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MINES and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando has been implicated in a messy mine ownership wrangle amid accusations he grabbed eight gold mining claims belonging to businessman Yakub Ibrahim Mahomed. Mohamed, who owns Anesu Gold (Pvt) Ltd, filed a High Court application seeking to interdict Chitando, Mines secretary Onesimo Moyo, …

Defence and War Veterans minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri The Supreme Court will on Tuesday 8 February 2022 hear an appeal filed by Defence and War Veterans Minister Oppah Muchinguri seeking to overturn a High Court decision upholding a lower court’s order regarding a lawsuit filed by a Harare resident seeking compensation …

100 dollar bills, pills, and medicine containers THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has suspended four pharmacy supervisors and shut down three over suspected cases of illegal dealings. Pharmacies which have been blacklisted over the same period are Bright Pharmacy in Southerton, Goodhope Pharmacy along Jason Moyo Avenue in …

Nothing to do … School children playing football at a school in Harare during a strike by teachers on February 8, 2019 (REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo) BULAWAYO – The government threatened “appropriate measures” on Monday after one of the most successful work boycotts by teachers over poor pay. Seeking to downplay the …

Home bound … Pupils seen leaving Mafidhi Munangagwa Primary School in Kwekwe on Monday, February 7, after a strike by teachers shut down many schools HARARE – A pay strike by teachers disrupted learning on Monday as schools opened for the first term following Covid-19 delays. All the teachers’ unions …

Chief justice Luke Malaba (left) and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi (seated) The Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) has launched virtual courts to help clear a backlog cases caused by the failure to bring prisoners to court due to the COVID-19 outbreak, fuel shortages and other challenges. While addressing the delegates at …

Sweet victory … Senegal players celebrate lifting the Cup of Nations in Cameroon on February 6, 2022 DAKAR, Senegal – Senegal’s President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. …

Outspoken Norton (Independent) legislator, Temba Mliswa Zanu PF activist and businessman, Wellington Peyama has blasted outspoken Norton (Independent) legislator Temba Mliswa for his alleged deceptive tendencies and feigned loyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Peyama made the averments at a presser held in Harare over the weekend citing that Mliswa is …

NOW that opposition leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) has finally discarded the MDC-Alliance garb, which was mired in controversy and contestation, he needs an urgent plan to rid his movement of potential weaknesses in future as the party heads towards the 2023 general elections, analysts have said. Citizens’ Coalition for Change …

LOCKDOWNS during the first Covid-19 wave in the spring of 2020 only reduced mortality by 0,2% in the U.S. and Europe, according to a Johns Hopkins University meta-analysis of several studies. “While this meta-analysis concludes that lockdowns have had little to no public health effects, they have imposed enormous economic …