HARARE – Cleric Phillip Mugadza, who spent more than a month behind bars after being arrested for allegedly prophesying that president Robert Mugabe will die on October 17 this year, was yesterday freed on $50 bail. High Court judge Priscillah Chigumba ruled that there were no compelling reason warranting Mugadza’s continued incarceration. The cleric was…
HARARE – Expelled Zimbabwe People First official Kudakwashe Bhasikiti has been dragged to the High Court for allegedly failing to settle a $133 000 Zesa bill. The debt — owed to Zesa’s subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), and dating back to February last year — was incurred by the former Masvingo…
HARARE – Businessman Timothy Trombas’ woes continue to mount as he is back in court today for allegedly stealing from cigarette tycoon Simon Rudland — barely a month after the self-styled consultant was also slapped with costs in another case against the latter. In the current case, the embattled retail trader is accused of taking…
HARARE – Missing journalist-cum-political activist Itai Dzamara’s brother Patson has called on Zimbabweans to continue piling pressure on President Robert Mugabe’s government to stop the enforced disappearance of rights activists. Speaking yesterday during commemorations for Dzamara’s abduction two years ago, Patson called on citizens to gather the courage to stand up against excesses by government….
HARARE – Fuming Mbare residents yesterday subjected a City of Harare (HCC) engineer to all manner of insults after incessant rains flooded their homes and destroyed their property again. The local authority had set a January 31 deadline to improve drainage. Apparently, the drainage ways were damaged after the construction of Gulf Sunshine Bazaar along…
HARARE – War veterans banned from convening a meeting to discuss Zimbabwe’s deepening political and economic crisis have vowed to wage a war against President Robert Mugabe. On Wednesday, police announced that they would not allow the ex-freedom fighters’ meeting scheduled for today to proceed because the veterans did not meet the requirements of the…
HARARE – Zimbabwean hospitals are struggling to cope with the surge in patients living with signs of chronic kidney disease, with the death toll rising. Health minister David Parirenyatwa said hospitals were finding it difficult to provide enough beds and treatment for kidney patients, with the total number of cases increasing. “Facilities are being created…
BULAWAYO – A grieving Bulawayo family was hit by double tragedy on Wednesday night when 13 of its members were killed on the spot in a horrific accident when their minibus, which was ferrying the body of a deceased relative for burial in Masvingo, was mangled by a haulage truck near the National University of…
HARARE – A buoyant opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, says he will give President Robert Mugabe and fearful security chiefs immunity from prosecution when he forms the country’s next government. Speaking in Harare yesterday, after holding a crucial meeting with the MDC national executive, the popular former prime minister in the government of national unity emphasised…
MUTARE – Former Mutare mayor Brian James was yesterday arrested for illegal parking. James was arrested as he arrived at a local hotel for a public hearing by the Parliament Public Accounts Committee which is receiving oral evidence on the problems blighting the city. The former mayor was dragged by the trousers’ belt as he…
