HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is battling for his life in a South African hospital after his condition deteriorated rapidly yesterday. According to family sources, the 65-year-old opposition politician who was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016 is plagued by exhaustion, weight loss and muscle thinning. He has lost appetite, and is facing difficulty…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is battling for his life in a South African hospital after his condition deteriorated rapidly yesterday. Read full story in today’s paper. [GoogleAd]
HARARE – One of 37 motorists arrested for disregarding traffic rules has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being convicted for reckless driving and driving without a licence, police said yesterday. Tinashe Shane, 31, a public service vehicle driver, had initially been condemned to 13 years behind bars before six years were suspended…
HARARE – Legislators have upped pressure against the Executive’s plans to scrap a constitutional provision that devolves power to provinces, and are mulling taking the case to the Constitutional Court. In his 2018 National Budget, Finance and Economic Planning minister Patrick Chinamasa, picture below, asked the National Assembly to consider doing away with the clause,…
HARARE – A Zimre Park housewife was overwhelmed with joy after winning a brand-new Mercedes Benz C-Class vehicle in the Bakers Inn’s “Buy and Win” promotion. Linda Koronariyo won the top prize at the final draw which the listed confectionary giant — Innscor Africa’s subsidiary — Bakers Inn held in the Harare Gardens on Saturday….
HARARE – There was drama at Mbare Magistrates’ Court yesterday as a group of youths demonstrated against detective Joseph Nemaisa who had appeared there on assault charges. They held placards inscribed “No to police brutality” and charged towards Nemaisa, with some calling him a murderer. Nemaisa was summoned to appear before Mbare magistrate Sharon Rakafa…
HARARE – The City of Harare (HCC) has failed to pay $400 000 to the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry in training levies, in a matter that is now before the High Court. According to the court papers, the ministry is the applicant, while the City of Harare is cited as the respondent. “In terms…
HARARE – Scores of Harare residents rallied in the streets on Saturday, demanding the arrest of land barons, corrupt government officials and the alignment of laws to preserve wetlands. This comes as construction activities on wetlands are giving rise to pollution of underground water. In some parts of Harare, the water table has also dropped…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife (ZimParks) has busted another wildlife poaching syndicate following the arrest of four suspected poachers. Christopher Mushoni, Vhusa Lunga and Norman Dhlamini were apprehended at a police roadblock in possession of 28 tusks of ivory, weighing 129 kilogrammes. They claimed to have been promised a hefty amount for the tusks,…
HARARE – Rifts have widened in the MDC after the party’s acting president Elias Mudzuri refused to play second fiddle to his co-deputy Nelson Chamisa who was slotted as the main speaker at yesterday’s Chitungwiza rally. Morgan Tsvangirai, the MDC Alliance presidential candidate, has chosen Chamisa to stand in for him and to handle all…
