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The State yesterday admitted in court that it has failed to locate and extradite fugitive former Tourism minister Walter Mzembi, who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office.Mzembi was being charged together with then permanent secretary Margaret Sangarwe and on another docket with Aaron Mushoriwa and Sussana Makombe.The State had requested two months to organise Mzembi’s extradition, saying the process was long, but nothing has materialised yet.Prosecutor Brian Vito yesterday told the court that…

Harare Council’s privately-owned company, City Parking, hikes fees by 150 % to $5/hr, $3 for 30 minutes and removes option to pay fine later. Harare Council’s privately-owned company, City Parking, hikes fees by 150 % to $5/hr, $3 for 30 minutes and removes option to pay fine later.Harare City Council’s privately-owned company, City Parking, is under fire from motorists for hiking parking fees by 150 percent and withdrawing its credit facility that allowed motorists to…

‘THE MISSING ZACC DOCKET (Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission) report linking Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son Emmerson junior as director of Spartan Investments to money laundering through violations of the Exchange Control Act by selling money through bank transfers according to 2018 National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire revealations that Spartan Investments is owned by Mnangagwa’s son’. Unsurprisingly, the damning docket disappeared but we,are renaming Global News 4us which has 209,867 members to ‘Beyond 2023 initiative’…

The Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (Zacc) on Tuesday arrested former State Residence principal director Douglas Tapfuma over allegations of criminal abuse of office involving irregular importation of vehicles.Tapfuma’s lawyer Valentine Mutatu said his client is detained at Harare’s Malbereign Police Station and will appear in court on Wednesday. Well-placed sources said Tapfuma was facing several allegations, including abusing Mnangagwa’s name and using letters from the President’s Office to facilitate the importation of vehicles for friends…

A GAS tank used by an informal trader for television and radio repairs reportedly exploded in the early hours of today leading to fire that destroyed a complex at Mbare Musika, with property worth thousands of dollars going up in smoke.The incident occurred a few days after a part of Siyaso Informal Traders market in Magaba was ravaged by fire. Mbare Musika inferno is reported to have started at around 1 am, with Harare’s fire…

‘Beyond 2023 initiative’ is a visionary way of a progressive people, looking far ahead and predicting the potentintial scenarios or hazards based on the indications at that time.In Zimbabe for example, key indicators for consideration amongst many, include issues regards equality, good governance, transaparency, accountability, girl child, good governance, transaparency, accountability, health care, education, housing, employment, electricity, water, roads, rail and transport, land and agriculture, including the country’s own lack of its own currency, all…

The deputy minister of defence Victor Matemadanda threatened on Saturday that soldiers would be unleashed to crush opposition protests, warning: “They are trained to kill.”The chilling threat was made during a meeting with war collaborators from the 1970s bush war for independence. President Emmerson Mnangagwa was due to address the meeting but after arriving at the venue, he decided to defer his address to allow the war collaborators to elect a new executive, a spokesman…

.Zimbabwe’s thermal power stations may soon fail to feed onto the national electricity grid after coal suppliers warned their stockpile lasts for 12 days, plunging the country into colossal power crisis as miners struggle to access diesel to mine the fossil fuel, Business Times heard this week.The economy is on its knees due to rolling power cuts that can last for 20 years, erratic fuel supplies, runaway inflation and a weakening domestic currency which threatens…

IN a bizarre off-the-cuff speech yesterday at St Luke’s, Lupane, MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa said he would give President Mnangagwa a farm, women and whisky if he resigned and left him to run the country.Mr Chamisa was speaking at a campaign rally ahead of Lupane East Constituency by-election on Saturday.The party is represented by Mr Dalumuzi Khumalo.The seat fell vacant after Sithembile Gumbo (Zanu-PF) died in April. Zanu-PF that will be represented by Mbongeni…