THE first term of this year’s school calendar opened on a low note with teachers not attending to learners amid fears of a crippling strike by the education sector over salaries. A survey carried out by the Daily News in Harare yesterday showed that most schools, including Dominican Convent, Dzivaresekwa 1 High, Kuwadzana 2 High,…
BUSINESSMAN and socialite Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure, pictured, has approached the High Court seeking to stop the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) from impounding his R1,9 million Bentley Continental GT that he imported from South Africa over a week ago. In the application, Kadungure cited Zimra Commissioner-General Faith Mazani and Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has made sensational claims in court that his estranged wife Marry practises witchcraft — adding ruefully that marrying her was the worst mistake of his life, the Daily News reports. Responding to a High Court application by Marry for her to be allowed access to the couple’s three children and properties…
© A 56-year-old Harare woman faces up to 10 years’ imprisonment after being found in possession of post and telecommunication cables at her residence. Mavis Chawabvunza was charged with contravening provisions of the Postal and Telecommunications Act and the Electricity Act which prohibit possession of any material used in connection with the transmission, distribution and…
© A HARARE man, who duped local businesses of $1,5 million after misrepresenting that he could facilitate purchase of goods in bulk from South Africa, has been brought before the courts. Munyaradzi Paraiwa, 49, who fronted Sedcom Marketing (Pvt) Ltd, was charged with fraud when he appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa recently. He is…
© MEMBERS of the newly-formed Judiciary Employees Union of Zimbabwe (JEUZ) have claimed intimidation and victimisation of its members at the Bulawayo Master of the High Court office. JEUZ, which was formed in September last year in a bid to promote the welfare of judiciary workers, has since written to the Judicial Services Commission (JSC)…
© CHINA, whose Foreign minister Wang Yi jetted into the country on Saturday evening, and Zimbabwe yesterday signed a number of agreements expected to boost economic and political ties between the two countries. Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, who is on his fifth and final assignment in Africa after a five-nation visit, told journalists after…
© AT LEAST five members of a machete gang operating in the Mazowe area in Mashonaland Central were arrested at the weekend at Jumbo Mine, the Daily News reports. This comes as under pressure authorities intensify their bid to end the growing incidence of barbaric attacks on innocent civilians around the country by the ruthless…
© THE government warned yesterday that it would ruthlessly crush the mass protests mooted by the opposition to commemorate the death of people who were slain by security forces during last year’s ugly fuel riots, the Daily News reports. This comes as civil servants and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) are also threatening…
THE nightmare of unaffordably-high school fees has become a reality for stressed parents and their children, after the government yesterday gave public schools the green light to increase levies and boarding fees, the Daily News reports. This comes despite recent pronouncements by authorities that no school would be allowed to hike its fees by more…
