HARARE – ZANU PF has dismissed allegations by the opposition MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa that the ruling party has a proclivity for plagiarism as baseless. Two weeks ago, Chamisa said the MDC Alliance—his vehicle going into the forthcoming elections — will not publicise its election manifesto until Zanu PF had published its own…
HARARE – Two senior police officers reportedly fleeced desperate home-seekers of $23 000 after selling them land without authorisation from Local Government ministry. Stenia Kimbini, 49, and Passway Mubaiwa, 41, appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande charged with fraud. They were released on $150 bail with conditions to report daily at CID Law and Order,…
HARARE – At least 13 people have died from snake bites since the beginning of the year, statistics from the ministry of Health and Child Care reveal. “The total snake bite cases reported during the week ending March 25, 2018 were 114 and one death. The cumulative figure for snake bites were 1 937 and…
HARARE – Government has set high licence fees for those wishing to farm cannabis (mbanje) while at the same time reducing the prison terms of those caught illegally dealing in the substance. The fees were announced in a government gazette on Friday by Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa in a Statutory Instrument legalising…
HARARE – A storm has erupted in Harare South constituency ahead of tomorrow’s blood and thunder Zanu PF primary elections after one of the candidates was inexplicably disqualified and replaced with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s nephew, Tongai. Curiously, Tongai Mnangagwa was also previously omitted from the list and led demonstrations last week with his supporters besieging…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been plunged into a fresh storm after it emerged that board chairperson Willia Bonyongwe ordered that their meetings should not be digitally recorded in what insiders said came as a slap in the face for the anti-corruption drive adopted by the same board. In an e-mailed response…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe is, indeed, now open for business. If anyone doubted this, then the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) left them without any shadow of doubt. For the first time in its 50-year-long history, ZITF attracted members of the oldest profession who exhibited at the premier event. Loved and hated in equal measure –…
HARARE – An urgent chamber application has been filed in the High Court seeking to have deputy Finance and Economic Development minister Terence Mukupe relieved of his duties following accusations that he assaulted his subordinate. Mukupe was on April 10, this year, fined $30 for beating up Ignatius Mvere, the finance director in the ministry,…
HARARE – An urgent chamber application has been filed in the High Court seeking to have deputy Finance and Economic Development minister Terence Mukupe relieved of his duties following accusations that he assaulted his subordinate. Read full story in today’s paper. [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Special advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has said the people not the army will decide Zimbabwe’s election winner in the looming 2018 poll. This comes amid concerns that the military — which paved way for Mnangagwa to succeed long-ruling Robert Mugabe after staging a soft coup under its ‘‘Operation Restore Legacy’’…
