HARARE – A 17-year-old boy has been dragged before the court after he reportedly beat up his father threatening to kill him, while under the suspected influence of drugs. According to court papers, the 40-year-old man Edmore Murefu endured unspeakable bullying from the boy who ran amok over the past weekend assaulting the helpless man,…
HARARE – First Lady Grace Mugabe’s son from her first marriage Russell Goreraza is finalising his divorce from his wife of seven years, Gladys Chiedza Goreraza (nee Chiwaya), claiming the marriage has irretrievably broken down. The divorce proceedings, which have been pending for the past three years, have been finally set down for hearing before…
HARARE – Opposition MDC vice president Nelson Chamisa has said there is nothing wrong in giving chiefs cars, arguing the move makes the traditional leaders respectable. His remarks come amid furore over President Robert Mugabe’s government’s move to buy the chiefs cars, with most complaining that it is a vote-buying gimmick. But speaking at a…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is considering installing a pipeline from Kariba to supply water to Harare, rather than construct a dam, deputy mayor, Enock Mupamawonde, has advised. He argued that it is “actually way cheaper” to install the pipeline than construct a dam. Mupamawonde said the measure would ease the city’s perennial water…
HARARE – Government seems to have lost the war against vendors and illegal foreign currency dealers, as most of the informal traders are trickling back into the Harare CBD, despite a massive joint police and council blitz against them. About a month ago, President Robert Mugabe ordered authorities to flush out the vendors and other…
HARARE – A three-year-old girl was killed and eaten by two lions in Chiredzi last weekend, while her brother was left fighting for his life in hospital. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) confirmed the incident, saying they had people on the ground investigating the incident. “The incident happened on Saturday night as…
HARARE – Zimbabwe could be on the brink of a calamitous political crisis, after the country’s restless military bosses sharply rebuked President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF yesterday — warning ominously that they would not hesitate to step in if the ruling party continues with its worsening mindless bloodletting. Speaking in Harare in the unprecedented…
HARARE – Analysts have warned that President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF cannot afford to have wholesale purges to former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s allies saying doing so would be akin to scoring an own goal, especially when elections are looming large on the horizon. This comes as the Zanu PF National Disciplinary Committee (NDC)…
HARARE – The jury is out on the recent move by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to temporarily ban all police officers from registering to vote in next year’s crunch elections — which could see thousands of police officers failing to cast their ballots in the watershed 2018 polls. This comes as the national elections…
HARARE – The jury is out on the recent move by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to temporarily ban all police officers from registering to vote in next year’s crunch elections — which could see thousands of police officers failing to cast their ballots in the watershed 2018 polls. This comes as the national elections…
