GOVERNMENT has allocated war veterans 15 000 hectares of farmland in the country’s eight agricultural provinces following complaints that the liberation war fighters were excluded from the Land Reform Programme, The Herald has established.Government has since ordered the eight provincial ministers to identify and reserve underutilised land for the exercise, which is in fulfilment of the 20 percent quota policy aimed at ensuring that war veterans are empowered.As part of an ongoing programme of empowering…

Spotlight Zimbabwe, has received a leaked list of possible key members of a post-President Emmerson Mnangagwa government, expected to take the reins in Harare within the coming 12 months, after Mnangagwa, inevitably departs from office.According to military intelligence sources, an army faction backing Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, has resolved to making Chiwenga the country’s president once he fully recovers from his health situation. In another interesting development, Chiwenga’s security services allies also now…

To reduce congestion, Nairobi County has proposed car-free Wednesdays and Saturdays in two of the busiest parts of the city. With private cars off the road, the plan is to include more buses, a light railway and a rapid bus transit system. Though no specific date has been set for the car-free initiative, major roads leading to the city are being upgraded to facilitate the new systems. The county government says the changes on Nairobi’s…

A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for the temporary release of former Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo’s passport.Magistrate Estere Chivasa argued that she could not release the passport merely because the applicant has cancer.Chombo is facing several corruption allegations. “The court cannot simply release the passport merely because the applicant has cancer. He made prosecution impossible, legally though, at the time when the State indicated that they are ready for trial and now he…

A suspected stowaway who is believed to have fallen from the landing gear of a flight into Heathrow Airport has been found dead in a London garden.The body – believed to be that of a man – was found in Offerton Road, Clapham just before 15:40 BST on Sunday.Police said it was thought the individual fell from a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi.A neighbour said the body fell a metre away from a resident who…