Bulawayo Kombi Driver & Tout Abduct 2 Cops And Assault Them Along Bulawayo-Plumtree Road

Bulawayo Kombi Driver & Tout Abduct 2 Cops  And Assault  Them Along Bulawayo-Plumtree Road

A KOMBI driver allegedly beat up a cop who had arrested him for eluding a police roadblock in Bulawayo.Terrance Zulu, 23, of Emganwini suburb, yesterday pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. Western Commonage magistrate Tancy Dube heard how Zulu teamed up with a tout, who was not named in court, to assault Adonia Musinachirevo, 28. Dube remanded Zulu out of custody to March 9. The court heard that sometime last…

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Cash Machines Run Dry After Civil Service Bonus Payments

Cash Machines  Run Dry After Civil Service Bonus Payments

DEPOSITORS from various banks in the country for the past three days failed to access cash from the automated teller machines due to logistical problems in supplying the market with adequate cash following the payment of bonuses to the civil service. A snap survey by NewsDay yesterday showed that some banks in the capital were not dispensing cash from the Automated Teller Machines while other banks had cash in the machines. The survey showed that…

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Under Unprecedented War Veteran Defiance & Factionalism, Zanu PF Face Off In Politburo

Zanu-PF’s warring factions will today face-off at the ruling party’s politburo meeting as internal power struggles continue unabated. President Robert Mugabe has surprisingly faced hitherto unheard of defiance even from the fiercely loyal veterans of the country’s liberation struggle. This comes amid reports of clashes between two rival factions, one dubbed G40, which allegedly has the backing of First Lady Grace Mugabe, and the other one said to be loyal to Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, going…

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‘Steelmakers Belmont Bulawayo Branch Has Closed Down’

‘Steelmakers Belmont Bulawayo Branch Has Closed Down’

The company this week wound down its operations with a closedown stocktaking. Business Chronicle visited the company’s branch in Belmont Industrial site yesterday and observed that the premises were deserted. Steelbase sells and distributes steel products. The firm’s branch manager Douglas Landa would not be drawn into commenting about the branch’s closure. “I don’t have the reasons for the branch’s closure,” he said. Steelmakers Zimbabwe general manager Alexander Johnson said: “I wouldn’t know much about…

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‘Tsvangirai has always been violent’ -Rufaro Mufundirwa

Mr Tsvangirai is of a violent disposition and that culture has been unfortunately adopted by the majority of his supporters, especially the gullible youths. In most cases where Zanu PF and MDC-T youths clash, the later would have provoked the fight. It’s unfortunate that those who have assigned themselves the duty of monitoring political violence in Zimbabwe chooses to be blind when it’s the MDC-T that is on the wrong side. Selective monitoring, it is….

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‘Tsvangirai Now Counting The Cost Of Boycotting By-Elections’

‘Tsvangirai Now Counting The Cost Of Boycotting By-Elections’

The MDC-T is now counting the cost of its decision to boycott by-elections that were occasioned by its recall of 21 Members of Parliament and the death of some of its legislators. The decision has had adverse effects on the opposition party’s political and financial well-being. Zanu-PF and MDC-T are the two main political parties that are entitled to get money from Treasury under the Political Parties (Finance) Act, because they managed to garner more…

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‘MDC-T Is The Loser After The Launch Of Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) Party,’ -Patrick Chinamasa

‘MDC-T Is The Loser After The Launch Of Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) Party,’ -Patrick Chinamasa

Patrick Chinamasa, Zanu-PF secretary for legal affairs  has claimed Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC will be the biggest loser from the launch of Joice Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First (ZPF). Responding to questions without notice time in the National Assembly yesterday Chinamasa said Zanu-PF was not losing sleep over the formation of ZPF. His remarks came after Kuwadzana East MDC MP Nelson Chamisa had queried government’s position on the recent attacks on war veterans. -Source: dailynews

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Bulawayo City Council To Evict 32 Prison Officers From Thokozani Flats

Bulawayo City Council To Evict 32 Prison Officers From Thokozani Flats

THE Bulawayo City Council has turned down an application by the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services (ZPCS) to purchase Thokozani Flats where 32 prison officers reside. The BBC has instead resolved to implement a court order to evict the prison officers. The local authority and the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs have been locked in a protracted 14-year wrangle, which resulted in the council cancelling the lease agreement over non-payment of rentals by…

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Bulawayo Public Urged To Collect Trashed Plastic Containers And Sell To Treger Plastics

Bulawayo Public Urged To Collect Trashed Plastic Containers And Sell To Treger Plastics

MAKE easy cash and keep the city clean by collecting all plastics and sell them to Treger Plastics. Treger Products (Pvt) Ltd through its division Treger Plastics is encouraging members of the public to separate plastic containers from their litter and sell them to the entity for recycling. In a move to protect the environment, Treger Plastics has invested in a million dollar plastic recycling plant, a first of its kind in the city. The…

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