HIGH Court judge, Justice Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa, has granted an order declaring that the clause used by the Douglas Mwonzora-led opposition MDC’s congress to expel its vice president, Elias Mudzuri, on January 21, 2023 is constitutionally invalid. Clause 11 of the party’s constitution provides that the outfit’s members who take matters to the court and the…
EMELDA Marizani, a Chivhu woman who was arrested in 2020 for killing four of her daughters in cold blood, has been found guilty and convicted by the High Court and she will be sentenced on March 24. Marizani was facing quadruple murder charges after she slit her daughters’ throats and set the house on fire….
By Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE government of Zimbabwe yesterday received Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) equipment worth US$288 000 from the European Union (EU) to improve trade and cooperation between the two. The equipment that will benefit government ministries and agencies, including the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) included 71 laptops, 10 heavy duty printers, 45 desktop…
By Brandon Josphat A LEADING civil society group says authorities need to come up with new measures to end the menstrual health distress that many women and young girls in the country continue to deal with. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, the founder of…
NEW details have emerged in the trial in which Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, is accused of attempting to murder the retired army general while they were in South Africa in 2019 where he was seeking medical treatment. During cross-examination before Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka yesterday, the State’s second witness, Tawanda Dzungudza,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has put on notice poorlyperforming local authorities and State entities. Speaking in Harare yesterday during the signing of this year’s performance contracts for Cabinet ministers and senior public sector officials, Mnangagwa added that poor performers were retarding the country’s vision to become an upper-middle class society by 2030. “The performance of local…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is engaging residents and other stakeholders on its plans to expand the central business district (CBD) into the two bordering low-density areas of Khumalo and Suburbs in a bid to commercialise them. This came out yesterday during a consultative meeting in the city organised by the local…
By Ketty Nyoni THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has called for the extension of days in the on-going voter registration blitz in areas where the process has been affected by technical difficulties, power cuts and Tropical Storm Freddy-induced heavy rains. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, the opposition party’s elections deputy director Ellen Shiriyedenga said…
STEWARD Bank, the country’s largest bank by depositors, has unveiled Steward Pay, an online payment gateway, which facilitates the processing of local and international payments online via VISA, Mastercard, EcoCash and Steward Bank accounts. Steward Bank chief executive officer Courage Mashavave said the launch of Steward Pay is part of the bank’s ongoing cycle of…
ZANU PF is racing against time to conduct and conclude its primaries ahead of the country’s forthcoming elections, amid fierce jockeying for seats and concerns that the internal polls could be delayed to accommodate late candidates. This comes as the party’s provincial and national elections directorates are set to consider the CVs that have already…
