The MDC yesterday warned that it would bring business to a halt in Harare if Elias Mudzuri, the suspended executive mayor, was not allowed to resume work on Monday. Gabriel Chaibva, the MDC shadow minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, told journalists at a... »
Eddie Cross’ sentencing Postponed
SENTENCE on Eddie Cross, convicted under the Insolvency Act for failing to attend meetings with his creditors, was yesterday postponed yet again to 4 June. Harare magistrate Garikayi Churu postponed the case for a possible record eleventh time because the magistrate who presided over the matter, Stanley Ncube, was not present. ... »
Bank under probe
THE police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Fraud Squad is believed to be investigating allegations that Trust Bank Corporation externalised at least £500 000 (about $1 billion at parallel market rates) to off-shore accounts in Europe, The Daily News has established. According to documents made available to this newspaper, Trust entered into an arrangement with Bract Investments Limited, a company registered... »
Soldiers assault Daily News photographer
Soldiers manning queues at Batanai Supermarket in Harare yesterday assaulted Daily News photographer, Philimon Bulawayo after he took pictures of the long winding queues that have become prevalent at most shops. Soldiers manning queues at Batanai Supermarket in Harare yesterday assaulted Daily News photographer, Philimon Bulawayo after he took pictures of the long... »
Nyarota, Mudiwa charges unconstitutional
Despite the admission, the Attorney-General’s Office, responsible for drafting Bills, yesterday instructed that Nyarota and Mudiwa be further remanded to 27 February 2003 The government has conceded that Section 80 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) under which Geoffrey Nyarota, the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily News, and Lloyd... »
Editor Nyarota arrested as crackdown on media continues
Nyarota, who is being charged under a section of the controversial Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, denied the charge in a statement recorded by the police. In their continuing crackdown on independent media journalists, the police in Harare yesterday arrested Geoff Nyarota, the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily News, in connection with... »
Mother beheaded in front of daughters by Mugabe militants
A 53-year-old woman was beheaded in front of two of her daughters, aged 10 and 17, by supporters of Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s President, because of her suspected backing for the opposition. A 53-year-old woman was beheaded in front of two of her daughters, aged 10 and 17, by supporters of Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s President,... »
Motor mechanic shoots client dead over $5 000
A 19-YEAR-OLD South African motor mechanic, Shane Michael Jansen, faces a murder charge following the death in a shooting incident last Friday of a Greendale man in Harare. Derick Leach Dallas, 56, was allegedly shot after he failed to pay $5 000 charged by Jansen for repairs undertaken on his motor vehicle. Jansen wanted to use the money to... »
Mnangagwa refuses to talk on Chikanga’s case
The Attorney-General’s Office yesterday questioned the relevance of contacting Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Speaker of Parliament, as ordered by a High Court judge to check whether he was willing to give evidence on the release of a hard-core armed robber serving a 35-year prison term. Justice George Bartlett last week ordered the Attorney-General (AG), Andrew Chigovera, to contact Mnangagwa to... »
Zvobgo, Mavhaire snub the President
Zanu PF’s deep-rooted factionalism in Masvingo surfaced again last Sunday when party stalwarts Eddison Zvobgo and Dzikamai Mavhaire, snubbed President Mugabe’s presidential campaign rally held at Mucheke Stadium. The rally coincided with Vice-President Simon Muzenda’s 79th birthday party celebrations held at the same venue. Mavhaire yesterday said he and Zvobgo did not attend the Mucheke birthday party-cum-Zanu PF presidential campaign... »
War veterans disrupt housing scheme
MORE than 400 prospective home-owners have pulled out of the White Cliff low-density housing scheme, because illegal settlers continue to flood into the area. The 1 065,7-hectare property was invaded by thousands of so-called war veterans and Zanu PF supporters in the run-up to last year’s parliamentary election. The housing estate, about 18km west of Harare along the Bulawayo Road,... »
High Court grants Odzi farmer bail
The High Court in Harare yesterday granted bail to Odzi farmer, Philip Bezuidenhout. Bezuidenhout, 51, faces a charge of murder after he allegedly struck and killed Febian Mapenzauswa, 31, on 15 July with his vehicle. Mapenzauswa had just been resettled on Bezuidenhout’s Tara Farm in Odzi. Justice Michael Gillespie ordered the farmer to deposit... »