MUTARE – An ex-Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer — recently fined $50 for theft of four chickens — was back in the dock yesterday for the theft of 11 road-runners. Rushmore Nyamutata, 25, was convicted on his own plea of guilt by magistrate Tendai Mahwe. He was fined $50 for each of the two counts…
HARARE – National People’s Party (NPP) president Joice Mujuru was not happy with Coalition of Democrats (Code) signing ceremony venue. Mujuru wanted to have the signing ceremony at a neutral venue to avoid the embarrassment she suffered when she signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai at his residence. The incident…
HARARE – Prospective home owners in Mashonaland West and Marondera risk having their dreams of owning residential properties dashed as their local authorities are embroiled in bitter wrangles with land developers in matters that have now spilled into the courts. At least 1 664 residential stands in Nyabira are at the centre of a dispute…
ELECTION Resource Centre (ERC) commends the Parliament of Zimbabwe for convening an all-stakeholders conference on the petition on electoral reforms submitted by the ERC and 14 other civil society organisations in September 2015. ERC director Tawanda Chimhini said the spirit of engagement, dialogue and exhaustion on pertinent national issues is indeed laudable. The conference…
HARARE – An audit by government has laid bare the desperate situations at Chitungwiza Municipality-run clinics where staff does not use basic disease prevention consumables such as gloves — in addition to battling other myriad problems which include acute shortages of drugs. As a result, the dire straits have raised fears of a rise in…
HARARE – The Meteorological Services Department (Met Dept) has issued a warning to citizens on the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from gas and kerosene heaters as they use these to try and beat the biting cold being currently experienced. Last year, a six-year-old suffocated after being poisoned by carbon monoxide (CO) produced by a…
HARARE – Zimbabweans based outside the country will not be able to vote in next year’s watershed elections, national elections management body — the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) — said yesterday bringing to an end the debate on whether those in the Diaspora would be allowed to be part of the crucial poll without casting…
HARARE – A study by the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has revealed that Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) — popularly known as kaylite — which is used by many restaurants and food vendors to package meals and beverages, contains a substance that causes cancer. The study was done by the UZ Food, Nutrition and Family Science department…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Cabinet will weigh its options on how Air Zimbabwe (Air Zim) could be untangled from its current mess, as it is emerging that the airline is on the cusp of launching a new business model. The national flag carrier, which at independence in 1980 boasted a fleet of 18 planes,…
HARARE – The ruling party has developed cold feet on its pronouncements about two months ago that it would press criminal charges against former women’s league executive members, Eunice Sandi-Moyo and Sarah Mahoka on allegations of abusing their respective offices, the Daily News can report. Famed for publicly dressing down Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in…
