HARARE – An alleged Russian national accused of using fake documents to apply for a Zimbabwean passport is facing re-trial after the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) yesterday struck off the roll his application in which he is challenging the re-opening of the State case. Steven Paul Sugden — through his lawyers Thabani Mpofu, Admire Rubaya and…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) will not be renewing its contract with Wellcash Debt Collectors (Wellcash) after its expiry on November 15 this year. This comes amid outrage by residents in numerous towns over the hiring of the debt collectors. Councillors agreed not to renew the contract in a full council meeting held Tuesday….
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) — an employees’ representative body — says it has lost 300 000 of its 400 000 membership due to the economic collapse which has caused massive job losses in the formal sector. Peter Mutasa, the Union’s president, told the Daily News yesterday that company closures in…
HARARE – There was chaos in Parliament yesterday as Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko and deputy National Assembly Speaker Mabel Chinomona clashed over whether Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was still the leader of the House. Mnangagwa has been the leader of government business in the eighth Parliament since 2013, as he doubled as Justice and Parliamentary…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday mocked his senior lieutenants who flock to prophets seeking political ‘‘prophecies’’, especially ahead of next year’s general elections. The 93-year-old leader — who apparently skirted the raging factional wars engulfing his long-ruling Zanu PF party — also launched a vitriolic verbal tirade on swelling bands of contemporary pastors, describing…
HARARE – Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has been sucked into a wrangle over the control of a popular entertainment joint located on the outskirts of the capital city, Harare. The property, Globetrotter — owned by the late businessman Dickson Sabawu — is at the centre of a feud involving the late Sabawu’s first wife, Gladys…
HARARE – A tension-filled extraordinary congress is in the offing for the ruling party as the influential Zanu PF Women’s League has started rallying its structures across the country to lend support behind First Lady Grace Mugabe as the sole beneficiary of a constitutional amendment seeking to create space for a female vice president. The…
HARARE – Disgruntled vendors, touts and foreign currency dealers in Harare yesterday gave President Robert Mugabe a two-week ultimatum to stop the police from harassing and confiscating their wares. About a fortnight ago, Mugabe ordered authorities to flush out vendors and other informal traders that have stormed the Harare CBD, arguing the capital had become…
HARARE – A Harare man was dragged to court yesterday for allegedly leaking this year’s Ordinary Level English exam paper, which was written on October 26. Victor Tamanikwa, 25, appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande charged with contravening section 35(a) of the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Act, which prohibits gaining access or revealing contents…
HARARE – Musician Jah Prayzah was beaten up by angry mourners at the burial of his former security manager Chris Nyemba at Glen Forest Cemetery in Harare yesterday for allegedly failing to contribute towards the deceased’s funeral. Sources who were at the burial told the Daily News the singer was battered by angry bouncers who…
