FORMER speaker of parliament, Lovemore Moyo, will be contesting for presidency against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and former ally, Nelson Chamisa, at next year’s elections. Moyo announced this at his United Movement for Devolution (UMD) Party manifesto launch in Njube, Bulawayo on Saturday. He joins a growing list of presidential aspirants …

A HARARE man, Gesham Mutero, allegedly lost US$74 000 to self-proclaimed foreign ritualists who had promised him that his money would multiply if he locks it in a trunk. One of the suspects, Daniel Epic Kato (20), has been arrested and Monday appeared before Harare Magistrate, Yeukai Dzuda, answering to …

PETROZIM Line (Private) Limited, an entity wholly owned by the National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe, has set an ambitious target  to establish Harare as the regional hub for fuel distribution. The upgrade project, according to PZL executive director Peter Masvikeni, is at an advanced stage, with detailed designs having …

MAZOWE district war veterans’ chairman Ephanos Mudzimunyi, who grabbed former cabinet minister and Zanu PF supremo, Saviour Kasukuwe’s Concorpia farm in Mazowe, has run the once thriving estate down. The roadside farm, like similar neighbouring estates, used to be a thrilling spectacle as one drove past, with fusing of ripening …

TOP economist Eddie Cross Monday gave a gloomy image of Zimbabwe’s battered economy but maintained dollarising it will destroy the country’s re-industrialisation drive.  Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com Monday, Cross said although the country’s inflation rate was “worryingly” on the increase, the much-preferred US dollar was not Zimbabwe’s solution to its economic …

DEALERS at Ximex Mall have challenged each other to come wearing slops on Saturday. They say it’s a way to confirm, and show the world, that they still have their toes intact. “We are now having problems with people who are coming here asking to be linked with whoever is …

DEALERS at Ximex Mall yesterday claimed they have met a number of strangers who are making enquiries about how they could benefit from a bizarre trade in which they sell their toes. The strangers have been described as mostly men in their 30s, who claim they want to join the …

A 28-YEAR-OLD suspected human trafficker, who was on the police wanted list, has been arrested. Ivy Nyashano was arrested at her Zengeza residence. She is being accused of unlawful detention and rape of seven victims. H-Metro broke the story yesterday. National police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi, confirmed the arrest. …

A 23-year-old woman arrested for allegedly smuggling sex toys and selling some to children has been granted bail after 15 days of pre-trial incarceration. Ayanda Unity Mponda had been denied bail by a Harare magistrate who said she was a danger to society. On Monday, she tasted freedom for the …

The new Marriages Act became law on Friday, a piece of legislation that brings all marriage laws together, makes all marriages equal and finally provides a way to transform a registered customary union into a civil marriage, while making it clear that child marriages are totally banned with those arranging …