currencies — leaving ordinary people facing a fresh round of price increases. [GoogleAd] This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s emergency regulations introduced last November to contain…
© HIGH Court judge president, George Chiweshe, last night embarrassed the police when he ruled against their surprise decision to stop the leader of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) Peter Magombeyi from travelling to South Africa for medical attention. [GoogleAd] This comes after the police had also shockingly disowned their lawyer on Tuesday, who…
© THE Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) has called for the establishment of an independent investigation team for the obtaining abductions of political and human rights activists as well as trade unionists to ensure the perpetrators are held to account. [GoogleAd] According to civil society organisations, more than 50 people have been abducted since…
