Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba is in another farm eviction storm — this time involving 21 villagers who allege she is encroaching into their land to expand her Penhalonga farm. [GoogleAd] They claim to have assisted her family wrestle the farm from its former white owner and even showing her the farm’s boundary with Zengeni…
A Marange woman has been jailed eight years for fatally assaulting her son after he was turned back home for not having a pen. High Court judge Justice Hlekani Mwayera caged Lydia Kahwema for an initial 12 years before suspending four years. [GoogleAd] It was the State’s case that Kahwema violently attacked her 13-year-old son, who…
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has petitioned Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema, demanding compensation over a Chitungwiza man who was shot dead during the January fuel price hike protests. [GoogleAd] According to a letter dated February 22, 2019, the organisation said it intends to sue the ministry over the death. The letter was also copied…
Senior doctors at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals yesterday narrated to the minister of Health Obadiah Moyo, of the horrors and deaths occurring everyday at major hospitals because of acute shortages of drugs and hospital consumables. The medical practitioners yesterday embarked on a public protest demanding government’s speedy intervention citing that the situation has forced them to…
Zimbawe ICT bosses are pulling out all the stops to use a networking event for tech entrepreneurs and investors here to market its tourist hotspot, Victoria Falls, in a bid to boost the number of visitors. [GoogleAd] From Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director-general Gift Machengete to ICT minister Kazembe Kazembe, the top…
Senior doctors have partially downed tools saying they will be only dealing with emergencies until government addresses the dire situation in the country’s public hospitals. [GoogleAd] The doctors are protesting the severe shortages of pharmaceutical drugs and equipment at public hospitals. In a letter addressed to the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals Group CEO from the…
AN ex-police boss has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly using the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) account to get his personal car serviced and repaired. Robert Tendero Masukusa, 47, appeared before Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo charged with three counts of fraud. Masukusa was the chief staff officer Transport and Logistics responsible for overseeing all…
The reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has filed a High Court application denying a debt worth over $92 million allegedly owed to RioZim. This comes after RioZim sued the central bank for breaching provision of the exchange control of directives whereby the mining company is supposed to be given access to utilise the foreign currency it…
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has denied that the central bank is engaging in any quasi fiscal activities and accused parliamentarians of not understanding what it entails. Mangudya said this while appearing before the Public Accounts and Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committees on Monday. He was responding to a question posed by…
Harare City Council has set a target of increasing service delivery to 75 percent by 2020, town clerk Hosiah Chisango said at the city’s service delivery benchmark workshop yesterday. “As a city we are particularly focused on ensuring that we provide first class service delivery and this is clearly articulated in our goals. We want to…
