adminJustice Sandura hailed
Court Reporter
THE Judiciary yesterday paid tribute to retired Supreme Court judge Justice Wilson Sandura for the contribution he made during his 28-year long service.
Justice Sandura retired on July 29 last year at the age of 70.
Dynamos’ Murape escapes jail sentence
Lovemore Meya Herald Correspondent
DYNAMOS football player Murape Murape was yesterday fined US$50 after being convicted of assault charges when he forcibly took money from a shop assistant.
Man(74) jailed for rape
Court Reporter
A HATCLIFFE octogenarian who could have been infected by HIV when he raped his neighbour’s 13 year-old HIV positive daughter was yesterday jailed for five years.
Legal advisor sues permanent secretary over refusal of transfer
Court Reporter
A LEGAL advisor in the Ministry of Energy and Power Development, who has also been running the administration of the Zimbabwe Electricity Regulating Commission since 2009 is suing the permanent secretary over the latter’s refusal to facilitate his transfer to the parastatal.
Housemaid jailed
Court Reporter
A TEENAGE housemaid was yesterday thrown behind bars for two years for forcing her employer’s son (14) to be intimate with her.
Regional airlines take over Airzim clientele
Victoria Falls Bureau
REGIONAL airlines have taken over beleaguered Air Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls clientele.
Councillors unhappy with mayor
Municipal Reporter
HARARE councillors are unhappy with Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda’s style of management.
Several councilors said in separate interviews that they were not happy with Mr Masunda, accusing him of disregarding them and choosing to act as a “one man band”.
The councilors are meeting as a caucus tomorrow to discuss “burning issues” that include Mr Masunda’s management style. Councillors have also increasingly lost patience over the handling of the EasiPark deal.
Mr Masunda was recently quoted as saying he had met Upfumi Kuvadiki, a youth empowerment group that wants a stake in the parking business to replace EasiHold of South Africa.
Councillors felt that Mr Masunda had gone against the decision of the full council by engaging Upfumi Kuvadiki. They questioned where Mr Masunda was getting the mandate to meet the empowerment youth group without a council resolution.
Khaya Moyo to attend Ortega’s inauguration
From Caesar Zvayi in BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa
ZANU-PF national chairman, Cde Simon Khaya Moyo is in Nicaragua to attend the inauguration of president-elect Cde Daniel Ortega of the leftist Sandinista movement.
Cde Khaya Moyo, who is accompanied by secretary for security Cde Sydney Sekeramayi, is representing President Mugabe at the inauguration of the Nicaraguan revolutionary who is set to begin his third term today.
Cde Ortega led a Marxist government that nationalised mines and expelled foreign mining firms after his Sandinista guerrillas attained power in 1979.
On assuming office, Cde Ortega launched an ambitious pro-people economic programme that included the expulsion of foreign mining firms and nationalisation of the mines.
His pro-people approach put him at loggerheads with the US which imposed an embargo that made it nearly impossible for the new mines to trade or acquire spare parts for US-made mining equipment.
The mining firms’ woes were also compounded by attacks from US-backed Contra rebels, who were being bankrolled to overthrow the Sandinistas.
The Sandinistas were voted out of office in 1990 and subsequent governments privatised the gold mines, but after disastrous experiments with pro-US regimes, Nicaragua learnt its lesson and re-elected Ortega in 2006, his record saw him win a third five-year term last November with over 64 percent of the votes cast.
Kanyemba, Muzarabani villagers under threat from floods
Sydney Kawadza recently in Kanyemba
OVER 1 000 families are living under threat from floods that could hit the low-lying area of Kanyemba and Muzarabani districts.
Lighting kills two
Beitbridge Bureau
TWO people from Plumtree were killed by lightning in two separate incidents last week while an 18-month-old baby escaped with serious burns.