Regis Chingawo, SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has called for a stakeholders’ approach that includes lawmakers and government ministries to stop child marriages, which are on the increase in the country. In its findings on the national inquiry on sexual exploitation and abuse of young girls and child marriages released yesterday, the…
By Nyasha Dube THE Zimbabwe Assemblies of God (Zaoga) is locked in a court battle over the construction of a church in Mount Pleasant, Harare, after the High Court approved an application filed by 10 residents who are neighbours of the proposed church site. The 10 Mt Pleasant residents, led by Luke Danzvara, who is…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday unveiled a $4,5 trillion National Budget for 2023, which aims to further stabilise prices, inflation and the Zimbabwe dollar, while also lifting the lives of the poor. Presenting the budget at the new Parliament building in Mount Hampden, Ncube said authorities would also continue to focus on ensuring the availability…
NATIONAL commercial television station, 3Ktv — the most watched Zimbabwean channel on satellite — is partnering with TeleSUR English TV in broadcasting…
ZANU PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have engaged the police in Masvingo Province over ugly scenes of violence that occurred in Gutu recently. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week appealed to politicians to protect the country’s current peaceful environment ahead of next year’s elections. The meeting was confirmed by both…
By Nyasha Dube JAILED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Job Sikhala and his co-accused, Chitungwiza North legislator Godfrey Sithole, have made an application to have Harare regional magistrate Tafadzwa Miti recuse herself from the trial, claiming that she is biased. Sikhala and Sithole are currently on trial for allegedly inciting public violence in Nyatsime,…
By Nyasha Dube THE High Court has removed from the roll, the matter in which NetOne Cellular is seeking an extension to submit a new summons on the company’s former chief executive, Lazarus Muchenje for an eviction order from the company’s plush home in Borrowdale, Harare. This is the second time that the State-owned telecommunications…
WEST Property Zimbabwe scored big at the Megafest Holdings Top 20 Business awards yesterday in Harare after it’s executives were rewarded for…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brighton Muronzereyi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged continued economic stability, while also appealing to politicians to protect the country’s current peaceful environment ahead of next year’s elections. Delivering his State of the Nation Address (Sona) at the new Parliament building in Harare, Mnangagwa said it was imperative that all Zimbabweans worked…
By Nyasha Dube IMPRISONED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala will continue to languish in remand prison after Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti dismissed his ninth bail application yesterday. In denying Sikhala bail, Magistrate Miti said the lawmaker had been arrested multiple times before, proving that he was an “unrepentant criminal” who…
