HARARE – Former Big Brother Africa (BBA) winner Wendall Parson is set to lose his Toyota Hilux after he lost a legal battle where his mother was suing him for $83 000. The “celebrity” was facing two lawsuits after he failed to pay back money owed to his mother and another relative amounting to $83…
HARARE – A Harare man who flighted an advert in the newspaper purporting to sell a $1,5 million property belonging to Multichoice Zimbabwe chief executive officer, Lovemore Mangwende, has been arraigned before the courts. Emmanuel Bangira, 60, was remanded in custody to Monday for bail consideration when he appeared before Harare magistrate Edwin Marecha. He…
HARARE – Music promoter and disc jockey Simbarashe Maphosa popularly known as Godfather Templeman who is facing kidnapping charges will go on trial next month. Templeman was issued with a trial date when he appeared before Harare magistrate Edwin Marecha yesterday. His trial will commence on June 20, 2018. Maphosa, 40, is alleged to have…
HARARE – Civil Service Commission permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga has been removed from remand in the case he is being charged with criminal abuse of office. Gudyanga, 70, appeared before Harare magistrate Edwin Marecha together with Mines ministry officials Sibondubuhle Mpindiwa, 35, and Jacqueline Munyonga, 41. He has another pending case of abuse of office…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to implement all provisions of the Constitution and harmonise laws, policies and administrative practices with the supreme law of the land. The calls were made on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of coming into force of the national…
HARARE – Sitting Members of Parliament from the ruling party who abused the Community Development Fund (CDF) have been described as saboteurs, who should pay back the money without further delay, an aspiring Zanu PF lawmaker has said. Chivi Rural District Council chairperson, Killer Zivhu, who won in the recent Zanu PF primary elections in…
HARARE – Delays in the release of money secured from China’s Export Import Bank by the Harare City Council (HCC) have affected the refurbishment of Letombo, Alexandra Park and Warren Control water stations. In 2013, Zimbabwe signed a $144 million loan facility with China Eximbank to fund upgrades of Harare’s water and sewerage works. While…
HARARE – Residents in the dormitory town of Chitungwiza are mulling suing their local authority for putting their lives at risk following the recent outbreak of cholera. Since January, Zimbabwe has experienced three outbreaks of cholera in Harare, Chitungwiza and Chegutu. Chitungwiza residents are not taking it lying low. Through Chitungwiza and Manyame Residents Association…
HARARE – Former minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Jonathan Moyo, is escalating his war of words against top bureaucrat, George Charamba — the President’s spokesperson. In a blizzard of tweets on the micro-blogging platform Twitter, Moyo, who is reportedly holed up in Kenya, describes Charamba as a “bullish permanent secretary” who is disliked…
HARARE – Euatorial Guinea president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, arrived in Harare yesterday for his first official visit since President Emmerson Mnangagwa inauguration. Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo confirmed the visit to the Daily News. Ties between Harare and Malabo were strengthened in 2004 when Zimbabwe foiled an attempted coup by mercenaries who had hatched a…
