BULAWAYO – A woman allegedly defrauded a non-governmental organisation she was working for of more than $80 000. Hazel Chawanda Matenga, 43, formerly employed by Child Care Ministries as its country co-ordinator, yesterday appeared before magistrate Tinashe Tashaya facing 49 counts of fraud. She was remanded out of custody to March 29 on $100 bail….
HARARE – National Assembly speaker Jacob Mudenda has hailed the High Court decision to invalidate the State Liabilities Act, which was being used by government to evade paying its dues. He said the development was “a major victory for the rule of law”. Last week, the High Court ruled that the State Liabilities Act, which…
HARARE – Radio and television personality Tichafa Matambanadzo — popularly known as Tich Mataz — yesterday claimed that Zimra bungled in calculating his duty bill, arguing the tax collector included his personal worn suits he had carried. The flamboyant 48-year-old is accused of under-declaring 10 suits and seven pairs of shoes to evade a $538…
HARARE – The hard-pressed Zimbabwe government has revised upwards its floods relief appeal to $188 million from $100 million, as the situation of affected victims gets direr. While acting mpresident Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday made a plea for the extra $88 million, it was not immediately clear how much has been mobilised so far, though United…
HARARE – Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has said he would run for presidency after President Robert Mugabe, if people chose him. Responding to the BBC’s Sarah Montague in an interview in which he was asked if he would consider bidding for presidency when the recently-turned-93 leader is gone, Mzembi said: “Well, if the people in…
HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru says opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai owes her and her late revered husband, Solomon, a huge debt of gratitude for helping to engineer President Robert Mugabe’s stunning defeat by the MDC president in the hotly-disputed 2008 polls. “Anyone who has a sound mind and a bit of memory would…
HARARE – The coming few days promise to be very tense starting tomorrow when the country’s angry opposition holds a massive demonstration in Harare, after they were given the go-ahead by edgy security commanders yesterday. And on Thursday, disaffected war veterans will also gather in the capital for their long-planned indaba which was earlier banned…
MUTARE – RivaI Zanu PF groups clashed at Checheche Growth Point on Friday, with police reportedly intervening to break the warring parties. Zanu PF Chipinge South MP Enoch Porusingazi blamed the skirmishes on fellow ruling party MP for Chipinge Central Win Mlambo, accusing him of trying to force through an unsanctioned meeting in his constituency,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has an estimated 4 701 children living and working on the streets of the country’s major cities — Harare, Mutare, Bulawayo and Beitbridge — the Social Welfare ministry has revealed. Without clarifying how recent the estimates were, last week Social Welfare deputy minister Tapiwa Matangaidze said government had conducted a count in…
HARARE – Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has insisted that urban tollgates “are a necessary evil”, vowing to go ahead with construction of the plazas, despite fierce resistance by motorists. This comes as Transport minister Jorum Gumbo has distanced himself from the proposed urban tollgates, saying if they are to be put in place, they…
