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HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF party’s supreme decision-making organ in between congresses, the politburo, meets in Harare today for another crunch meeting that could end the uncertainty surrounding Saviour Kasukuwere’s future as the revolutionary party’s national political commissar. The 47-year-old Mount Darwin legislator goes into today’s potentially explosive meeting unsure whether he will keep…

HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) finance director Robert Mangwiro — who was dismissed by the State tax agency after being found guilty on 21 of the 33 counts of misconduct — has approached the Labour Court challenging the sacking. Mangwiro, who was dismissed with effect from October last year, is challenging the dismissal…

MUTARE – Two daring men who hijacked a vehicle carrying fuel impounded by cops and sped off with it have been jailed eight months each. Taurai Masibango, 34, and Rodrick Mapfumo, 26, were convicted and sentenced by magistrate Lazarus Murendo after a full trial. They were given 12-month jail sentences, with four months suspended on…

HARARE – Former Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) chief executive officer Cuthbert Dube is not yet off the hook, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) said yesterday. “We have not cleared him on any issues,” Zacc commissioner and public education chairperson Farai Chinyani told a press conference called to clear the air on media reports that…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Amalgamated Housing Association (Zaha) has approached the High Court seeking to recover nearly $1,5 million that was locked up in Allied Bank of Zimbabwe. Allied Bank, majority owned by a vehicle linked to Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Obert Mpofu, had its licence cancelled by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe…

BULAWAYO – The High Court has ordered Matabeleland North State minister  Ndabazekhaya Cain Ginyilitshe Mathema to pay $50 000 to Agribank to amortise a loan he acquired for purchasing irrigation equipment. Justice Nokuthula Moyo passed the default judgment following an application by Agribank through its legal practitioners Messrs Majoko and Majoko. According to the applicant’s…

MUTARE – An 80-year-old Chipinge granny slipped into a well and drowned as she tried to fetch water recently. Manicaland police deputy spokesperson Luxson Chananda confirmed the death of Zviiteyi Kosa of Manyika Village under Chief Musikavanhu last Friday. Chananda said Kosa had gone to fetch water from a well near her homestead with her…

HARARE – Thousands of doctors and nurses who will be on duty on 2018 election day will be unable to cast their vote, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) confirmed yesterday. Zec chairperson Rita Makarau (pictured) made the declaration during a meeting with medical practitioners who sought to discuss ways in which they can exercise their voting…

HARARE – Before the dust has even settled following the axing of former Prosecutor-General (PG) Johannes Tomana, serious jockeying for the top post has started in earnest, as rival factions within the warring Zanu PF aim to have their preferred candidate land the vacant post. This comes as the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) is yet…

HARARE – With the clock ticking towards make-or-break harmonised polls next year, the MDC has been plunged into another hair-raising conspiracy linking some of its top officials to a plot to block Morgan Tsvangirai from leading a grand coalition against President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party. The MDC president, who has led the country’s largest…