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HARARE – Thirteen individuals, including a reverend at Zaoga Forward in Faith Mission, were arraigned before the courts yesterday for allegedly pelting a police car with stones. Blessing Mwale, Sakina Masaraure, Thulani Mpofu, Raymond Maratu, Tawanda Murerekwa, Benedict Gova, Liberty Mutasa, Tafadzwa Chanetsa, Gilbert Chinyora, Shelton Moyo, Trymore Folani, Mathew Time and Wellington Tshuma appeared…

HARARE – Former deputy Finance minister Terence Mukupe, said without reintroducing local currency and having a serious reengagement with the United States of America (USA) the country will continue to suffer. Posting on his Twitter account, Mukupe said the authorities must make bold decisions to take the country out of this crisis. “With the twin…

HARARE – Zimbabweans are facing more travelling chaos and heartache after both commuter omnibus and bus operators once again hiked their fares sharply, due to the country’s worsening fuel crisis. This comes as most filling stations are increasingly charging petrol and diesel in United States dollars, in a desperate bid to raise hard cash for…

HARARE – Chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has arrived at the Rotten Row magistrates court for his remand hearing. He is facing charges of criminal abuse of office on allegations of okaying the internship of corruption accused ex-Cabinet ministers Supa Mandiwanzira and Saviour Kasukuwere at court. More news to follow. [Adz] [GoogleAd]

HARARE – As Treasury prepares to splurge millions of scarce United States dollars on luxury utility vehicles (SUVs) for legislators serving in the ninth Parliament, MDC representatives and their leader Nelson Chamisa, are in a quandary as to what to do — after their Zanu PF counterparts recently decided not to take up the vehicles….

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s state oil company has issued a license to buy ethanol from the Zimbabwe unit of South African firm Tongaat Hulett to be blended with petrol, weeks after President Emmerson Mnangagwa called for higher use of the sugarcane by-product to help stem a worsening fuel crisis. Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Zera)…

HARARE – Government has immediately banned the importation of live cloven-hoofed animals and their products from neighbouring South Africa following an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in Limpopo province. Namibia, Botswana, Kingdom of eSwatini, formerly Swaziland, also immediately imposed a similar ban saying that the movement of cloven-hoofed animals coming from South Africa…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe women cricket are expected in the country this evening after a successful tour of Namibia. The team went on tour yearning for a whitewash and in the end it all came too easy for the locals after restricting hapless hosts Namibia to 60-all out before winning the final T20 match by…

HARARE – About 250 Civic Society Organisations (CSO) advocating for access to education under the Every Child in School(ECIS) campaign have called upon government to take stringent measures on schools which are sending learners away due to non-payment of fees. This comes after hundreds of  pupils from across the country were earlier this week turned…

HARARE – The country’s imports are under threat with a possibility of creating shortages, after one of the world’s biggest shipping companies Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A (Zimbabwe) (Private) Limited (MSC) has written to authorities of its intention to stop the release of containers destined for the country in a bid to force it to pay…