adminChitungwiza salary bill cut by US$800 000
Municipal Reporter
The Chitungwiza resuscitation team has so far cut the council salary bill by US$800 000. The council is however, looking at laying off the 204 workers illegally engaged last year. The latest cut means 50
Journalist in court for illegal possession of diamond
Abel Zhakata in Mutare
NEWSDAY reporter Moses Matenga, who on Wednesday was found with a stone at Marange Resources fields in Chiadzwa, yesterday appeared before a Mutare magistrate on allegations of illegally possessing
Pupils must be taught country’s political history, says Shamu
Herald Reporter
PUPILS should be taught the country’s political history in schools for them to uphold the vision and aspirations of liberation heroes, a Cabinet Minister has said. Media, Information and Publicity
Cancer funding inadequate: Madzorera
Health Reporter
THERE is need to create a funding mechanism similar to the Aids Levy aimed at responding to the growing
Put people’s interests first, chiefs told
Bulawayo Bureau
THE Annual Chiefs’ Conference ended here yesterday with Vice President John Nkomo urging chiefs to shun
Rushwaya gets passport back permanently
Vimbai Sibanda Herald Reporter
FORMER Zimbabwe Football Association chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya got back her passport permanently after she successfully applied to have her bail conditions relaxed.
Rushwaya, the alleged mastermind of the Asiagate scandal in which top Zifa officials were reportedly involved in match-fixing, last month had part of her bail terms temporarily suspended to allow her to attend business meetings in South Africa and Dubai.
She is facing 11 counts of concealing transactions from a principal, two counts of fraud and 15 others of bribery involving US$1 million.
When she first appeared in court, Rushwaya was granted US$500 bail coupled with stringent conditions.
She was ordered to report to the police once every fortnight, not to interfere with investigations and to surrender her passport to the Clerk of Court until the case is finalised.
Yesterday, the Attorney-General’s Office consented to Rushwaya’s request to have her passport back.
The AG’s Office said Rushwaya had known of the investigations against her as far back as 2010, but she never tried to interfere or escape.
It was also indicated that Rushwaya had on several occasions been temporarily given back her passport and she never fled.
Her lawyer, Mr Jonathan Samukange of Samukange and Venturas, said the State will not suffer any prejudice by
Government disbands Airzim
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
GOVERNMENT has disbanded Air Zimbabwe Holdings and formed a new State-owned company, Air Zimbabwe Private Limited.
National Handling Services, a subsidiary of Air Zimbabwe Holdings, will now operate as a stand-alone company.
An interim board to oversee operations of the new company has since been appointed.
Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development Minister Nicholas Goche said Cabinet had since approved the formation of the new airline.
He said an extraordinary annual general meeting of shareholders will be held on March 20 to pass resolutions required by the law to effect the changes.
Shareholders of the new airline are the Ministries of Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development and Finance.
Minister Goche said Government would urgently seek a strategic partner on the basis of an equity shareholding amid indications that foreign airlines and some investors were eyeing stake in the new firm.
He, however, declined to name the interested investors.
Secretary for Transport Mr Patson Mbiriri chairs the interim board.
Other board members include Mr Andrew Bvumbe (Finance), Dr Sylvester Maunganidze (Tourism and Hospitality), Ms Florence Nhekairo (Environment and Natural Resources Management), Mr Eliah Mutowo (State
MP’s bid to wed foreigner blocked
A MASVINGO magistrate has refused to solemnise Dzivaresekwa legislator Ms Evelyn Masaiti’s marriage to a 37-year-old Cameroonian amid reports the prospective groom failed to produce an original certificate of clearance from his home country that he is a bachelor.
Ms Masaiti (47), a former Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs, Gender and Community Development, of Eastlea, Harare, wanted to marry Mr Protais Pentecote Ayina from Yaoundé last Thursday.
The MDC-T legislator, who is a widow, had applied before Masvingo provincial magistrate Mr Jabulani Mzinyathi to marry Mr
Ayina under Chapter 5:11 of the Marriages Act.
However, Mr Mzinyathi blocked the marriage after ruling that Mr Ayina did not have original documents proving that he was not married back home.
Under Zimbabwean laws, a foreigner is allowed to marry a Zimbabwean woman after convincing authorities that he is not legally marred in his home country.
The Masvingo provincial magistrate ordered Mr Ayina to produce original documents showing his marital status and not scanned documents before he could be allowed to marry Ms Masaiti.
Noting that the couple resided at Number 46 North Hampton Crescent, Eastlea, Harare, Mr Mzinyathi questioned the reason for travelling all the way from Harare to Masvingo to solemnise the marriage.
Sources at the Masvingo Civil Court yesterday said Ms Masaiti and her would-be husband left the court fuming and reportedly castigated Mr Mzinyathi for refusing to allow the marriage to take place.
‘First and Only Syndrome’ has to go
Beatrice Tonhodzayi-NgondoSUSAN was recently made a manager at her firm. She is the first woman below 40 to ever achieve such a feat. She was absolutely thrilled and so were other women within the firm. They believed that
SA’s finest shuns Zim Challenge
Sports EditorIT seems as if there’s no love lost between Zimbabwean and South African motor rallying competitors. For the umpteenth time, top South African motor rally drivers have shunned this year’s