EX-MINES ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga has been slapped with a two-and-a-half year effective jail sentence. He was convicted of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer after he solely sat as a full board for the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and received board fees and sitting allowances to the tune of…
THE battle for supremacy in the hugely-significant March by-elections is hotting up, with the Midlands playing host to both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa this weekend. This prompted police to warn yesterday that they would be deploying large teams in the province as from today, in a bid to try and ensure that the…
ECONET Wireless, the country’s largest telecommunications company, yesterday launched high-speed Fifth Generation (5G) mobile broadband technology, in partnership with global technology infrastructure suppliers Ericson and ZTE, making Econet the first mobile network operator to offer the service in the nation, starting with the capital Harare. Econet, which has invested over US$3 billion in infrastructure since…
THE government is working with its embassy in Germany to move to safety Zimbabweans in Ukraine following its invasion by Russian forces yesterday. With the prospects of a fully-fledged armed conflict in the Eastern European country increasingly becoming more likely, Foreign Affairs deputy minister David Musabayana urged Zimbabweans there to relocate to safer countries awaiting…
THERE is much excitement among ordinary people after it was confirmed that Zimbabwe’s first independent television channel, 3Ktv, will go live on both…
Shamaine Chirimujiri FOUR staffers in the Office of the President and Cabinet were killed in a road traffic accident which occurred yesterday morning at a black spot near Regina Coeli Mission along the Nyanga-Ruwangwe Road. The deceased were part of an office team delivering goods for the less privileged in Ruwangwe Community under First Lady,…
INDEPENDENT television channel, 3Ktv, will go live on both MultiChoice’s DStv and digital terrestrial television (DTT) platforms this coming Monday. The station will…
Melisa Chatikobo THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is concerned about the country’s toxic political environment ahead of the March 26 by-elections. Speaking at the official opening of a national multi-party stakeholder meeting in Harare yesterday, Zec chairperson Priscilla Chigumba also said while Zimbabwe had one of the best electoral dispute resolution mechanisms on paper, the…
THE parliamentary portfolio committee on local government has called on the authorities to urgently put in place mechanisms to monitor the use of devolution funds. In a report tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday after legislators visited the Kenyan Parliament, the committee said the current laws needed to be amended to curb funds abuse….
MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora has appointed his secretary-general Paurina Mpariwa as the new leader of the opposition in the National Assembly to replace Thokozani Khupe, pictured, who was recalled recently. Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda told the august House on Tuesday that Mwonzora had also appointed Makoni Central MP David Tekeshe as…
