HARARE – The State yesterday opposed a plan by a former Midlands State University student accused of retweeting a message denigrating the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba, to change his plea. Night Tawona Shadaya, 25, initially pleaded guilty after he was charged with criminal insult charge for retweeting a message besmirching Chigumba in…
HARARE – Vice President Kembo Mohadi has once again been dragged to the High Court by his estranged wife Tambudzani Mohadi (nee Muleya), who is demanding over $13 000 in maintenance every month, pending the finalisation of their divorce case. Muleya is also demanding a further $20 000 from the politician for legal fees. The…
HARARE – A Harare reveller who stirred controversy on social media after posting a liquor bill worth thousands of dollars from Club Sankayi was yesterday dragged to court facing fraud charges relating to the transaction. Thulani Roy Dhlamini, 23, who is unemployed and resides in Emerald Hill, Harare allegedly duped the club, owned by businessman…
HARARE – Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said resettled farmers will no longer get farm implements from government for free. This comes after the dramatic failure of the Farm Mechanisation Scheme implemented by the government in 2007 targeted at the country’s newly-resettled farmers who were then helped with farm implements on a rent-to-buy basis. The…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has scoffed at the shock move by Energy minister Joram Gumbo to impose a blanket ban on the use of jerry cans and other metal containers at fuel service stations. The MDC branded the move “insane and mind-boggling”. “He makes this declaration in a misdirected attempt to combat hoarding…
HARARE – There was a stampede yesterday as journalists and members of the public pushed into a small conference room, the set venue for the commission of inquiry public hearing on the August 1 killings. Individuals began to arrive as early as 9am only to endure hours of waiting outside, while the commissioners deliberated on…
HARARE – A Hurungwe-based pastor, Chenjerai Kangausaru, has returned to full-time politics following the Zanu PF politburo’s decision to readmit him back into the ruling party. The Family of God Church pastor — who was expelled after contesting in the Hurungwe East Constituency as an independent candidate in 2013 — was re-admitted back to the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s stock market hit a record high last week, propelled by local investors seeking a safe haven in an economy suffering acute shortages of foreign exchange, a leading financial research firm has said. Equity Axis said in the week under review, stocks shot up astronomically going beyond the recent all-time high set in…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has commended the “calm and peaceful” environment in which candidates of the three political parties contesting the Mutoko North by-election filed their nomination papers. The Nomination Court proceedings for the Mutoko North by-election were held at the Marondera Magistrates’ Courts last weekend. More than one candidate was…
HARARE – The State’s star witness billed to testify in former Energy minister Samuel Undenge’s $5 million corruption trial is indisposed and could not attend trial yesterday. Noah Gwariro — who was also the chief witness when Undenge was convicted and jailed for fraud charges involving illegal awarding of a public relations consultancy tender that…
