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HARARE regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje is this Friday expected to decide on former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo’s application in which he is challenging accusations of grabbing land, creating residential stands and fleecing home-seekers in the process. Chombo, pictured, challenged his placement on remand last month, arguing that there was no nexus between him and the…

THE family of the late former President Robert Mugabe is digging in vowing to appeal in the courts of law Chief Zvimba’s directive to exhume his remains and rebury them at the National Heroes Acre. On Monday, Chief Zvimba directed former first lady Grace Mugabe to do the exhumation by no later than July 1,…

WAR veterans yesterday demanded President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fire Zanu PF secretary for war veterans Douglas Mahiya for allegedly imposing his allies to be members of the ruling party’s ex-combatants league.  Speaking during a meeting in Harare South yesterday, Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) national commissar, Joel Mureremba said Mahiya is failing to…

Tamary Chikiwa  in BULAWAYO THE government says it is setting up psychology centres in schools across the country to help learners deal with gender-based violence and bullying-related cases in learning institutions. Education ministry’s director of communications and advocacy Taungana Ndoro said the centres were motivated by a surge in school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). “We are…

LAWYERS representing former Social Welfare minister Priscah Mupfumira have approached the High Court challenging a warrant of arrest issued against her last Friday.  Mupfumira is on trial in a matter she is jointly charged with former Social Welfare ministry permanent secretary Ngoni Masoka for allegedly flouting tender processes and prejudicing the National Social Security Authority…

CHIEF Zvimba is set for a collision course with the family of the late former president Robert Mugabe whose remains the traditional leader wants exhumed from his Kutama homestead and reburied at the National Heroes Acre not later than July 1.  The order follows last week’s traditional court hearing in which Mugabe’s erratic widow Grace…

THE MDC Alliance is pressing ahead with plans to announce a new party and name — a move insiders say could have serious political ramifications for some of the coalition’s bigwigs. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the insiders confirmed that MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa was preparing to switch the pact’s name to Citizens’…

THE State is today expected to respond to an application by former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo who is challenging allegations that he grabbed land, created residential stands and fleeced home seekers in the process.  Chombo last month made an application challenging his placement on remand arguing there is no nexus between him and the alleged…

THE cash-strapped Hwange Local Board (HLB) has turned to its councillors to help entice residents to pay up their outstanding bills.  This comes after HLB in March was forced to enlist the services of debt collectors to recover its dues after the bill surprisingly shot to over $20 million in a space of two months. …

A FEMALE employee at a Liquor Supplies outlet located at Ascot Shopping Centre was shot dead after robbers stormed the store on Saturday evening.  The robbers got away with an undisclosed amount of money during the raid in which they also took personal belongings and assaulted those inside the store during the incident.    Bulawayo…