HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is in need of $13 million to rehabilitate pothole-infested roads around the city. Following complaints that Zinara annually makes full disbursements for VIP roads while neglecting those in other parts of the city, Harare mayor Herbert Gomba said council is on a mission to repair three main roads per…
BULAWAYO – A National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) employee has been arrested on sexual-harassment charges after a married woman accused him of grabbing her behind on June 11. Mariko Mulauzi, 57, of Iminyela flats, was arraigned before magistrate Steven Ndlovu facing charges of indecent assault filed by his neighbour. He entered a not guilty plea…
HARARE – A Harare man who reportedly lost his house to business tycoon Frank Buyanga has claimed a firm that bought his foreclosed property was actually the businessman’s shelf company, a magistrates’ court heard yesterday. Stephen Nyoka made the claim as he was testifying in a case in which Buyanga is, however, not the one…
MUTARE – Mutare City Council has banned all illegal vending exercises threatening to “thoroughly deal” with anyone who defies the edict as the municipality moves to forestall a cholera outbreak. The local authority said it will partner with other State security agents in unfurling the operation, that will also target restaurants and food outlets that…
HARARE – The Primary and Secondary education ministry is working flat out to ensure that pupils at Glen View 5 Primary School in Harare — who have missed class because lessons have been suspended due to the cholera outbreak — are not affected by the temporary closure. Permanent secretary in the ministry Sylvia Utete –Masango…
HARARE – Harare is susceptible to a worse cholera outbreak as clean water has been cut due to disruptions at Warren Control pump station. As a result of the development, thousands of people are now deprived of clean water and sanitation in the southern and central parts of the city which is closest to the…
HARARE – Harare City Council has substantively appointed former director of water Hosea Chisango as its new town clerk. Chisango had been acting town clerk since December after Josephine Ncube was suspended. Ncube, facing charges of abusing council funds, had served as town clerk since 2014. Chisango’s appointment comes as Harare is battling to contain…
HARARE – The ninth Parliament will commence in earnest next week with a busy schedule which will see it debate a dozen bills proposed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa during his State-of-the-Nation Address (Sona) on Tuesday. Mnangagwa, who officially opened the ninth Parliament’s first session, outlined a comprehensive legislative agenda that is premised on the need…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday swore in the team which will investigate the post-elections violence which resulted in the death of at least six people, after the army used live ammunition to break ugly demonstrations that had erupted in Harare on August 1 this year. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – A soldier stationed at the Josiah Magama Tongogara Barracks was yesterday arraigned before the courts on armed robbery and rape charges. Joseph Muza, 43, was denied bail and remanded to October 2. He was advised to approach the High Court for his bail application. Allegations are that on September 16 at around 1600…
