© ZANU PF Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba has said MDC legislators should not be given vehicles because they do not recognise the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Chinotimba told the National Assembly on Thursday that MDC legislators must not get cars because they disrespected Mnangagwa, after the opposition legislators pitched up late for the…
© OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said unknown masked gunmen — brandishing AK 47 rifles — had stormed a meeting in the capital and nearly abducted two of his senior party officials. [GoogleAd] This came as the opposition was preparing to mark the deaths of six civilians who were killed by soldiers on August 1…
© FORMER Tourism minister Walter Mzembi’s alleged accomplice Sarah Makombe-Kuhudzayi walked out of court a free woman yesterday after a Harare magistrate acquitted her of stealing US$1, 8 million fund-raised for the 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) conference. Kuhudzayi was acquitted after a full trial by senior regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya. [GoogleAd] Mujaya…
© BODIES are decomposing at Mutare provincial hospital mortuary amid worsening load-shedding and as the institution’s faulty generator fails to provide full cover. [GoogleAd] The mortuary is now stinking, with relatives now being urged to quickly convey their deceased relatives from the gurneys for burial. Manicaland provincial medical director Patron Mafaune expressed surprise when contacted…
© JAILED former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke will remain in prison after the Supreme Court yesterday threw out his appeal against a 14-year jail term for raping his then 11-year-old relative at gunpoint. Kereke, who was jailed in 2016 after a protracted litigation which was eventually settled through private prosecution, approached the Supreme Court…
© Masvingo provincial minister Ezra Chadzamira on Wednesday proceeded with the installation of Clemence Madzingo as Chief Neromwe in Chiredzi, pending chieftainship dispute in the courts. [GoogleAd] Chief Tshovani, who has been accusing the army of meddling in a dispute over the Noremwe chieftainship, lost the battle as Madzingo was installed by Chadzamira at a…
© GOVERNMENT has put all entries into the country on red alert after a second case of Ebola was detected on Tuesday in the eastern Congolese city of Goma. Surveillance has been stepped up at all airports, and borders, Health and Child Care permanent secretary Agnes Mahomva said. Goma’s first Ebola case was detected in…
© THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) public hearings have witnessed a theatre of grief: victims sharing horrific stories, many collapsing into fits of tears, people hugging one another, some even fainting. [GoogleAd] There was undoubtedly something cathartic about the process for a lot of the victims. The experience of sharing how they had…
© Jailed Tourism and Environment minister Prisca Mupfumira, pictured, will have to wait a little longer before she tastes freedom after High Court Judge Erica Ndewere postp inoned her bail application to Monday. The judge postponed the hearing yesterday to allow the investigating officer to come and testify in the case after the State had…
© OPPOSITION MDC MPs claimed that they were yesterday barred from Parliament where Finance minister Mthuli Ncube presented his mid-year budget review and supplementary budget statement, which largely introduced sharp price increases in a number of sectors. [GoogleAd] Former MDC chief whip and Standing Rules and Orders committee member Innocent Gonese said they were barred…
