© FORMER army general Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe was yesterday placed on the United States of America (USA) sanctions list for his role in the death of six civilians on August 1 last year. [GoogleAd] Sanyatwe, who is now Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Tanzania, was the commander of the reaction squad that was dispatched to quell protests…
© CITY Parking has justified their fee increase arguing that the cost of business had gone up astronomically since the beginning of the year. [GoogleAd] The Harare City Council’s parking company spokesperson Francis Mandaza said motorists had to agree that parking was charging sub-tariff rates amid escalating costs. Parking fees increased effective yesterday from $2…
© THE cost of basic consumer goods — which are already unaffordable for many Zimbabweans — is set to rise even higher, after under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced sharp increases in the prices of electricity and a plethora of taxes, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] Delivering his 2019 mid-term budget review statement in…
© MDC vice chairperson Job Sikhala is demanding $3 million from Zimbabwe Republic Police after he was allegedly tortured following his arrest on allegations of seeking to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. [GoogleAd] This comes weeks after Sikhala’s lawyers also told the courts that he was nearly killed by police during his controversial transportation to…
© 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…
