HARARE – Former vice president Joice Mujuru is at loggerheads with her step-children over a Borrowdale house, which the offspring of the late retired general Solomon Mujuru want to have a share of. This emerged at a family meeting held on Friday at the Master of High Court, where the issue of the sprawling property…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission (Zacc), in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), have issued a warrant of apprehension against self-exiled former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo (pictured), who is facing 14 counts of fraud. The warrant has since been handed to the International Police (Interpol), according to Zacc officials. Moyo…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission (Zacc), in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), have issued a warrant of apprehension against self-exiled former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo, who is facing 14 counts of fraud. [Adz]
HARARE – Peace building civic group — the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) — has reported an increase in political violence, which it said was being perpetrated by both the ruling Zanu PF and the MDC. In its first quarter report on the human rights situation, the ZPP said the first three months of the year…
HARARE – Harare City Council’s (HCC) emergency services have been hit hard by shortages of manpower and broken down fire engines among myriad problems, the city has revealed in its latest report. HCC has six operating ambulances from fleet of 14 whilst the fire department had only 12 fire engines servicing the city out of…
HARARE – Aspiring Zanu PF legislator for Dzivaresekwa constituency, George Chimhini, has roped in his losing rivals to become his campaign managers, in a rare display of unity. Chimhini won the primary election in Dzivaresekwa, beating his challengers Andrew Marauka, Rhoda Reza, Francis Chanduru and Charles Chaviwu. All the losing candidates have pledged to support…
HARARE – Insurance and Pension Commission (Ipec) commissioner Tendai Karonga has resigned after falling out with the regulator’s board. This comes, just over a year after he took over from Marnet Mpofu who left the commission following the expiry of her contract in January 2017. Karonga tendered in his resignation on May 16 following an…
HARARE – A Chinese couple has been arraigned before the court after they were found in possession of five sachets of cocaine. Cheng Lixiang, 34, and Zhang Xiaohui, 33, who are husband and wife were granted $500 bail when they appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba. State had opposed bail arguing that Lixiang had a…
HARARE – The Supreme Court has shut the door on the government-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) after throwing out its appeal, in which it challenged a High Court order barring it from selling diamonds belonging to Grandwell Holdings (Grandwell) in the Chiadzwa mining fields. The Supreme Court order comes after Grandwell, which is represented…
HARARE – Chaos yesterday rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC primary elections after the party shelved the internal polls to choose parliamentary candidates until Wednesday. The postponement was ostensibly to allow the party’s national executive members, who are currently monitoring selection of council candidates, to return. The MDC has since held primary elections in two of…
