THE Agriculture ministry in partnership with the police are conducting a national blitz — spot checking all agro-dealers’ compliance and registration status to root out dealers who are selling counterfeit inputs. The operation which started this month is expected to end by December 15 depending on the market situation. This development came as at least…
By Dionne Kanyowa APOSTOLIC sect, Johane Masowe weChishanu, is embroiled in legal battles with a rival faction over a worshipping ground in Guruve both at the lower and upper courts. Ekenzi Jemsen Chowa Gondo, who is claiming to be the head of the church, approached the court last week on an urgent chamber basis seeking…
By Dionne Kanyowa HARARE businessman Alphonse Mushanawani, who was in 2019 imprisoned for eight years after his vehicle was found with 710kg of dagga, has been freed by the Supreme Court. He was convicted together with Brighton Dinda by a magistrate court. Supreme Court Judges, Justices Susan Mavangira, Tendai Uchena and Lavender Makoni agreed that…
By Dionne Kanyowa THE TRIAL of the Chivhu-based mother who murdered her four children by slitting their throats and burning them before attempting suicide is set to resume today at the High Court. The trial was postponed three months ago by Justice Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa as reports of Emelda Marazani’s mental evaluation by State psychiatrists were…
PROFESSIONAL bodies should allow greater participation of women and youth to allow for grander representation, immediate past president of the Real Estate Institute of Zimbabwe Alexander Millin has said. Millin made these remarks during the just-ended Zimbabwe Institute of Geomatics (ZIG) annual conference. ZIG is a professional body that seeks to lobby and address gaps…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s grandson, Yasha Mafidi, has died. Yasha, 5 — son to Sean — died at a local hospital due to respiratory complications. Permanent Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services ministry Nick Mangwana said Yasha was being attended at a local hospital when he passed on. “It is with a great sense of…
HARARE Province’s Mabelreign District School Inspectorate (DSI) Favour Muyambo has urged students to utilise the new curriculum and empower themselves to become entrepreneurs in future. Speaking during a graduation ceremony at Divaris Makaharis group of schools on Friday, Muyambo said the new curriculum, which is in line with Education 5.0 would enable students to be…
ONE would have thought that Zimbabweans would be united in their opposition to international sanctions, which were introduced more than 20 years…
BUSINESSMAN Kudakwashe Tagwirei says he has nothing to do with court proceedings instituted by Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (Zipra) war veterans and their coordinator and businessman Fredrick Mutanda who have sued the government for US$20 billion as compensation for properties seized when they were declared unlawful in 1982. In a High Court application filed on…
POLICE in Zvishavane have intensified calls for the public to join hands with law enforcement agents in a bid to fight escalating cases of substance abuse in the mining town. This comes amid revelations that in some suburbs, including Mandava and Maglas, drug peddlers have become a menace with a number of youth being lured…
