Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday randomly shot three teargas canisters into Batanai Building in Harare’s central business district as they chased after a journalist from 263 Chat, a local online media organisation. [GoogleAd] Lovejoy Mutongwiza, a reporter with 263 Chat was covering a joint operation between the ZRP and the Harare municipal police,…
A HARARE court has dismissed an application for exception filed by former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law, Simbarashe Chikore saying he must be put to his defence. [GoogleAd] Chikore, who is jointly charged with Simba Mutimbe is accused of unlawfully detaining Zimbabwe Airways former head of legal services Bertha Tsitsi Zakeyo at their Chishawasha Hills offices…
Parents at Mpopoma-based Lukanyiso Primary School are fuming over the failure by provincial education authorities to release an audit on the school authority’s alleged corruption. [GoogleAd] This was after the school last year bought a defective second-hand bus from Harare for a total cost of $121 000, a figure which they said was way above its…
HARARE City Council (HCC) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the ministry of Sports to refurbish Zimbabwe Grounds. [GoogleAd] According to community services minutes, the MOU will see the rehabilitation that is set to advance sport and recreation facilities and make them more accessible to the community.Community services and housing director Addmore…
Sanitary Aid Zimbabwe Trust (SAZT) has called upon government to implement effective policies to make sanitary wear affordable as it is still expensive despite the suspension of its importation duty. [GoogleAd] The country has been characterised by price hikes and goods shortages due to the economic meltdown resulting in the price of sanitary pads also going…
MBARE residents from Matapi flats feel short-changed by Harare City Council’s purported refurbishments as the city fathers only painted the outside while leaving the inside unattended to. [GoogleAd] The refurbishment of the flats comes as Harare has embarked on an exercise to revamp the condemned residents’ apartments that were originally meant for unmarried men who…
Zimbabwe Anti-Domestic Violence Council (ZADVC) said unless a formal complaint has been filed they cannot charge Vice President Kembo Mohadi for alleged domestic violence. [GoogleAd] At a press briefing on the current statistics of gender-based violence, ZADVC chairperson Eunice Njovana said they only know of the incident based on an unverified newspaper article. The press briefing…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has triggered a storm after he caricatured the RTGS dollar while hailing the United States dollar (US$) which he described as “the real money”. [GoogleAd] Acknowledging a US$2,5 million donation from American President Donald Trump towards Cyclone Idai survivors in Chimanimani on Thursday, an excited Mnangagwa, who has not enjoyed political goodwill…
Harare City Council has been ordered to release an offer letter for a residential area owned by Perfect Housing Cooperative in Glen Norah. [GoogleAd] Justice Nicholasi Mathonsi yesterday granted an order compelling HCC to hand over the offer letter and regularise occupation of the land in question. Perfect Housing Cooperative applied for subdivision of an open…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has won the hearts of smaller opposition parties that sang him praises here on Thursday after they were flown to the disaster-ravaged area to appreciate the magnitude of the damage caused by Cyclone Idai. [GoogleAd] Six helicopters flew into the altered landscape of Chimanimani where distraught families are still trying to pick…
