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Lloyd Ndemo Harare mayor, Jacob Mafume was arrested on Wednesday evening on allegations of criminal abuse of office. Police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner, Paul Nyathi said, “It’s true, Jacob Mafume has been arrested. There are allegations of criminal abuse of office and more details will be availed today.” Share on: WhatsApp

Patience Nhamburo One of the late socialite and businessman Genius Kadungure’s close relatives, Patricia Darangwa has been appointed as executor for his estate. The decision was reached on Wednesday at the Master of the High Court in Harare. When approached for comment, his ex-wife, Zodwa Mkandla was cagey. “The court has made its decision and […]

Munashe Mukahlera One person was killed while two others were seriously injured after a lightning bolt struck in eastern Zimbabwe’s Manicaland province on Tuesday. The injured are being treated at Victoria Chitepo hospital. The three were employed by the Grain Marketing Board provincial depot. In another incident, a school in Zvishavane was destroyed by a hailstorm […]

Takudzwa Chihambakwe All students registered to write examinations next month will proceed regardless of their Covid-19 status. Two examination centres in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland North Province have recorded Covid-19 cases. Primary and Secondary Education Ministry spokesperson Taungana Ndoro said infected students will write while in quarantine. “We have taken note of the fact that some students […]

Cecilia Kamuputa The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Regional Office for Southern Africa (UnescoRosa), in conjunction with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education and the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) on Monday, November 23, 2020, launched an educational chatbot to supplement the limited alternative learning modes available. This follows the closure of […]

Hanganani Nleya Midlands State University are the winners of this year’s SASI National Universities Debate competition hosted by SAYWHAT, with support from the Swedish Embassy in Zimbabwe, UNFPA and SAIH. The programme was broadcast live on Zimpapers Television Network, ZTN. The MSU shrugged off stiff competition from The University of Zimbabwe in the final to […]

Lloyd Ndemo Members of 20 housing co-operatives in Zimbabwe’s capital city, Harare, will lose properties after the courts ruled their occupation illegal. The cooperatives are ldeal homes, Home Angels, Bantu, Tembwe, Nyabira, Greenlands, Takakura and Chitepo, among others. Harare City Council told the courts that the co-operatives were allocating residential and commercial stands to land-seekers […]

Taku Chihambakwe Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, clashed with Norton National Assembly Member Temba Mliswa after the Treasury chief said Civil Service salaries are better than the private sector’s. Mliswa, an outspoken character, interrupted Prof Ncube as he spoke at a pre-budget seminar in the capital, Harare, on Thursday. The seminar is convened yearly […]

Cecilia Kamputa The Zimbabwe Government has warned the public against being tricked by people claiming to process applications for Presidential scholarships for a fee, saying such applications do not attract a processing fee and no funds have to be sent through individual bank accounts or Ecocash lines. The warning follows a series of bogus scholarship […]

Andrew Moyo Police in Karoi yesterday nabbed two men for fraud involving Pfumvudza inputs at St Michele Farm. Details released by the Zimbabwe Republic Police on their Twitter handle indicate that a village head and secretary connived and obtained agricultural inputs on behalf of 96 villagers , including the dead from the Grain Marketing Board. “The […]