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Rights lawyers have filed an urgent chamber application in the High Court challenging government’s decision to suspend the operations of Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development Trust (Cotrad), a local non-governmental organisation (NGO). This comes after government, through the office of the Masvingo district administrator (DA), last week told Cotrad to cease operations pending investigation into…

MDC deputy president Morgen Komichi says he will lodge an appeal with the High Court challenging his conviction and sentence. This comes after Komichi was fined $200 for disrupting electoral proceedings during the announcement of presidential election results. [GoogleAd] Komichi was accused of invading the podium at the Harare International Conference Centre where he grabbed…

THE High Court is on Wednesday expected to rule on ex-Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa’s application seeking charges of criminal abuse of office against him dropped. [GoogleAd] Parirenyatwa argued in court papers that the charges were fabricated and only meant to embarrass him. In the application, the former Cabinet minister cited the presiding…

THE family of the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo has described government as a “dead donkey” accusing it of delaying the erection of a statue in the capital honouring the former liberation struggle stalwart. The much-loved Nkomo who died on July 1, 1999 had a statue built in Bulawayo as well as having a road…

ZIMBABWE is reeling from the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Idai, which forced President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, to cut short his trip to the United Arab Emirates. This comes as the government has deployed the Zimbabwe National Army and Air Force of Zimbabwe to help rescue stranded villagers and students in the hard-hit Chimanimani area in…

Businessman Frank Buyanga through his group of companies, has offered to render assistance to victims of a vicious cyclone Idai that has so far killed over 70 people in Manicaland with 100 more reported missing. [GoogleAd] The cyclone, which hit hard on Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Malawi left a trail of destruction, which saw bridges, schools and…

AMERICA’S Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan said on Friday that Washington was “very enthusiastic” about the new Harare government, but wanted to see more action on reform. “We are very enthusiastic and pleased by the new government, the promises that it has made, we want to see more action to implement those promises for…

LORRAINE Chitereka, who has been ordered to pay Harare businesswoman Rudo Boka US$50 000 for having an extra-marital affair with her husband, has approached the court seeking to overturn the judgment. Chitereka claimed she was duped and represented by a bogus lawyer, who failed to represent her in the application. [GoogleAd] “This is an application…

Retailers have hiked petrol and diesel prices by up to 8 cents per litre, adding to the burden of consumers dealing with record prices and amid rising political pressure on the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government. [GoogleAd] The marginal increase comes just two months after government more than doubled the cost of petrol to $3,31 a litre…

Government has called on millers to help wheat farmers secure seed, fertiliser and farming machinery for the forthcoming cropping season to boost plantings of the cereal to cover a yawning deficit that is forcing government to use up to $100m to import. This comes as the cash-strapped government has failed to pay for  55 000…