HARARE – A suspected armed robber was dragged to court yesterday after he allegedly broke into the house of Bruce Chiyangwa — the son of flamboyant businessman Philip Chiyangwa — and threatened a chef and two housemaids with a knife. Jerry Tafuririka, 38, of Coldstream in Chinhoyi, appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Chimboza facing a…
BULAWAYO – Government has made a U-turn on its plans to close 40 schools in Matabeleland South, stating that the region actually needs 2 056 more schools instead. This comes as Primary and Secondary Education ministry secretary Sylvia Utete-Masango recently torched a storm after announcing plans to shut 40 schools in the province, citing low…
HARARE – War veterans have thrown their weight behind the mooted opposition coalition, saying they hope it could provide solutions to the country’s myriad problems, including their poor welfare. This comes as MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai — the kingmaker of the opposition parties’ alliance ahead of 2018 elections — has been holding private meetings with…
HARARE – Zanu PF has scrambled to spruce up the poor town of Marondera in preparation of President Robert Mugabe’s visit to the Mashonaland East provincial capital where he holds a mega rally at Rudhaka Stadium today. For the duration of the week, the usually quiet town has been a hive of activity as bulldozers…
HARARE – Dark clouds are hanging over embattled Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere after Mashonaland Central provincial affairs minister Martin Dinha yesterday ominously warned that his political career was “finished” despite the party having not yet decided on allegations raised against him by its provincial leaders. Dinha, who has consistently claimed he is close…
HARARE – The Bindura Municipality (Bindura) has been dragged to the High Court for failing to pay a $116 000 Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) debt. ZETDC is a subsidiary of the State power utility Zesa Holdings. “The defendant (Bindura) is indebted/liable to the plaintiff as at April 30, 2016, in the sum…
HARARE – The opposition PF Zapu has said Zanu PF neglected the late war veteran and nationalist Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu in his last days, yet he stood by the ruling party, refusing to pull out of it in 2008. Ndlovu, 86, died in Bulawayo in the early hours of Monday after a long battle with…
HARARE – Four suspects allegedly caught attempting to bomb Alpha Omega Dairies will now stand trial on treason charges after the Prosecutor-General’s office served them with indictments yesterday. Owen Kuchata, 34, Zimbabwe National Army corporal Borman Ngwenya, 30, Solomon Makumbe, 29, and an ex-soldier Silas Pfupa, 37, and jailed president of the Zimbabwe People’s Front…
HARARE – Harare municipal police must have arresting powers for them to enforce the law effectively, council’s acting chief traffic and transport planner Judith Mujegu said. Speaking at the Harare City Council’s Rapid Results Initiative review on Tuesday, she said the city’s police were failing to exercise their full mandate due to that. The three…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s office has expressed alarm at the state of the capital – warning the Harare City Council (HCC) that it risks failing to meet its audacious target of turning the once sunshine city into a world-class status by 2025. This comes hard on the heels of remarks by Tourism minister Walter…
