© PARLIAMENT has completed its investigations on members of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines and Energy who allegedly demanded $400 000 from a local businessman keen to mine coal in Hwange in January. In February, the National Assembly set up a committee chaired by Chiefs Council president Fortune Charumbira to investigate Temba Mliswa —…
© The heavy police presence witnessed in the capital yesterday was discussed in the National Assembly, with Dzivaresekwa MDC MP Edwin Mushoriwa expressing disquiet over the measure. “I watched unbelievable scenes. The police were searching every car. This is not good for our country. The leader of the house must explain why the police is…
© A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officer under probe for accumulating wealth beyond his known source of income has been served with divorce papers with his wife after he married a second wife just before his arrest. Kennedy Nyatoti was served with divorce papers yesterday immediately after the State had sought forfeiture of his allegedly…
© FORMER Cabinet minister Sydney Sekeramayi, pictured, is being sued for an over $311 500 electricity bill by Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC). ZETDC approached the High Court after Sekeramayi had ignored terms of a deed of settlement which the parties had entered into by consent to clear the bill. [GoogleAd] ZETDC wants…
© HIGH court judge Thompson Mabhikwa yesterday set aside the election of deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami, abruptly ending his “controversial” one-and-a-half-year stint with the local authority. The ruling came after pressure group 1893 Mthwakazi Restoration Movement (1893MRM) had sought the court’s intervention in declaring him unfit for public office as he has a criminal record….
© ZANU PF MPs have urged government to speed up the vetting of war veterans so that some who are not getting their benefits will be able to receive them. Raising a motion in the august House, Zanu PF Makoni North MP James Munetsi, seconded by Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba, said government must address…
© A ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) official risks losing his wealth after a lifestyle audit revealed that he has amassed wealth beyond his known sources of income. Kennedy Nyatoti failed to explain how he managed to buy a Honda CRV for US$6 000 registered under his wife Tatenda Chisadza’s name, Nissan Skyline valued at US$4…
© Steve Hanke, an economics professor at John Hopkins University in the United States, has come out guns blazing, shooting from the hip at Deputy Information minister Energy Mutodi, whom he called “ignorant and a liar”. Hanke’s unrestrained attack came after Mutodi had reacted angrily to Hanke’s recent tweets stating he would be posting the…
© HARARE City Council employees have been awarded a six percent cost of living adjustment and $125 hardship allowance to cushion them against the economic hardships. [GoogleAd] At a press conference yesterday, human resources committee chairperson Jacob Mafume said the allowances were historic awards for 2017 and 2018. The hardship allowance translates to a 56…
© THE Harare City Council (HCC) has sent out auditors and investigators to look into activities at their farms following reports of corruption and mismanagement. [Adz] Mayor Herbert Gomba said the farms had been neglected for a long time, leading to their gradual deterioration. The investigations come after Auditor-General Mildred Chiri raised a red flag…
