HARARE – Twomen who are alleged to have been part of the mob that demonstrated against the delay by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to announce the Presidential results yesterday appeared before the courts. Jeremiah Zivengwa, 41 and Singo Simangaliso, 21 were arrested after being identified by witnesses who saw them allegedly committing the offence. On…
HARARE – A female commercial sex worker who was part of a gang of armed robbers that pounced on Wongai Banda and went on a shopping spree with his money has been jailed to an effective 10 years behind bars. Gaillah Muroyi, 26, was initially sentenced to 13 years but regional magistrate Themba Kuwanda suspended…
HARARE – An armed robber who was part of a gang that stole from PHI Commodities and went away with nearly $2 million in cash was yesterday hauled before the courts. Edison Nyamuchengwa, 38 who was remanded to September 13 for trial was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. Prosecutor Sebastian Mutizirwa…
HARARE – Election Resource Centre (ERC) says the judicial process in the recent Constitutional Court hearing — which dismissed MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa’s election petition, who was challenging the results of the 30 July presidential election — fell short of addressing the issues at the core of Zimbabwe’s perennial electoral disputes. “Glaring gaps…
HARARE – Zimbabwe National Women’s Awards will take place on August 30 at a Harare hotel as the country joins South Africa and the rest of the world to commemorate Women’s Month. Every August the world pays tribute to thousands of South African women who marched to Union Buildings in Pretoria on August 9, 1956…
HARARE – MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa will this Sunday embark on nationwide rallies to thank his supporters for voting overwhelming for him and advise them on the way forward. Ironically, Chamisa’s rallies come at a time when president Emmerson Mnangagwa is also lining up countrywide tours to thank the people for voting for him…
HARARE – Zimbabwe faces another climate change-induced drought since the 2015-2016 season amid revelations by government that the 2018-19 rainfall season points to an El Nino effect. El Nino is the warming of ocean currents off the South American coast around December and causes below normal rain patterns and above normal temperatures in specific areas…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is losing three transformers a night due to vandals, Energy ministry permanent secretary Partson Mbiriri has said. Mbiriri, who was the guest of honour at a workshop for farmers and other stakeholders from the agriculture sector hosted by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s newly sworn-in President, Emmerson Mnangagwa will officially launch this year’s edition of the Harare Agricultural Show, organisers of the event have said. Anxious Masuka, the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (Zas)’s chief executive, yesterday said the Zanu PF leader, who was inaugurated on Sunday, will grace the annual event on Friday. “In his first…
HARARE – Distressed companies, some of which are on the verge of collapse, have dug deep into their nearly empty pockets to join the bandwagon and congratulate President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was sworn in as the country’s president on Sunday. Most of the government owned parastatals are in the intensive care unit and depend heavily…
