THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has launched a major blitz targeting traffic offenders, informal traders with unpaid fees, and residents with outstanding municipal debts, as part of comprehensive efforts to ensure smooth and lawful operations across the city. In a statement yesterday, BCC town clerk Christopher Dube said the city would conduct the operation under…
THE government has issued a stern warning to foreign investors operating in Zimbabwe to comply with national labour laws or risk having their operating licences revoked. Speaking on the sidelines of his ministry’s five-year strategic planning workshop in Bulawayo on Wednesday, Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Edgar Moyo said authorities would not hesitate…
Takudzwa Dhambu COMMUNITIES and stakeholders along the Harare-Chirundu Highway have been urged to participate in ongoing public consultations for the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) being conducted ahead of the road’s rehabilitation and upgrade. This follows the decision for the 350-kilometre highway, a vital trade and transport route linking Zimbabwe to Zambia and the…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A HARARE woman is in trouble after she allegedly siphoned almost US$500 000 from her employer last year. A market development manager at Mega Park Zimbabwe, Tsungai Leah Sabena Chinogwenya, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing charges of theft of trust property and fraud. She was granted US$500…
THE government and the Tshiamiso Trust have launched a compensation programme for former mine workers who contracted silicosis or tuberculosis (TB) while working in South Africa’s gold mines. The programme was formalised through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) and the Tshiamiso Trust, which would allow…
Takudzwa Dhambu JUSTICE ministry permanent secretary Vimbai Nyemba says inmates who were once on death row now have a renewed sense of hope and a chance to rebuild their lives following their resentencing. This process, she said, opens the door for possible appeals and future clemency. Speaking during a visit to Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison…
RUTENDO NGARA THE High Court has dismissed businessman Luka Ignatius Fabris’s attempt to overturn a US$500 000 default judgment granted in favour of Tendai Mashamhanda. Justice Jacob Manzunzu rejected Fabris’s application for rescission of judgment, finding his explanation for failing to defend the lawsuit unreasonable and his purported defence “devoid of bona fides” (lacking good…
RUTENDO NGARA THREE police officers who allegedly broke into the Police Ordinance Stores and stole uniforms appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Artwell Sanyatwe yesterday facing theft charges. The accused, Thabane Hugh Bajilia, Makomborero Dziva, and Sadat Cader, were all granted US$100 bail and will return to court on November 27. It is alleged that on…
THE firearm used in the fatal shooting of a police officer at Sanyati Police Station in the early hours of Sunday has been confirmed to be the same weapon used in the cold-blooded murder of Ruwa businessman Joseph Mutangadura in August. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi in a statement said ballistic tests on the gun,…
TWO children died of food poisoning on Monday in Mashava, Masvingo Province, after attending a traditional ceremony in the former mining town. National police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, confirmed the deaths to the Daily News yesterday, adding that 14 other people remained critically ill in hospital in Masvingo, in the aftermath of the ceremony. “The families…
