Tarisai Machakaire

MILLIONS of Zimbabweans, especially those living in rural areas, are facing hunger and starvation, a new report by relief agencies says.

THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority has restored water at Ngomahuru Mental Hospital where patients were taking baths in nearby Magwagwadza River.

TOBACCO farmers are demanding foreign currency payments for their crop ahead of the upcoming 2021 marketing season. 

TWO more soldiers appeared in court yesterday in connection with the $1,6 million property theft at Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s Orchid Gardens farm in Domboshava.

ZIMBABWE borrowed US$1,4 billion from the African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) since 2017 to finance acquisition of strategic commodities, currency reforms and prop up the economy.

ZIMBABWE will hold a population and housing census in August ahead of the 2023 elections, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) has announced.

POLICE on Monday fired warning shots at a suspected gang of illegal ivory dealers who had 11 elephant tusks before arresting them in Arcadia, Harare.

FORMER Labour minister Petronella Kagonye, who is facing a slew of corruption allegations involving land deals, has been released on bail.

TWO suspected armed robbers who allegedly pounced on a Chinese national’s house and stole gold and property worth US$50 000 appeared in court yesterday after they were captured on close circuit television at Chicken Inn Pomona where they…

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned people against steaming, saying it does not kill the coronavirus no matter how hot the concoction might be. 

HEALTH workers have raised fresh concerns about the coronavirus pandemic in the country, following more of their colleagues contracting the lethal disease in recent weeks.

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has intensified efforts to boost Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 testing capabilities after completing training of health staffers in remote Beitbridge areas. 

NEARLY 10 000 homes in Zimbabwe were destroyed by cyclones Chalane and Eloise, which swept across parts of the country over the past few weeks.

THE government has been urged to establish an open contracting system to curb corruption in the procurement of public goods especially in the health sector.

A COVID-19 patient has taken the government to court contesting recent burial restrictions as he claims they would violate his cultural beliefs in the event that he dies and is not buried at his rural home.

JAILED rapist Robert Martin Gumbura suffered his first New Year setback after the High Court struck his bail appeal off the roll on a technicality.

LITIGANTS are no longer required to physically attend court when filing applications in superior courts following a directive issued by the Judicial Services Commission (JSC).

A GANG in Mufakose, Harare, allegedly assaulted police officers who arrested a drug dealer who lives in the neighbourhood.

THE High Court has dismissed an abduction case of a Mabvuku woman who went missing on January 6 after she was allegedly arrested by unidentified uniformed soldiers for breaking Covid-19 lockdown laws.

INCARCERATED MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala will have to endure more time in prison after his bail appeal hearing was postponed to next week when he appeared before the High Court yesterday. 

THE Harare City Council (HCC) says its capacity to meet service delivery as the new year starts has been paralysed after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) garnished $115 million from its bank accounts for tax arrears.

MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti is demanding $15 million from the police and a woman who laid an assault charge against him, arguing his arrest and detention was unjustified.

SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation boss Henrietta Rushwaya, who is accused of attempting to smuggle 6kg of gold out of the country, will languish in prison after the High Court denied her bail yesterday.

MDC Alliance and Nelson Chamisa’s lawyer Thabani Mpofu was yesterday arrested and later released for allegedly obstructing the course of justice in police investigations into alleged fake abductions of the opposition party’s youth leaders.

The ailing Marry is facing multiple charges at the courts, including claims that she wanted to kill her powerful husband when he was receiving medical treatment in South Africa two years ago.