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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…

BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer Karikoga Keseke has revealed that he has approached Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa seeking the launch of command tourism. Kaseke told delegates here during the official launch of the 2017 edition of the Sanganai/Hlanganani Tourism Expo last week: “I was talking to the vice president (Emmerson Mnangagwa)…

BULAWAYO – National People’s Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru has admitted that all is not well in her Bulawayo party structures, in a development she attributed to infiltration. Factionalism and tribalism are threatening to tear the party apart. Two factions, one rallying behind Samuel Sipepa Nkomo and the other one backing national executive member Cuthbert…

HARARE – Our reporter Jeffrey Muvundusi sits down for a chat with Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) leader Jenni Williams. Below are excerpts of the interview. Q: You have relentlessly held anti-government protests, what really inspires you? A: I am inspired to demonstrate as I feel it is a way of playing my role as a…

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest mobile telecoms company, Econet Wireless, has launched a youth empowerment programme designed to support and equip young people with different skills sets, among them entrepreneurship training and mentorship by highly-qualified professionals. The programme, called Elevate, was unveiled at a well-organised and well-attended youth event at Harare Gardens on Saturday, and is…

HARARE – Health practitioners will today meet the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to discuss ways in which they can exercise their voting rights in the 2018 general election while on duty. Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association president Edgar Munatsi said they wanted full and unrestricted participation in the vote. “We understand that we are under essential…