BULAWAYO – Students at the Lupane State University (LSU) have threatened to unleash widespread demonstrations if the institution’s authorities fail to expel dean of students, Honest Ncube who they accuse of incompetence, rudeness and dictatorship. “As the students executive council, we are not scared or ashamed to call on the university to immediately fire Mr…
BULAWAYO – Two traditional chief aides are in trouble after they were arrested for duping their master of his money through a fraudulent bank withdrawal. The duo Nqabutho Tshuma, 18 and Elvis Tshuma, 20 who are both nephews to chief Zephania Sigola, 88, of Umzingwane this week appeared before Esigodini senior resident magistrate Tawanda Muchemwa…
BULAWAYO – Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni has said he will move to convince fellow traditional leaders in his bid to seek the best way forward in addressing the thorny Gukurahundi atrocities issue which continues to haunt the country. The traditional leader also appealed for Zimbabweans to unite and speak with one voice on the matter…
BULAWAYO – Former War veterans minister Tshinga Dube has expressed confidence that Zanu PF will romp to victory come 2018 under its new leader Emmerson Mnangagwa. The statements by Dube come at a time when Mnangagwa recently announced that elections will be held in five to six months’ time in a free and fair environment…
BULAWAYO – Douglas Siziba, one of the long-time business partners of exiled Golden Grills director Paul Evans who was hounded out of the country on political grounds over his business entity, has approached the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate the matter. War veteran George Mlala, who is on the run for his alleged numerous…
HARARE – A cop who was dragged to court after writing in a WhatsApp message that national police spokesperson Charity Charamba was an “idiot” has been acquitted. James Mabasa, 38, was facing charges of contravening the Post and Telecommunications Act by sending offensive messages over the phone and obstructing the course of justice. Harare magistrate…
HARARE – Former ministers Walter Mzembi and Samuel Undenge — facing charges of criminal abuse of office — appeared in court yesterday and were further remanded to February 27. Mzembi and Undenge were represented by Job Sikhala and Alec Muchadehama, respectively. They appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa. Sikhala notified the court that he would…
HARARE – A vendor representative union yesterday vowed informal traders would defy a decree to leave street pavements across Zimbabwe’s towns and cities until municipalities build alternative vending sites, defying an edict to forcibly remove them with the military’s help and setting up deadly potential clashes. Local Government minister July Moyo issued the directive last…
HARARE – Petina Gappah, the Zimbabwean international law expert who has courted controversy after being hired to organise President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s participation at the on-going World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, has denied swirling social media claims that she has joined the Zanu PF administration. Gappah — a trenchant critic of the ruling party…
HARARE – Claims by former president Robert Mugabe that the country lost $15 billion worth of diamond revenue were divorced from the actual facts on the ground, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa told the National Assembly last week. Mugabe torched a storm when he claimed in a televised interview ahead of his 93rd birthday last year…
