PARLIAMENT seeks High Court recovery of US$55 000 loan and motor vehicle granted to ex MP Chalton Hwende (MDC Alliance} during his time in office.Alternatively, Parliament wants an order compelling Hwende to repay the US$55 000 loan that was advanced to him under the government vehicle loan facility agreement. The august House initially approached the court in March with similar summons against 20 recalled MDC MPs demanding that they return the motor vehicles granted to…

7,9 million people, including 4,1 million children, need urgent life-saving health services and humanitarian assistance in 2021 due to multiple hazards, including the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the economic crisis- United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) MORE than 38 000 children in the country are facing acute starvation as guardians fail to access food due to the COVID19-induced economic hardships. This was revealed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) in its latest…

When schools opened their doors for the new year on March 15 and March 22, a significant number of female learners did not turn up for classes, and there are now disturbing reports explaining why.Some of the learners fell pregnant, while others simply got married or eloped, The Sunday Mail reported.Schools in rural areas and mining towns were affected the most. There was a lot of upheaval in the 2020 school calendar owing to the…

Actress Thandie Newton has said she is reverting to the original Zimbabwean spelling of her first name, Thandiwe. The actress has hitherto been known as Thandie, an anglicised version of her name with the “w” absent. All of Newton’s films will be credited with the name Thandiwe (pronounced “tan-DEE-way”) Newton in future. “That’s my name. It’s always been my name. I’m taking back what’s mine,” Newton told British Vogue. The actress, whose full name is…

A REDCLIFF woman (24) allegedly strangled her stepson (6) to death and locked her step daughter (8) in a bedroom that she tried to set on fire so that she could inherit her husband’s house.Alice Chikono (24) of T.C 1 in Torwood Redcliff reportedly killed Dean Dube with her bare hands on Easter Friday and hid his body in the house.She allegedly locked his sister in the bedroom after switching on a stove and covering…

A FAMILY from Killarney suburb in Bulawayo has been left without shelter after their house worth nearly US$100 000 was gutted by fire.The inferno which is suspected to have been caused by an electric fault, razed the house last Thursday afternoon.The Mupure family failed to salvage anything as property, identity documents, educational and professional certificates were reduced to ashes.Two minors aged five and seven years who were in the company of a helper escaped unhurt….

A BULAWAYO SHEBEEN QUEEN allegedly scalded a customer who had come to collect his change, with hot water Brilliant Hlomai (34) of Ntabazinduna flats in Mzilikazi suburb appeared before Tredgold magistrate Ms Learnear Khumalo facing charges of assaulting Mr Kgomotso Nkosi (27), from the same area.Mr Kgomotso NkosiHlomai was not asked to plead but was remanded in custody to 12 April as the court awaits a medical report on the extent of Mr Nkosi’s injuries.Appearing…

NOW OR NEVER FOR CHAMISA: the question is whether Chamisa has the people or funds to run a well organised constituency campaign WITH pressure mounting on its leaders all round, insiders say the MDC Alliance has reached a critical point where tough decisions now have to be made about its future. This comes as both Zanu PF and the main opposition MDC led by Douglas Mwonzora are cranking up the heat on the alliance’s leaders,…

BULAWAYO (Zupco) employee (23) was gang-raped by 4 men at her home in the presence of her male cousin (22).The unknown rapists attacked the woman, whose name has been withheld, on Monday last week at about 2.30AM while she was going to work .The suspects are said to have approached her while she was just about five houses away from hers and demanded to know where she was going at night.She is said to have…

The British acknowledgement of deaths comes as several European countries have paused the use of the AstraZeneca jab over a potential link to blood clots.The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said in a statement that “Out of the 30 reports up to and including 24 March, sadly 7 have died.” The Netherlands on Friday halted vaccinations with the AstraZeneca jab for people under the age of 60 after five new cases among women,…