THE European Union (EU) has once again implored Harare to further open the country’s democratic space if relations with Brussels are to get warmer. In a statement after its Harare office met with new Foreign Affairs minister Frederick Shava, in Harare on Thursday, the key bloc said it was concerned about “the lack of progress…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga last night announced new strict Covid-19 lockdown restrictions which come into effect tomorrow after the government noticed increased complacency from citizens which put the country at risk of entering a third wave of the pandemic. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded 26 deaths and 596 new cases in the last seven…
INFORMATION Communication Technology minister Jenfan Muswere hopes Community Information Centres (CICs) the government is setting up across the country will help fight drug abuse as the youth will have less idle time on their hands. Muswere was speaking in Binga yesterday where his ministry and the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) were…
FORMER Air Zimbabwe chief operations officer and the late former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore wants abuse of office charges against him quashed. Chikore allegedly engaged a security company — Safeguard Security Services (Safeguard) — on August 30, 2017 without following tender procedures. He has since filed a notice excepting to the charge, arguing…
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti, who is accused of assaulting a Russian national Tatiana Aleshina, will now stand trial on June 18 after the dismissal of his application in which he sought prosecutor Michael Reza’s recusal from the case. In his application, Biti argued that Reza’s past conduct showed that he would not be…
THE High Court says Chief Justice Luke Malaba, did not do anything wrong when he returned to work on the basis of recent appeals to the Supreme Court by authorities. This comes after three High Court judges — Jester Charewa, Happias Zhou and Edith Mushore — recently overturned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decision to extend Malaba’s…
THE police yesterday sought to serve summons on MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti as he left court for his appearance on a charge of assault allegedly perpetrated on a Russian national, Tatiana Aleshina. The summons relate to a case of public violence in which Biti is jointly charged with Jim Kunaka and Simangaliso Singo…
GOVERNMENT is set to ramp up production of locally-manufactured drugs and double it to 60 percent, with sales revenue expected to jump from US$32,5 million to US$150 million by 2025. Speaking at the official launch of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Strategy in Harare yesterday, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Health minister, said the…
By Tamary Chikiwa COURT proceedings in Zimbabwe will soon be conducted virtually in light of the Covid-19 pandemic as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is set to introduce the Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS), a platform which will digitise the justice system. According to JSC’s 2021 — 2025 strategic plan, the IECMS will be…
THE government is increasingly getting concerned with the surge in armed robberies amid claims that both the police and army are failing to stop the smuggling into the country of illegal guns being used by the bandits. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, deputy Home Affairs minister Mavhunga Maboyi admitted the failure by security…
