adminEDITORIAL COMMENT : Judges’ early involvement in estate rows way to go
SEVERAL factors have triggered the need for change in the Office of the Master of the High Court, including the significant growth in the number of people who die while owning assets, the legal changes introduced by Parliament since independence to protect spouses and orphans, and the continuing reluctance by many to write a will.
Mzansi’s Makhadzi, Sjava perform at Presidential inauguration
JOHANNESBURG — Some of South Africa’s biggest artists such as Sjava and Makhadzi yesterday performed at the 2024 Presidential inauguration.
Is this South Africa’s second New Dawn?
The inauguration of President Cyril Ramaphosa for his second term marks the beginning of a new chapter in South Africa. The African National Congress (ANC) will now form a government of National Unity (GNU) in collaboration with other political parties after the May elections.
79 CCC activists further remanded in custody
CCC politician James Timba and 78 other members of his party were further remanded in custody yesterday after their application challenging placement on remand was dismissed by Harare magistrate Ms Rut Moyo.
‘Apartheid holds up regional development’
THE Pretoria regime cannot afford to postpone change in Namibia and South Africa as this would have serious effects on the whole region, the Deputy Minister of Mines, Cde Chimbidzayi Sanyangare, said in Harare yesterday.
SA Constitutional Court dismisses Zim permit appeal
JOHANNESBURG. – The Constitutional Court dismissed an application by the Home Affairs minister for leave to appeal a June 2023 Gauteng High Court ruling that the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) programme had been unlawfully terminated.
Govt rubbishes national dress profiteering claims
The Government has dismissed as false and malicious, claims by a local newspaper that First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa is cashing in on the national fabric, which has been fully embraced countrywide.
Pair in court for ivory possession
TWO men from Mabvuku suburb in Harare, who were found in possession of raw ivory weighing about 20kg with an estimated value of US$3 281, have been arraigned before the courts.
NACZ director to empower fashion designers
NATIONAL Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) director, Napoleon Nyanhi, has undertaken to empower fashion designers and improve their welfare.
‘Opposition should learn from SA’
ZIMBABWE is a stickler to democratic tenets and practices just like South Africa, but differences arise with the opposition in Harare, which does not accept election results if they do not go their way, Ambassador to South Africa, David Hamadziripi, has said.