HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance is planning to drag the police to court over the continued ban of its 18th anniversary celebration at a time Zanu PF is being given unbridled permission to hold its meetings. This comes after the police last week proscribed the MDC anniversary celebration for the second time, claiming…
HARARE – Parliamentarians have until Friday to declare details of their assets and income, as part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s drive to boost transparency and reinforce the government’s commitment to fighting corruption in the recession-hit economy. This comes after Mnangagwa declared that all public office holders — including Cabinet ministers, their deputies, senior government officials…
BULAWAYO – The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has hailed the decision to publicly stage a documentary about the Gukurahundi genocide that had initially sparked complaints from the police that it was not cleared by the Censorship Board, with the State-run NPRC saying the filmmakers had “a duty” to make the motion picture to…
HARARE – The High Court has ordered illegal occupiers of a white farmer’s land in Goromonzi to vacate the land immediately saying the commercial farmer was unfairly evicted. The ruling comes after Hector Dalton Ludick (senior), Hector Dalton Ludick (junior) and Jennifer Patricia Ludick filed a High Court application seeking to retain ownership of their…
HARARE – Chivi South Zanu PF MP Killer Zivhu has dragged Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa to the High Court demanding $1 million in defamation damages. Zivhu is accusing the former Zanu PF member of defaming him through his Twitter postings which alleged he fraudulently acquired land in Norton where he is developing the Galloway…
HARARE – War veterans in Joice Mujuru’s National People’s Party (NPP) yesterday took part in the time-honoured Zimbabwean political tradition of switching team jerseys to Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance. The war veterans, among them NPP senior officials including national chairperson Dzikamai Mavhaire, stunned a lot of people yesterday when they announced at the Morgan Richard…
HARARE – The acting managing director at National Pharmaceuticals (NatPharm) appeared in court yesterday facing charges of abuse of office. The State alleges Newman Batanai Madzikwa, 40, allegedly hiked drug handling fees by 11 percent and corruptly awarded a $10 million tender to a Danish medicines’ supplier. He allegedly committed the offence barely three months…
HARARE – A Harare court yesterday dropped an arrest warrant for businessman Genius Kadungure after he successfully argued that he missed a flight on September 17, causing him to fail to pitch for his fraud trial. Kadungure’s administrative warrant was revoked by regional magistrate Morgan Nemadire. Kadungure, affectionately known as Ginimbi, was represented by Jonathan…
HARARE – The government yesterday fired the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board and also introduced a slew of measures aimed at stabilising the economy and stemming rising prices of goods. The new measures come as there are growing fears that the economy could be slipping back to the 2008 hyperinflation era when both the Zimbabwe…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe’s economy continues to come apart at the seams, experts say it is time for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his dithering lieutenants to bite the bullet and make the requisite changes needed to turn around the untenable situation. If this doesn’t happen as a matter of urgency, both business and economists told…
