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EX-SA WENELA GOLD MINEWORKERS 12/03/65 -10/12,19 will be compensated between R10 000 to R500 000 in Silicosis and Tuberculosis class action settlement and dependants of mineworkers who have since passed away, a wife, children or life partner, will receive the payments.MINE workers who were exposed to harmful substances and ended up contracting Silicosis or Tuberculosis at South African gold mines are set to receive compensation ranging from R10 000 to R500 000.This development comes after…

MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa should denounce his party’s promotion of violence and embrace constructive dialogue on a national platform created to engender peace and unity in the country, President Mnangagwa has said.In a wide-ranging interview ahead of today’s Independence Day celebrations, President Mnangagwa urged opposition political players to be patriotic and desist from flying to foreign capitals in order to solicit for economic sanctions against the country.The President said it was un-Zimbabwean for the…

PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA sweeping amendments to the constitution to put a leash on VP Chiwenga,ambitions for the top office.The ruling party, which enjoys a super majority in Parliament and now boasts of support from the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T, last month pushed through Parliament the first amendments to the 2013 constitution that will give Mnangagwa unfettered power to appoint the country’s top judges.After the widely criticised amendments, Zanu-PF last week revived debate over another 27 proposed changes…

MNANGAGWA PURCHASES A US$18MILLION HELICOPTER in the middle of a major economic slump and growing poverty,President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken delivery of an US$18 million helicopter in the middle of a major economic slump and growing poverty.A Russian Antonov AN-124 – the world’s third heaviest gross weight production cargo aircraft – flew into Harare on Thursday, April 15, and disgorged a brand-new chopper which the Zanu-PF leader plans to use during his re-election campaign ahead…

PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA tightens grip on power through the Zanu-PF dominated Senate to adopt the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill(1) in a brazen manner. The Bill, which has sparked fierce debate across the political and civic society divide, will give Mnangagwa unfettered powers to directly appoint the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and Judge President, seven years after Zimbabwe adopted a new constitution. Prior to the amendment, which now awaits the President’s assent, judges were subjected to…

A Ntabazinduna woman 50 sued her husband 54 for neglecting his “marital duties” by refusing to indulge in sex with her.Peggy Nkomo from Mabutweni Line, claimed her husband of more than three decades, Morgan Mhlanga, has not initiated sex once in at least six years.The couple is sleeping in separate bedrooms.In her application for a protection order at the Bulawayo Civil Court, she claimed her husband was not only abusive, but was also at fault…

A BULAWAYO WOMAN allegedly ‘severed’ her husband’s scrotum and penis with her nails after she was served with a divorce token.Beauty Manhenhe tore Luckson Gopo’s testicles during a divorce-fuelled row at their house in Nkulumane 5 suburb.Gopo, who was left in ‘excruciating pain’ after the attack on his genitals, was reportedly rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital, where he was treated for the shocking injury.This was heard at the Bulawayo Civil Court, where Gopo was seeking…

TWO GRADE ONE PUPILS FROM NYANGA murdered and their bodies were found the following day dumped in a disused toilet at an abandoned homestead after searchers followed a trail of blood.Melissa and Daniel Benza, both aged seven from Sambaza Village in Nyanga, were killed on the 4km walk from their school.After noticing that the two were unusually late from school on Tuesday, their parents went to the school to look for them, but their teacher…

MNANGAGWA WARNS THAT the insurgency in Mozambique could spill over into Zimbabwe – urging local communities, especially those in Manicaland, to be on high alert. Speaking before yesterday’s Zanu-PF politburo meeting in Harare, Mnangagwa also said his government was working with Mozambican authorities, through the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), to thwart the insurgents. This comes after Sadc agreed to deploy troops in Mozambique last week to fend off Islamic insurgents who have killed more…

PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY TO FREE UNDER 18s, all female prisoners, over 60s, and prisoners who have served 36 months or more in prison. Government has gazetted the legal instrument that will see scores of prisoners falling under selected categories being released from correctional facilities. The development follows the approval of a request to President Mnangagwa which was recently made by the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS). In a Government gazette’s general notice 695 of 2021,…