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HARARE – Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) students yesterday staged a demonstration against poor living conditions and lack of entertainment — DStv. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the HIT’s Student Representative Council president, Saviour Machuwaire, blasted the varsity’s authorities, accusing them of refusing to address their concerns. “We have tried to engage the vice…

HARARE – Deposed president Robert Mugabe’s family has heaved a sigh of relief after small scale miners that had dragged them to the High Court demanding access to their Mazowe farm — to collect mining equipment and gold ore — have withdrawn the application. Shepherd Nyazvigo — represented by Phillip Makanya, Bright Mawonga and Mohammed…

HARARE – MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri has said some of their MDC Alliance partners are not “visible enough” on the ground, urging them to touch base with the grassroots to complement the coalition’s countrywide rallies. He said the Alliance partners must mobilise support in all constituencies. “While our MDC Alliance rallies are important, the…

HARARE – The Child Rights Network for Southern Africa (CRNSA), a regional network of national child rights groups, will begin a three-day conference in Harare today that will feature 14 African countries. Organisations set to take part in the event will be drawn from Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana,…

HARARE – Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) president Agrippa Mutambara has approached the High Court seeking to quash proceedings in a case in which he is being sued for “illegally” using the party’s name. The court is yet to make a determination in the application. “The respondent (ZPF) herein filed a court application seeking a declaratory…

HARARE – The trial of two Chinese nationals that reportedly shot and wounded legislator Keith Guzah’s son, Kevin, in a shoot-out failed to take off yesterday after the State failed to secure a Mandarin interpreter. The second complainant, Kudzai Nduku, who was in company of Guzah and allegedly got shot on the pelvis, appeared at…

HARARE – Former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri allegedly seized a vault containing diamonds worth millions of dollars belonging to a company that was in partnership with the cops before he forcibly took its claim in the gem rich Chiadzwa fields, Parliament heard yesterday. Chihuri, who had been invited to give evidence and explain how the…

HARARE – Nearly 4 000 individuals have expressed interest to represent the opposition MDC in both local government and parliamentary elections set to be held by August this year. This was revealed by MDC leader Nelson Chamisa while addressing journalists in the capital last week. Chamisa, who is also the MDC Alliance presidential candidate in…

HARARE – The European Union (EU) has injected close to $2 million into Zimbabwe aimed at reducing poaching and conserving wildlife. African Wildlife Foundation senior communications officer Grace Wairima said the funding will be used for improved anti-poaching and compatible land use in community lands of the Lower Zambezi — Mana Pools Transboundary Conservation Area…

HARARE – A Harare man was reportedly abducted by four women before they took turns to rape him at an unknown location in Rusape, a court heard. The victim (name withheld) had been offered transport in the quartet’s Toyota Prado on his way to work on February 7, this year but ended up in Rusape…