ANGLICAN Church officials have enlisted the services of the police to evict villagers from the church’s Irene farm in Matobo district, Matabeleland South province. Villagers and the church have been at odds since 2004 when the High Court ordered villagers to vacate the farm. Last year the villagers approached the High Court challenging their eviction…
HWANGE local board chairperson Nqobile Mabhena has appealed to residents to offer their expertise to aid development and address service delivery issues in the town. Mabhena made the remarks while honouring two residents, brothers Chidano and Lazarus Nkoma who repaired and repainted lockers that had gone unused for a long time at Empumalanga Clinic. “There…
A HARARE woman has filed a High Court lawsuit demanding $3,1 million from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in damages after her husband was shot dead by a constable in 2018. In her court papers, Lucy Nhamo, the widow of a newspaper vendor, Zephania Nhamo, cited Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, the Harare province commanding…
FORMER Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo, pictured, has approached the court challenging recent allegations levelled against him of grabbing State land, creating residential stands and fleecing home seekers in the process. Chombo was in court challenging his placement on remand arguing there is no nexus between him and the alleged offences. Allegations against Chombo are that…
A LOCAL company has approached the High Court to recover over US$135 000 in rentals from a tenant who refuses to vacate their premises. In the court papers, Rainbow Cash and Carry (Rainbow) alleged that the tenant, Falcon Foods, refused to pay rentals or vacate the premises after receiving an eviction notice. In…
THE dispute over the construction of a statue of Mbuya Charwe, the spirit medium of Mbuya Nehanda, has escalated after a woman claiming to be the surviving granddaughter of the First Chimurenga heroine approached the High Court challenging the erection of the effigy. In the court application, Susan Rosi Tirivangani cited Home Affairs minister…
SUSPENDED judge Justice Erica Ndewere’s bid to suspend the tribunal set up to investigate her fitness to hold office has been dismissed by the High Court. High Court judge Justice Sunsley Zisengwe ruled that Ndewere had failed to justify why she should not go before the tribunal set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the…
FORMER Cabinet minister and senior opposition official Samuel Sipepa Nkomo has urged the warring MDC factions led by Douglas Mwonzora and Nelson Chamisa to settle their differences first before engaging President Emmerson Mnangagwa in national dialogue. This comes at a time when there have been renewed calls by long-suffering Zimbabweans and the Church for the…
THE Mines and Mining Development ministry is set to establish a Mining Industry Loan Fund to capacitate small-scale miners who are major contributors to the country’s gold production. This comes as the miners have bemoaned lack of support for their operations and failure to have access to health, safety and mechanisation schemes. In a post-Cabinet…
PARLIAMENT has warned school heads against sending away learners over fees, but urged them to engage parents and negotiate flexible arrangements to ensure uninterrupted access to education by the students. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, National Assembly speaker Jacob Mudenda said it was illegal for headmasters to send away school children over non-payment of fees….
