HIGH Court Judge Esther Muremba has ordered a property developer to stop construction of a wedding venue on a wetland in Harare following a legal challenge filed by aggrieved residents. The order handed down on Tuesday comes after Glorious All Time Functions started developing and constructing a wedding venue at Hillside Park wetland in Harare….
A DAY after under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube introduced his latest measures, the country’s thriving foreign currency black market ran amok amid a fresh wave of price hikes of basic consumer goods, the Daily News reports. Observers immediately expressed the fear that things could soon get out of hand in the country if authorities don’t…
A THAI national who ran away from being tested for the deadly coronavirus and subsequently returned to Wilkins Hospital after the police had launched a manhunt for him, has tested negative to the virus, the Daily News reports. This comes as fears are growing among panicking Zimbabweans that the government is not fully prepared for…
TWO Health ministry officials appeared in court yesterday after allegedly making fraudulent requests for fuel involving $28 000. Enos Douglas Mangwenya, 61, and Simbi Raiva, 43, were released on $1 000 bail each when they appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa. They were ordered to report once a fortnight to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, not…
A SUSPECTED card cloner who allegedly manipulated international bank accounts to make online purchases locally has appeared in court. Allan Macdonald Makoni, 18, was charged with fraud, unauthorised use or possession of debit cards or alternatively contravening sections of the Money Laundering and Proceeds Act when he appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa yesterday. He…
NINENTEEN ex-Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) pastors who belong to a rival camp led by Cossam Chiangwa have been evicted from the church’s property in Bulawayo following a court ruling this week. In the application, filed before the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Court, AFM was the applicant, while Louis Donga and 18 others were cited as respondents. “In…
INTERNAL fights continue to rock the MDC in Bulawayo with the party yesterday banning mayor Solomon Mguni and five other councillors from accessing its provincial headquarters after they renewed town clerk Christopher Dube’s contract for another five years. The councillors endorsed Dube’s contract during a general purposes council meeting where they unanimously voted to extend…
Government is considering banning public gatherings until the world contains coronavirus, the Daily News can report. Although Zimbabwe is still to record any positive case of the deadly virus, authorities are not leaving anything to chance after the disease was confirmed in neighbouring South Africa where 13 people have been detected to have the killer…
THERE are fresh fears in the country — amid the continuing plunge of the Zimbabwe dollar on the black market and the ever rising prices of basic goods — that things could deteriorate to the horror levels of a decade ago, when the local economy imploded, causing immense pain to citizens, the Daily News reports….
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health has expressed reservations about Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport’s capacity to effectively detect travellers with coronavirus (Covid-19) on arrival. This comes after a visit by the committee to the largest airport in the country and Wilkins Hospital in Harare to assess the state of preparedness to deal with the…
