HARARE – Goodness and Mercy Ministries’s Tapiwa Freddy has been hit with a $100 000 lawsuit after publishing a prophecy that allegedly exposed a Harare man’s extra marital affair. The plaintiff, Berry Mutimbe of Unit O Seke, Chitungwiza, wants Freddy to foot defamation damages of $100 000 because his community now sees him as an…
HARARE – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has, in the event of winning this month’s crunch national elections, ruled out his government repossessing land from thousands of people who benefitted from the 2000 chaotic agrarian reforms. Addressing party supporters in the once prime farming area of Mvurwi in Mashonaland Central Province at the weekend,…
HARARE – Zimbabweans should stay calm and participate in peaceful harmonised elections as violence is associated with stunted growth among developing countries’ economies, an international peace initiative watchdog has said. Heavenly Culture, World Peace and Restoration of Light (HWPL) urged local political players to partner religious bodies in a multi-stakeholder approach so as to preach…
HARARE – Fearful teachers have claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has dispatched public service and education officials to schools across the country, whom they suspect to be intelligence officials on surveillance missions, ahead of this month’s elections. Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima could not be reached for comment at the time of…
HARARE – Government is courting insurance and property giant — Old Mutual — to supports its ambitious agricultural and housing development programmes as it seeks to revive its romance with the private sector following years of frosty relations. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government seeks to jump-start the agricultural sector and construct thousands of houses for desperate…
HARARE – In a surprising development, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has chosen to cut his losses and withdrawn his court challenge against his former colleague-turned political rival, Thokozani Khupe — over the use of the MDC-T’s name and symbol. This effectively leaves Khupe as the substantive MDC-T leader, as well as the party’s presidential…
HARARE – In an interesting turn of events, and as concerns grow over the security of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, war veterans are putting pressure on Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — who is in charge of the country’s security cluster — to do more to protect both VIPs and ordinary Zimbabweans. Speaking to the Daily News…
HARARE – In an interesting turn of events, and as concerns grow over the security of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, war veterans are putting pressure on Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — who is in charge of the country’s security cluster — to do more to protect both VIPs and ordinary Zimbabweans. [Adz]
HARARE – Private properties with billboards facing public roads will soon be paying advertising levies to Harare City Council (HCC). HCC’s director of works Zvenyika Chawatama said a full council resolved that levies be collected from all buildings in the Central Business District (CBD) and environs displaying murals of all types and sizes. Council also…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is seeking to amend its traffic by-laws to include sections on issuance of parking tickets and fines. According to environmental management committee minutes, the by-law did not have any provision on offences and penalties making it difficult to charge offenders. The new amendments would work together with the amended…
