A HARARE magistrate deferred until next week a decision on whether to release a passport to ex-Cabinet minister Supa Mandiwanzira, facing charges of criminal abuse of office. [GoogleAd] Mandiwanzira, who was ICT minister, is facing charges of allegedly engaging a South African company Megawatt to do consultancy work for NetOne and appointed his allegedly unqualified…
IDEAL Zimbabwe leader Tinashe Jonasi, who is accused undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s authority, has said the head of State was not the only person called Mnangagwa and challenged the State to prove that the alleged slur targeted him. [GoogleAd] Jonasi has filed for bail at the High Court after Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa remanded him…
HARARE Magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa has thrown out an application for refusal of further remand lodged by Kuwadzana East MDC MP Charlton Hwende. [GoogleAd] Hwende, who is represented by top Harare lawyer Harrison Nkomo, is facing charges of attempting to overthrow the government. He recently lodged an application on the basis that the Form 242 placed…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed more politburo members to oversee the restructuring of Harare and Bulawayo provinces in what serves to indicate the high stakes involved in the whole exercise. Mnangagwa announced the dissolution of the two provinces about a fortnight ago to address factionalism which the Zanu PF leadership blames for its failure to…
THE Member of Parliament for Norton, Temba Mliswa and his Chegutu West counterpart Dexter Nduna have been dropped from the reconstituted parliamentary portfolio committees on Mines and Transport, respectively. On Thursday, Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda reconstituted the Energy committee as well as that of Transport, a few weeks after they had been…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has shattered the dreams of scores of locals wishing to own homes, telling them to “shut-up” if they cannot afford housing stands that have been priced in foreign currency (forex). [GoogleAd] This comes at a time residents have challenged the city fathers over the decision which they say discriminates against…
NEARLY 40 students from Dzingire Primary School in Chimanimani are feared dead as the country continue to count the cost of the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai. This comes as the death toll from the natural disaster that left a trail of destruction in its wake in Manicaland is envisaged to rise to 300. [GoogleAd]…
High Court judge Owen Tagu has acquitted maverick businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his company Intratrek Zimbabwe (Intratrek) of swindling the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of $5,6 million, and four counts of violating exchange controls and money laundering. [GoogleAd] The development also comes as two other judges and a senior ZESA employee Hubert Chiwara had awarded him…
JAPANESE envoy to Zimbabwe Toshiyuki Iwado yesterday inked three grant contracts to be funded by Tokyo in line with the Asian country’s sustainable development aid that started as way back as 1980. [GoogleAd] The latest grants, which will be overseen by three local NGOs, will see one carrying out landmine clearance along the border with…
Drivers of passenger service vehicles must desist from crossing flooded rivers, the Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (Paz) said yesterday. Paz joined the nation in mourning the loss of life and livelihoods in the areas affected by Cyclone Idai. “We are disheartened by the fact that some buses attempted to cross flooded rivers’ bridges,” Paz president…
