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Chinhoyi BureauThe cash–strapped Chegutu municipality has failed to pay its workers salaries over the past two months. The municipality has now turned to the banking sector to clear the arrears. In an interview, finance director Mr Shepherd Kamba said revenue inflows could not match salary expenses and
Mushayavanhu sends condolence message to Nhekedza family
Herald ReporterActing Foreign Affairs Secretary Mr Tavonga Mushayavanhu has sent a message of condolence to the Nhekedza family following the death of Mr Tendai Nhekedza who was the Principal Administrative Officer in the ministry. Mr Nhekedza died last Friday in a road accident in Darwendale and was
Nine years for stealing donkeys
From Noah Pito in HurungweA Karoi magistrate has sentenced a 33-year-old Kariba man to nine years in jail for stealing three donkeys. Fidelis Kavharo was convicted on his own plea of guilty to contravening Section 114 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23- stock theft, when he appeared before the
Draft, national report for stakeholders’ conference
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
ZANU-PF’s Politburo yesterday resolved that the national report be published and accompany the Copac draft to the Second All Stakeholders’ Conference.
This, the party said, was the only way the generality of Zimbabweans could compare what they said during the outreach with what is in the draft.
Zanu-PF national spokesperson Cde Rugare Gumbo said the the party’s supreme decision-making body outside congress had reiterated its commitment to seeing the Constitution-making process completed.
He said GPA principals were still to deliberate on the draft to find consensus rather than deadlock.
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai was recently quoted as saying he was amenable to discussing the draft.
Cde Gumbo said the principals would meet soon to discuss the draft before the Second All Stakeholders’ Conference.
“We have said as a party that we will go to the Second All Stakeholders’ Conference with the Copac draft, but the national report should be printed before the stakeholders conference so that everyone can have a copy and compare with the Copac draft,” he said.
“We are saying the new Constitution should fully take into account the issues that we raised. If the MDC formations endorse the draft as it is, we will ask the people who will be present to compare with the national report.
Blitz nets 308 touts
Herald Reporters
POLICE in Harare yesterday arrested 308 rank marshals as they intensified a blitz to restore sanity at ranks.
Pirate taxis were not spared.
Harare City Council immediately announced it was ready to move in and control the ranks, while kombi operators applauded the clean-up.
By mid afternoon, there was order at the ranks with passengers also praising the clampdown.
Police confirmed the arrest of the touts, saying some of them were still assisting with investigations.
Police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Oliver Mandipaka yesterday said: “Where there is breakdown of law and order, we have a legal and moral obligation as a force to ensure that there is order.
“The exercise is basically to check and trace criminal records of some of these touts.”
Council said it would immediately move in to take charge of the ranks, while kombi operators pledged to work with council.
The touts and marshals are “runners” for a shadowy group known as “Mandimbandimba” that controls kombi ranks and charges operators extortionate fees for carrying passengers.
They charge US$3 per trip amid reports that the operators were losing up to US$20 000 daily to the syndicate.
Said city spokesman Mr Leslie Gwindi: “We are moving in with immediate effect.”
Mr Gwindi said the situation had deteriorated because council had no capacity to handle the touts.
“We did not have the capacity that the national law enforcement has. We were outnumbered. We are seconding our staff to work with the national police,” he said.
PM’s wedding to go ahead, but . . .
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
MS Locardia Karimatsenga Tembo’s bid to stop Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his fiancée Ms Elizabeth Macheka’s wedding hit a snag yesterday after the High Court threw out her injunction.
After the judgment, Ms Karimatsenga’s lawyers filed an objection with Harare provincial magistrate Mr Munamato Mutevedzi who granted PM Tsvangirai a marriage licence.
Mr Everson Samukange confirmed the development last night, saying the magistrate had already received the objection.
“We have sent the objection to the magistrate. As we speak, the objection is now before the magistrate and he is obliged to conduct an inquiry on whether or not there is any impediment.
“Our position is clear, there is surely an impediment,” he said.
The High Court ruling means Mr Tsvangirai’s wedding — slated for Saturday at Raintree Lodge in Umwinsidale, Harare — proceeds as scheduled unless there are other developments.
Ms Karimatsenga, who insists she is still married to Mr Tsvangirai, filed the injunction last week to stop the wedding.
Justice Antonia Guvava, however, threw out the injunction on the basis that Ms Karimatsenga rushed to the High Court before exhausting remedies provided for in the Marriages’ Act in cases where one party has an objection.
She ruled that Ms Karimatsenga could have lodged her objection with the magistrate who issued a marriage licence to Mr Tsvangirai and his bride-
ZMDC pays US$300m dividend to Govt
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation contributed US$300 million in dividends and
Tsvangirai in Copac draft summersault
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has made a major climb down and admitted that Principals
Hargreaves declared liberation war hero
Herald Reporter
The Zanu-PF Politburo has declared the late veterinary expert Dr Stuart Hargreaves a liberation war hero. Dr Hargreaves, who died last week after a long battle with renal cancer, was buried at his farm in Norton. He served Government for 41 years in the department of livestock and veterinary
Your country needs you, VP Nkomo tells mining experts
Herald Reporter
Vice-President John Nkomo yesterday invited Zimbabweans in the Diaspora with special skills in mining to return home and help revive the economy.
Officially opening the Zimbabwe Mining Indaba in Harare, VP Nkomo said the mining sector had great potential to turn around the country’s fortunes.