HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is looking into water mining as a way to improve the quality of water pumped to ratepayers. The city’s acting director of water Mabhena Moyo told the Daily News that the method will help reduce the amount of chemicals used in the purification process. Currently, Harare is using seven…
HARARE – As the eagerly-awaited July 30 polls beckon, the national elections management body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), is reeling from multiple lawsuits — with the High Court set to hear the latest legal action today in which lawyers are demanding that it reveals the names of “suspicious” people working for it. This comes…
HARARE – A Harare cop is in trouble after his bid to evade jail for accepting a bribe hit a brick wall, following the dismissal of his High Court appeal in which he challenged the conviction. Taurai Khauyeza had approached the High Court, appealing against a ruling by a Zimbabwe Republic Police trial officer, who…
HARARE – MDC has filed papers challenging a $286k lawsuit filed by a local firm which claims to have advanced the amount to the party as part of a loan agreement entered between the parties in 2016. According to court papers, Ishline Investments (Private) Limited is the applicant, while the MDC is cited as the…
HARARE – Intra-party violence significantly increased over the past few months, following political parties’ primary elections conducted ahead of the harmonised elections slated for July 30, a civil society organisation has said. According to a Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) report, the primary elections contributed much to the statistics of human rights violations recorded during the…
HARARE – The long-drawn Zimbabwe Airways saga refuses to go away, with under-fire Transport minister Joram Gumbo now standing accused of shielding ousted former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law, Simba Chikore, from incarceration — following claims that he recently kidnapped the new airline’s legal head, Bertha Zakeyo. For months now, the murky and fledgling new carrier…
HARARE – Although a staggering 23 candidates have put their names forward in a bid to lead Zimbabwe after the July 30 national elections, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says in reality his only challenge for the country’s highest political office will come from President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He also described the other 21 would-be kings and…
HARARE – Although a staggering 23 candidates have put their names forward in a bid to lead Zimbabwe after the July 30 national elections, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says in reality his only challenge for the country’s highest political office will come from President Emmerson Mnangagwa. [Adz]
HARARE – Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has exposed massive illicit financial flows within the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry. In a report on the examination of the appropriation and fund accounts for the ministry of Higher and Tertiary education, the committee said the ministry lost money due to poor maintenance of records, delays in reporting…
HARARE – The advent of cellphones, especially smart phones, and their use in recording videos and instantly sharing images is posing new challenges for Zimbabwe’s school administrators. A decade ago, there was relatively little worry over how students might use devices on school grounds. But smartphones have changed all of that. Last week, Maranatha Group…
