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…
Government will soon roll out an extensive cattle Artificial Insemination (AI) programme aimed at improving the quality of the country’s livestock as well as increasing the national herd, a Cabinet minister has said. Lands minister Perrance Shiri said this in a speech read on his behalf by the principal director in the department of Crop and…
Environmentalists in Mutare have raised a red flag over the use of loose soil to fill potholes arguing that it was worsening the conditions of roads by choking drains and increasing road surface run-off. Moses Chimedza, a local environmentalist and director of Sustainable Environmental Conservation Trust (Sect) said the practice was not only costly due to…
Researchers have warned that crops such as maize, rice, sugar cane, sorghum, beet, tomato, potato, cotton and pasture grasses worldwide are at serious risk from fall armyworm (Faw) infestation if efficient measures are not taken. [GoogleAd] A recent study by Exeter University and the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International in the UK has reported that…
Government has assured pensioners that they will not lose their savings following the floating of the exchange rate and introduction of the new RTGS dollars as legal tender. Presenting the 2019 Monetary Policy Statement last month, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya said they denominated the existing RTGS balances, bond notes and coins in…
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has experienced a roller coaster life on his legal journey, as a senior official of the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) partially exonerated him in his $5,6 million fraud trial on Friday. [GoogleAd] This also comes as the Intratek Zimbabwe (Intratek) founder’s High Court bid to have the case dismissed collapsed on numerous…
As Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in celebrating the International Women’s Day last week, local gender rights advocacy group — Musasa Project — released a damning report in which Bulawayo was fingered as leading in cases of violence and sexual assault against women. So pervasive was gender-based violence (GBV) in Bulawayo and the greater…
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says the Church must lead the way in initiating dialogue between him and President Emmerson Mnangagwa so as to rescue long-suffering Zimbabweans who are staring at a bleak future. However, well-placed sources in government say Mnangagwa is unlikely to be swayed by the Church which is reportedly getting its funding from…
With Zimbabwe’s long-running economic challenges stubbornly refusing to go away, all eyes will be on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa as the two leaders meet in Harare today — amid local hopes that Pretoria will extend critically-needed financial assistance to Harare. Ramaphosa is formally in Harare to co-chair the third session of…
