HARARE – James Mushore is likely not to return to work as town clerk even if he wins his Labour Court challenge, Harare deputy mayor Enock Mupamawonde said yesterday. This comes as the Harare City Council (HCC) has resolved to engage a human resources consultant to shortlist candidates for the town clerk position. The city…
HARARE – A cop reportedly sold guns stolen from his workplace to illegal poachers, a court heard yesterday. Alouis Mabika, 46, who is attached to National Armoury at Morris Depot in Harare appeared before provincial magistrate Elisha Singano charged with theft. He was released on $200 bail and remanded to October 12 pending finalisation of…
BULAWAYO – Indigenous pressure group, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG), has written to President Robert Mugabe to express its unhappiness with the decision by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to allocate gold claims to town clerk Christopher Dube and George Mlilo — the permanent secretary in the ministry of Local Government. Dube, through his company…
HARARE – Gospel musician Fungisai Zvakavapano-Mashavave yesterday escaped jail by a whisker after she was fined $200 for negligent driving. The Toita zvedenga hit-maker had pleaded guilty to contravening section 52(2) of the Road Traffic Act for negligent driving when she appeared before Harare magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura. She was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, wholly…
HARARE – Zimbabweans based in the United States are planning to roll out protests against President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, at the on-going annual United Nations (UN) general assembly — but they face massive resistance from a pro-Mugabe group — the December 12 Movement which has planned its own demos showing solidarity with…
HARARE – A Chiredzi man has been charged with verbally insulting police officers, after shouting in a banking hall that they were depositing cash earned through corrupt means. Zephania Virimai, 32, who resides in Tshovani high-density suburb in Chiredzi, was arrested on August 1, in the south eastern town. Virimai’s trial commenced last Thursday before…
HARARE – Teachers’ unions have very different legal positions on the mooted Teachers Profession Council (TPC), with the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) refusing to sign the draft document while Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) is supporting the idea. The TPC will define who a teacher is and will be given legal standing through an…
HARARE – With effect from November 9, the Harare International Airport will now be known as R. G Mugabe International Airport, after government agreed to rename it in honour of the long–serving Zimbabwe leader. Mugabe, 93, is the only leader Zimbabwe has ever known since gaining independence from Britain in 1980. The name change was…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has begun fresh registration of all voters, with the process marked with interruptions, delays in electronic voter registration kits being used, and the failure of some of the kits to detect voters’ fingerprints. Since Monday when the continuous voter registration began, Zimbabweans have been queuing at registration centres in the 63 districts…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has a lot of homework to do ahead of next year’s decisive polls amid revelations that allies of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa have hatched an improved version of the 2008 Bhora Musango strategy to shipwreck his re-election bid, the Daily News can report. Relations in the ruling party have become…
