MUTARE – Zanu PF’s politicisation of farming inputs has hit a new low as the party is now demanding that opposition supporters who benefited from the Presidential Inputs Scheme return them. MDC activists from Chipatarongo Village in Nyanga North Ward 6 were ordered to return the inputs at a meeting that was addressed by the…
HARARE – Chikukwa community in Chimanimani effected a citizen’s arrest on a 23-year-old man who was in possession of a heart, sex organs and eyes of his 60-year-old murder victim. Victor Dinga was arrested by villagers who were led by Aaron Mashava, a shop owner and his brother-in-law after he confided in him of the…
HARARE – Norton Town Council (NTC) has fined three households for illegally connecting water to their residence. Mayor Sylvester Gumisirayi said the illegal connections in Culfa ward 10, which were identified following a tip-off, deprived other residents of the precious liquid. “These illegal connections resulted in other households failing to receive water when water was…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says it has noted with concern that despite claiming to be a government of the people, the new administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is treating people in the informal sector with heavy-handedness reminiscent of the Robert Mugabe era. In a statement, ZCTU said it is appalled…
HARARE – Local Government minister July Moyo was yesterday grilled in Parliament over government’s engagement of a company owned by former first lady Grace Mugabe as debt collectors in several local authorities. Opposition MDC MP Job Sikhala set the ball rolling yesterday during the questions without notice session in the National Assembly, questioning the legality…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been asked to regularise Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema’s appointment to avert a constitutional crisis as he now has more non-constituency MPs appointed as ministers, which is against the governance charter. This was raised by MDC MP for Mutare Central Innocent Gonese, who said that the executive was improperly…
HARARE – Veteran lawyer and opposition kingpin Tendai Biti is struggling to cope with the post-July 30 violence to the extent that he needs therapy and counselling services, the magistrates’ court was told yesterday. Biti said the traumatic disorder came as a result of the harrowing experience he went through at the hands of security…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo’s premier event Intwasa Arts Festival opened on Monday amid fears that the cholera outbreak, fuel shortages and cash shortages will dampen the arts extravaganza. As part of the efforts by government to bring the cholera scourge under control, police banned public gatherings which saw many arts events particularly in the capital being…
HARARE – Former Energy minister Simon Khaya Moyo who is Senator for Matabeleland South yesterday said the current economic crisis needs fresh minds as the situation at hand cannot be solved by tired minds. Speaking in Senate, Khaya Moyo said the current economic crisis needs people who work hard. “This economy needs thinkers and doers….
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s anti-corruption drive will not be taken seriously as long as he keeps, in his government, officials whose past is tainted as is currently the case — independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has said. Mliswa said this in Parliament yesterday while debating Mnangagwa’s speech during his State-of-the-Nation Address last week when…
