adminChihuri case: More properties unearthed
Twelve more properties linked to former police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri have now been identified and the State wants these added to the list of frozen properties pending the outcome of investigations into charges that he diverted over US$32 million of public funds into family companies.
President, PAC tackle economic challenges
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met with his Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) in order to come up with solutions to the economic problems facing the country in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘Quarantine’ politics to win Covid-19 fight — WHO
WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) director general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and African Union (AU) Chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday called upon the world to “quarantine” politics, including lifting sanctions on countries like Zimbabwe, to win the war against Covid-19.
Transform centres into industrial hubs: VP
TERTIARY institutions should transform their centres into industrial hubs, which produce personal protective equipment (PPEs), sanitisers and masks for Covid-19 to reduce the import bill and resuscitate the country’s economy.
MDC MPs end boycott
Parliamentarians aligned to the MDC-Alliance yesterday ended their boycott following a meeting of the party’s national council.
UPDATED: Mpofu out on $20 000 bail
Lawyer Thabani Mpofu was granted $20 000 bail yesterday after Chief Magistrate Mr Munamato Mutevedzi rejected a recommendation by prosecutor Mr Michael Reza that bail should be denied because defence lawyers and others had commented on social media platforms.
Govt tightens border security
More security personnel have been deployed at borders and ports of entry and high-tech equipment will be used as part of efforts to prevent illegal border crossing by people unwilling to go through the required quarantining for Covid-19.
UPDATED: Police block Zanu PF demonstration
Police have blocked a Zanu PF demonstration that had been scheduled for today to protest against the continued illegal economic sanctions on Zimbabwe and the brutal killing of an unarmed black man, George Floyd, in the United States recently.
High Court opens for murder trials
THE High Court has opened for the second session, with 46 murder cases lined up for prosecution after a three-week delay due to the national lockdown aimed at combating the spread of the deadly Covid-19.
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‘Music is an expensive hobby’
Showbiz Reporter Hillary “Punchline” Mutake who manages popular Zimdancehall musician, Jah Signal has called on people to stop trashing artistes’ works and instead support them as a lot goes on…