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Stationery shortage hits Registrar-General's office
The Registrar-General's Office (RG) has been hit with a serious shortage of stationery and consumables required to process national identification cards and passports, it has emerged.The offic...Published: 23 hrs ago | 486 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa transactions haunt new Zifa executive
AN attempt by the former Zifa board led by Philip Chiyangwa to shield assets owned by the football mother body from being sold to cover its debts has come to haunt the current leadership after the Hig...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:09hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide consultations begin
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has begun community consultations with victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities as part of government's plan to bring closure to the highly-emotive...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Call to decentralise Passport Office
Beitbridge residents have called on Government to decentralise the issuance of passports to district level to ease the challenges that people are encountering when applying for the travel documents. ...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:38hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Rights commission probes Passport Office
The Registrar-General's Office is co-operating with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission in its inquiries into allegations of delays in the issuance of passports and national identification documents....Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere court case, court reserve ruling
HIGH Court judge Edith Mushore has reserved ruling in a case which ex-Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere sought an interdict barring the State from disposing his holiday home that has been forfeited ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:57hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes senior appointments
President Mnangagwa has, with immediate effect, appointed Mr Martin Rushwaya as Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration and Finance, while Ambassador Mark Grey Marongwe is the new Secretary for Defe...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:09hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
ID, passport delays to persist as resource shortages bite
Registrar General Clemence Masango has said resources needed to print identity cards and passports were in short supply, leading to the issuance of paper identity documents and long delays in processi...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:33hrs | 3205 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland pressure groups question Mnangagwa's sincerity on genocide
A NUMBER of lawyers and pressure groups in Bulawayo have questioned the government's sincerity in bringing closure to the emotive Gukurahundi issue.This follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:15hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
SA investor duped by Zimbabwean partner
SOUTH African investor, Imran Valley, recently lost assets worth $650 000 to his Zimbabwean business manager Azeem Hassim, who allegedly used fake documents to register a grocery retail and wholesale ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Build Zimbabwe Alliance deputy, William Pilbrough dies
OPPOSITION Build Zimbabwe Alliance deputy president William "Widzo" Pilbrough has died.Party leader Noah Manyika confirmed the news Thursday but could not give further details yet."I j...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 2268 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe courts to go digital
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has appointed a nine-member committee to spearhead the digitisation of courts by year-end, a development expected to cut litigation costs and to reduce time taken in resolvin...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:20hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zinara pays US$589k to non-existent firm
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) paid out over half a million United States dollars to a non-existent company between 2012 and 2013 under its "special projects arrangement", investi...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:57hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe passport office has backlog of 200 000 documents
CECILIA Majanyuke flips through the pages of her passport everytime it is stamped by immigration officials.She pays particular attention to the number of free pages in her travelling document ...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:38hrs | 3628 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo formalises acquittal
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo appeared in court yesterday to finalise his acquittal with the lower courts.Chivayo, who was jointly charged with his company, Intratek, was last wee...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:15hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring Zimbabwe drivers to write licence test online
ASPIRING drivers will soon write provisional driver's licence tests online to reduce interface with officials and minimise cases of alleged corruption. In a telephone interview yesterday, the ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Review policies on access to IDs, Parliament told
Stakeholders in Gwanda have called for a review of laws and policies relating to the issuance of identity documents amid revelations that thousands of people have failed to access birth certificates a...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:14hrs | 1678 | by Staff reporter
Fire at new Central Registry Building
Fire broke out early yesterday morning at the new Central Registry Building in central Harare, in what authorities suspected to be an arson attempt by criminal elements. It took swift action b...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:59hrs | 2453 | by Staff reporter
3 lawyers banned from practising
THREE lawyers have been banned from practising in Zimbabwe following their de-registration.The three are Tayengwa Dugmore Muskwe, Rudo Ollyn Kanyenze and Tendai Amon Toto.This brings t...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 18:45hrs | 2446 | by Staff reporter
2 failed marriages, a broken past define Mukanya
Two broken marriages, transition from village life to the ghetto, a miscalculated sojourn into the diaspora, failed investments, a broken youth life, all carved the character of this man. This...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:46hrs | 5658 | by STaff reporter
CIO boss coup death: Family wants justice
THE family of senior Central Intelligence Organisation operative Peter Munetsi, who died in military detention during the November 2017 coup that toppled former president Robert Mugabe, has written to...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:55hrs | 4271 | by Staff reporter
'Prostate cancer on the rise in Zimbabwe'
The growing spread of prostate cancer among Zimbabwean men now warrants a serious epidemiological investigation, the Zimbabwe Cancer Registry (ZCR) has revealed.ZCR registrar Eric Chokunonga s...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:35hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe embassies must issue IDs, passports'
A parliamentary panel has proposed that Zimbabwe's 39 embassies across the globe be empowered to issue national documentation such as IDs and passports to migrants to decongest the Registrar General's...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:50hrs | 2401 | by Staff reporter
Lack of IDs fuels child trafficking from Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has warned that lack of national identification documents was exposing children to cross-border trafficking."The lack of documentation is a risk for...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:51hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
AAG fumes over High Court official
THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has written a letter of complaint against the Registrar of the High Court of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, claiming that the official, in his capacity as a custodian of the ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:59hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Hwende granted $3 000 bail
MDC Alliance deputy treasurer general Chalton Hwende, who is being charged with treason has finally been released by High Court judge Justice Moses Foroma on ZWR$3 000 bail coupled with stringent cond...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Makandiwa disowns disputed mine
UNITED Family International Church (UFIC) leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa is not the owner of Mutoko's Havilah Gold Mine that is embroiled in a war with its former workers over stolen gold, mine reg...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over move to gag teachers
TEACHERS unions have reacted angrily to plans by government to create the Teaching Profession Council (TPC) that will see teachers apply for an annually renewable teaching practicing certificate, sayi...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 05:54hrs | 1744 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt tightens screws on teachers
GOVERNMENT yesterday started public hearings to solicit people's views on the establishment of the Teaching Profession Council (TPC) that will require teachers to seek an annually renewable teaching p...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 10:25hrs | 4857 | by Staff reporter
Former Army Commander, ex-defence minister opposes judge
Former Army Commander, ex-defence minister opposes Zimbabwe judgeZimbabwe's Justice Charles Hungwe is among five foreign judges facing rejection by Lesotho's murder-accused former Defence mini...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 15:11hrs | 3889 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No repatriation papers for 'resurrected Zimbabwean' man
GOVERNMENT yesterday dismissed claims that a Zimbabwean man was "resurrected" by a controversial pastor in South Africa as his body was being brought home, saying no repatriation papers had been proce...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:34hrs | 1537 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe sister's fraud charges to be dropped
The State is considering dropping charges against former first lady Grace Mugabe's sister Shuvai Gumbochuma for fraudulently processing the sale of State land.Gumbochuma appeared before Harare...Published: 23 Feb 2019 at 19:26hrs | 2031 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking floating of exchange rate by Zimbabwe
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Dr Mangudya in his monetary policy statement liberalised the exchange rate that is, departing from the 1:1 position of the bond notes or real time gr...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 10:28hrs | 1100 | by Dr Mugano
Lunga, Bonne available for Warriors
EUROPE-based players Macauley Bonne and Kelly Lunga will be available for the Warriors as they face Congo Brazzaville in a crucial Afcon qualifier on March 24, H-Metro has established.Warriors...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 15:04hrs | 3595 | by Staff reporter
RG's Office to decentralise
The Registrar-General's Office is set to open passport offices in Chitungwiza and Murehwa districts to deal with the large number of people flocking to Harare to apply for travel documents, legislator...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 08:52hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
Passports backlog hits RG's office as dollar crunch bites
Delays in the processing of passports have hit Zimbabwe, with Registrar General Clemence Masango blaming a worsening foreign currency crisis which has sparked the downsizing of operations fearing a st...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 10:49hrs | 1790 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe running out of passport paper
REGISTRAR-General Clemence Masango yesterday told Parliament that the demand for emergency passports was now so high that his department might soon run out of passport paper.Masango made the d...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | 7596 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's skulduggery will not blight Mnangagwa's reform agenda
The usual opposition cynics are employing all manner of tactics to blight the impact of reforms being implemented by President Mnangagwa.However, as is the case with any skulduggery antics, th...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:46hrs | 257 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Zim Judge to deal with army killings in Lesotho
Top judge Justice Charles Hungwe is in Lesotho as one of the foreign judges who will preside over the politically sensitive criminal cases involving politicians and members of Lesotho's army, police, ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:35hrs | 906 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No pay for striking doctors
Government has said it will not pay doctors for the days they were absent at their work stations during the 40-day long industrial action which started early in December and ended at the start of last...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 13:29hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
Blow for Warriors
Warriors coach Sunday Chidzambga's hopes of using some of the England-born Zimbabwean players for the decisive Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Congo Brazzaville could have suffered a m...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:13hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Zesa engages BCC over power station
State power utility Zesa Holdings says it will engage Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and other stakeholders to resolve the ownership wrangle over Bulawayo Power Station, which BCC claims to own. ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 22:51hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
10 times maid stabber 3-year-run ends in suicide
A MURDER suspect who absconded to South Africa after allegedly fatally stabbing the family maid 10 times for spurning his sexual advances, committed suicide in the neighbouring country. Vincen...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:13hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court judge under investigation
Supreme Court judge Justice Francis Bere is under investigation over allegations of conflict of interest in a ruling he made in the more than $2 million consultancy dispute between Zimbabwe Stock Exch...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 07:12hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to decentralise issuance of passports
Government is finalising modalities to decentralise issuance of passports and civil registration documents to districts in order to decongest provincial offices, it has been learnt.Policymaker...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's sister turns State witness in land scam
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe's sister, Shuvai Junior Gumbochuma, who is accused of fraudulently acquiring vast tracts of government land worth more than $2 million, is negotiating a deal to turn int...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:42hrs | 2610 | by Staff reporter
More doctors report for duty
More doctors yesterday heeded Government's call to return to work and joined their colleagues who reported for duty on Monday. In a statement yesterday, Government said all doctors who had bee...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:13hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to finalise Chamisa's hefty Con-Court bill
Zanu-PF's legal team is yet to come up with the bill of costs in the presidential suit they won at the Constitutional Court in August last year against Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Cha...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:11hrs | 2538 | by Staff reporter
Double tragedy
Sometime last year in August it was a double tragedy to Reuben Musengeyi who was employed as a security guard by Midlands State University.Instead of his employer to console him during the sad...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:08hrs | 3389 | by Doubt Chibi
Doctors end strike?
Striking public sector doctors have agreed to return to work with immediate effect after an agreement with Government on a plethora of grievances that had witnessed the health practitioners' stay away...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:02hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
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