adminWidows sue Mbada Diamonds for hubby’s death
Peter Matambanadzo Senior ReporterTWO widows who lost their husband after he was fatally run over by a dumper at Mbada Diamonds in Chiadzwa last year are now claiming US$700 000 as compensation from the mining firm. The two, Mrs Egnia Nyanzou and Mrs Mwanyara Njanji, blame the company for the death of their husband, Netsai David Matsika last year. He was working at the mine
Woman burns baby
Prosper Dembedza Herald ReporterA 29-YEAR-OLD woman from Sadza in Mashonaland East province last week allegedly threw her newly born baby in a kitchen hut and set it ablaze in a bid to conceal the baby’s death, police have said. Evelyn Madzima of Dekera homestead in Muzhanje Village under Chief Neshangwe was arrested for contravening Section 48 of the Criminal Law
Dissolution of Parly left me broke: MDC-T MP
Lovemore Meya Court ReporterFORMER Chitungwiza South MDC-T legislator Misheck Shoko has said the automatic dissolution of Parliament on June 29 robbed him of income and wants a downward variation of the maintenance he is paying for his three children from US$400 to US$180. In his application for the variation, Shoko said he was no longer able to pay the money for the
President lauds progress of poll processes
Morris Mkwate recently in MASERU, Lesotho
PRESIDENT Mugabe says processes leading to the July 31 harmonised elections are moving smoothly in full view of poll observers drawn from different progressive nations, including Sadc and the African Union. Speaking at a State banquet hosted on the eve of King Letsie III’s 50th birthday celebrations in Lesotho on Tuesday, Cde Mugabe said
Biti backtracks on election funding
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter
FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti has backtracked on his pledge last year to liquidate US$100 million from the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights to fund elections as MDC-T continues attempts to frustrate the holding of elections on July 31. In an interview published in The Sunday Mail of July 1 last year, Minister Biti pledged to set aside US$100 million to
First Lady rallies voters to President, Zanu-PF
Paidamoyo Chipunza in CHIKOMBA
THE First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe has urged Zimbabweans to vote for President Mugabe in the harmonised elections because he is a selfless leader and God-chosen. Addressing tens of thousands of people at a rally at Madamombe Business Centre in Chikomba, Mashonaland East, yesterday, Amai Mugabe described President Mugabe’s
ZEC set to receive US$20 million
Peter Matambanadzo Senior ReporterThe Zimbabwe Electoral Commission will receive US$20 million today from the Ministry of
Tsvangirai in shocking July 31 U-turn
Lloyd Gumbo in Gokwe
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday made an incredible somersault that will shock even
More US images on MDC-T campaign flyers
BARELY a week after the MDC-T came under fire for importing foreign images in its manifesto and website, it has emerged that the party is using United States images on its campaign material posted on the party’s website. Most of the MDC-T flyers have images from US stock image websites Photobucket and Dreamstime and various other USAnalysts speak on plot to derail polls
Felex Share Herald ReporterATTEMPTS by the MDC formations to derail the holding of harmonised elections on July 31 are doomed to fail as the march to elections was irreversible, analysts said yesterday.
This follows revelations that the chaos that characterised the special voting on Sunday and Monday this week was a ploy by the MDC-T to scuttle the holding of elections on July