adminDraft constitution to be gazetted next week
Herald ReportersThe recently endorsed draft constitution will be gazetted next Thursday as a Constitutional Bill before it is tabled in Parliament for debate on May 7, Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga said yesterday.
Construction firm sues Mutodi
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior ReporterA construction company has filed a US$39 000 lawsuit against musician Energy Mutodi after he failed to pay for the services rendered at his Borrowdale house in Harare.
Brance Private Limited claims it constructed house number 1560 Charlottee Brooke belonging to Mutodi but the property owner did not fully pay for the services.
Mliswa trial continues
Chinhoyi BureauThe trial of businessman Temba Mliswa and nine others accused of assaulting Hurungwe East legislator Cde Sarah Mahoka and her entourage entered its second day with the defence labelling the legislator a “superwoman” and a “liar”.
Teen to receive strokes for bedding minor
Court ReporterA Chitungwiza magistrate yesterday sentenced a 16-year-old boy to receive three strokes of the cane for bedding his 13-year-old girlfriend.
The boy from Chitungwiza intercepted the girl on her way home from a tuck shop where she had been sent to buy a packet of kapenta by her parents.
Guramatunhu sued over patient’s death
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterA Harare widow has filed a US$37 000 lawsuit against popular eye specialist Dr Solomon Guramatunhu and a nurse anaesthetist at Greenwood Park Eye Centre for allegedly causing the death of her husband in the course of a cataract surgery.
‘Guantanamo prisoners’ hunger strike stems from frustration’
Guantanamo prisoners are frustrated by the government’s failure to close the detention camp and have launched a growing hunger strike to “turn the heat up,” an American general told a congressional committee on yesterday.Cyprus shuts banks till next week
NICOSIA. — Cyprus on Tuesday ordered banks to stay shut for another five days as ministers scrambled to draw up a Plan B aimed at securing a bailout after parliament rejected a controversial tax on savings.Zesa restores power
Herald ReporterZesa has restored power in Harare following a hailstorm that damaged Dema sub-station that supplied electricity to most areas in the capital.
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company managing director Engineer Julian Chinembiri told The Herald yesterday that the situation had normalised.
ZACC clarifies position on search warrants
Herald Reporter
The embattled Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday insisted it would once again approach the courts to seek a warrant to search the offices of three Cabinet ministers.
Veteran journalist Nkala dies
Chronicle deputy news editor Paul Nkala has died. He was 53.
Nkala a veteran journalist and former freedom fighter succumbed to kidney failure at Mater-Dei Hospital on Tuesday night.