THERE is a general perception that there is no film industry to talk about in Zimbabwe. This argument is mostly based on comparisons with other well-resourced film economies, such as Hollywood, or even South Africa’s. Based on my study of the Zimbabwean film industry I disagree with this view. Zimbabwe does have a film industry,…
HARARE City Council (HCC) has embarked on community outreach programmes as part of efforts to enable citizens with chronic illnesses access to medical supplies and healthcare. This comes as the HCC has scaled down functioning polyclinics from 42 to six as council nurses have withdrawn their services. It also comes as the country’s public health…
MDC ALLIANCE vice-chairperson Job Sikhala, who was arrested on Friday and accused of inciting people for the July 31 demonstration, will spend this weekend behind bars and will be back in court tomorrow. Sikhala was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube yesterday. Through his lawyer,…
BUSINESSMAN and football administrator Farai Jere appeared in court yesterday accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3 million in a smart meters supply deal. Jere appeared before Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube jointly charged with ZETDC engineer Leonard Chisina and information and technology senior manager Freeman Chikonzo. Through…
THERE was drama in the Harare western suburb of Tynwald North as armed police arrested firebrand MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala in Hollywood movie-style. Sikhala had been on the run for weeks after he was put on the police wanted list among several other opposition political activists and civic society leaders for…
LOCAL Government minister, July Moyo, has directed officials from his ministry to attend all urban local authorities’ committee and full council meetings supposedly to ensure compliance with the Constitution and government policy. This comes amid allegations of corruption involving, among other things, illegal sale of stands by urban councils run by the opposition MDC that…
BULAWAYO High Court judge Thompson Mabhikwa has recused himself from the matter involving Harare lawyer Admire Rubaya and eight others involving gold theft following allegations raised against his conduct. Rubaya filed a criminal complaint against the judge for allegedly abusing his public office after he ordered his “unjustified” 10-day incarceration by revoking his bail in…
DESTINY for Africa Network (DNA) founder Obadiah Musindo has called on the church to promote political tolerance and unity in the country as part of efforts to create conducive conditions for economic development. Reacting to last Sunday’s hard-hitting pastoral letter by the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference, which alleged human rights abuses by President Emmerson…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Zanu PF youth league treasurer Tongai Kasukuwere has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly failing to deliver 18 metric tonnes of maize after acquiring an agriculture inputs loan in 2017. Kasukuwere, who is reportedly now domiciled in South Africa, is being sued by Origen Corporation trading as Staywell….
FORMER Petrozim Line general manager Cathrine Katsande has been jailed for an effective 30 months after she was convicted of six counts of fraud for awarding tenders worth over US$1 million to Kaltrade (Pvt) Ltd for supply of equipment that was delivered six years later. She was jointly charged with the company, Kaltrade, and its…
