HARARE – Parliament is turning up the heat on beleaguered Transport minister Joram Gumbo, demanding that he provides convincing answers on all aspects of the controversial new airline, Zimbabwe Airways — said to have links with former president Robert Mugabe’s family. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]
HARARE – A woman died during a baptism ceremony at Nyaure River in Cheza Village in Domboshawa on Sunday, a Harare court heard yesterday. The ceremony was being held by New Johanne Masowe Echishanu leader Masimba Chirayi, who appeared in court facing culpable homicide charges. Chirayi appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande and was released…
HARARE – Deposed Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe has dragged a presidential guard soldier to court for allegedly stealing $50 000 worth of his property from Zimbabwe House, a court heard. When Pepukai Zvakavapano, 32, appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande yesterday, he denied the theft charges. He instead claimed Mugabe had given him the laptops…
HARARE – Deputy Finance minister Terence Mukupe is facing jail after SeedCo Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (SeedCo) filed summons for his civil imprisonment for failing to pay $15 000 for seed supplied to him in December 2013. The seed company filed the summons on Thursday last week, demanding that Mukupe appear before the court on a…
HARARE – Parliament is turning up the heat on beleaguered Transport minister Joram Gumbo, demanding that he provides convincing answers on all aspects of the controversial new airline, Zimbabwe Airways — said to have links with former president Robert Mugabe’s family. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]
HARARE – Deputy Finance minister Terence Mukupe has been fined $30 after beating up finance director Ignatius Mvere who refused to give him allowances above those approved by the government. Mvere reported the matter to CID Law and Order at the Harare Central Police Station under CR 2321/03/18, where Mukupe admitted to the charges. He…
HARARE – Opposition political parties have said they will be attending a rally marking Zimbabwe’s 38th independence anniversary celebrations in Harare tomorrow, saying it was a national event. Zimbabweans remember the anniversary of their country’s independence from British colonial rule on April 18 yearly. It will be the first celebrations since independence in 1980 that…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) has clinched a €4,5m ($5,56m) water infrastructure development deal with a Netherlands State-owned water company, Rijkswaterstaat, aimed at improving the city’s creaky water supply network. Acting town clerk, Hosiah Chisango, confirmed the deal yesterday saying it was part of Harare’s 10-year water development plan. “We signed a water works…
HARARE – An international federation of religious groups has officially launched a $4 500 peace prize for local journalists aimed at fostering peace ahead of the forthcoming general elections. The prize, launched by the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) Zimbabwe chapter, will be awarded for the best conflict-sensitive journalistic work contributing to…
HARARE – It has emerged that one of the armed robbers involved in a shoot-out with police officers that claimed the life of one civilian is a habitual criminal who always got away with bail. The habitual robber, Prince Makodza, is currently on the run. His accomplices Cletos Mazhewe,37, Tadziya Dzvairo,26, Respect Mwale, 30, Ben…
