GOVERNMENT issued a chilling warning yesterday, saying it will not allow swelling public anger over the dying economy to grow into anti-government protests, in what betrays the uneasiness in the corridors of power. Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema claimed yesterday that authorities have caught wind of a ploy by Zimbabwe’s civil society, opposition parties and…
ZIMBABWE Miners’ Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has dissolved the executive of its affiliate, Manicaland Miners’ Association (MMA), and ordered fresh elections within six months following an outcry over the manner the provincial elections were conducted. [GoogleAd] The ZMF president said she made the decision after reviewing submissions by ZMF general council secretary, a petition…
TWO women on a fishing expedition drowned in an unsecured dam in Chiadzwa on Monday. Amalgamated Chiadzwa Development Community Trust chairperson Jey Kasakara confirmed the death of Theresa Dambanana, 20, and Charity Chiadzwa, 26, who he said both drowned under unclear circumstances. Kaskara said one of them tried to save the other from the muddy…
THE cost of living for an average family of five has shot up to $873 in March from $827 in February, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has indicated. [GoogleAd] The 5,53 percent spike comes against the backdrop of a recurrent wave of steep price increases in the country. According to Zimstat, the Food Poverty…
Government could face a class action lawsuit over actions of State security personnel deployed in Marange and Chimanimani diamond fields. Headman Ngorima told a Stakeholder Community Convention on Natural Resources that was hosted by Centre for Research and Development in Nyanyadzi that State security agents must be held accountable for their actions. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe deployed…
MT PLEASANT legislator Samuel Banda – who stands accused of violating the Electoral Act – yesterday pleaded not guilty to the allegations, accusing the State witnesses of targeting him for vindictive treatment because he has a Malawian surname. [GoogleAd] The MDC Alliance MP stands accused of giving a false address to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission…
SCORES of Rwandese refugees currently residing in Zimbabwe have approached the High Court seeking to challenge the government’s decision to repatriate them to their home country. The refugees, through Serge Winston Irebe, have filed an application seeking to be granted permission to institute a class action. [GoogleAd] In the application, Irebe cited Registrar General Clemence…
A HARARE magistrate yesterday postponed flamboyant businessman Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s trial in a case he stands accused of prejudicing government of $3,5 million. [GoogleAd] Magistrate Barbara Mateko deferred the matter to June 14 after conceding State arguments that they were not ready to proceed to trial. Prosecuting, Sebastian Mutizirwa told the court that investigations on…
FORMER Energy and Power Development minister Elton Mangoma and two Zesa Holding bosses’ trial was yesterday postponed again because the State witness is not feeling well. Mangoma, who is being charged alongside suspended Zesa Holdings chief executive officer Joshua Chifamba and Zesa Enterprises managing director Tererai Luis Mutasa, are facing criminal abuse of office charges…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sucked into the Makoni chieftainship wrangle after a clan member dragged him to the High Court, accusing him of neglecting his constitutional duties to resolve the issue. [GoogleAd] In the application filed by Philip Muswere last week, Mnangagwa, Local Government minister July Moyo, the Provincial Assembly of Chiefs for Manicaland…
