© THE United States of America (USA) has provided US$163 million for HIV programmes in Zimbabwe since the beginning of the year and will disburse more funds next year, deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Harare, Thomas Hastings, has said. Hastings said during World Aids Day commemorations in Masvingo at the weekend…
© POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga was yesterday mentioned as one of senior officers whose personal vehicles were serviced and repaired by the force. This was revealed during the trial of ex-police boss, Robert Tendero Masukusa, accused of defrauding the police by servicing and repairing personal vehicles using Zimbabwe Republic Police funds. [GoogleAd] The trial is…
© SCHOOLS in Binga and Kariba are now record- ing better attendance following a food aid intervention by the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society under their Child Nutrition and Food Security programme. The project, targeting 15 000 people in Kariba rural and Binga, complements a government initiative that is distribut-ing grain in the same areas. [GoogleAd]…
© FORMER Health minister David Parirenyatwa’s trial resumed yesterday before magistrate Elijah Makomo, several months after the Prosecutor-General put it on hold. Parirenyatwa is facing criminal abuse of office charges where he is accused of unfair dismissal of Natpharm boss Nancy Sifeku and replacing her with Newman Madzikwa, who was once dismissed for misconduct when…
© THE late music superstar and national hero Oliver Mtukudzi’s daughter Samantha is parting ways with former national football team midfielder Tinashe Nengomasha after she claimed the relationship had irretrievably broken down eight years after ty- ing the knot. Samantha has since filed divorce papers at the High Court, seeking to formally end the union….
© CIVIL society leader and activist Mfundo Mlilo has filed a High Court application seeking Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi to issue a certificate for the private prosecution of Finance minister Mthuli Ncube over alleged criminal conduct which has negatively affected the economy. [GoogleAd] Mlilo wants, among other things, Ncube prosecuted for criminal abuse as a public…
© PARLIAMENT’S Mines and Mining Development com- mittee yesterday demanded an end to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) gold buying monopoly, as well as the scrapping of the 55 percent retention threshold, which it says are contributing to the decline in gold deliveries. [GoogleAd] This comes after gold deliveries to FPR in September dropped 19…
© HUAWEI Technologies Zimbabwe yesterday launched the Zimbabwe National Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Competition which is expected to feature 200 students from Zimbabwean universities and technology institutions. The company’s managing director, Jason Shao, said the global ICT competition — featuring about 200 coun- tries, with Zimbabwe joining it for the first time this year…
© PARLIAMENT is looking at a controversial new law that will see MDC legislators fined or even imprisoned if they disrespect or show contempt for President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he is in the National Assembly, the Daily News reports. This comes as most Parliamentary business has lately been negatively affected by the deepening rift between…
© ANGERED by the authorities saved clampdown on dissenting voices in the country in recent months the MDC yesterday warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government that it had now pushed Zimbabweans too far, the Daily News reports. At the same time, political analysts also warned yesterday that the alleged shooting at opposition leader Nelson Chamisa in…
