HARARE – Local government minister Ignatius Chombo has instructed Harare City Council to fork out $100 000 as payment for two probe teams he set up in a space of four months. Harare, already battling to contend a typhoid outbreak in Glen View, will have to pay the Ellen Chivaviro-led investigating team and that of…
HARARE – Teachers who participated in the census count have not been paid for the services they rendered more than three months ago. Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) said the teachers only received less than $200. Just before the population census there was so much hope as promises of a massive pay out saw…
BULAWAYO – South Africa music icon Freddy ‘Amadamara’ Gwala was last Friday sent back to his country after flouting Zimbabwe’s immigration laws. Gwala, who was supposed to perform at the newly-opened Club Royal in Bulawayo reportedly failed to produce a work permit as required by the law for a foreign artist to perform in the…
HARARE – Anglicans across the country were led into their churches by police as supporters of ex-communicated clergyman Nolbert Kunonga defied a Supreme Court order directing them to leave the Church of the Central Province of Africa’s (CPCA) properties. According to witnesses at Daramombe Mission, Mashonaland East Province, Anglicans were denied entry into their church…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says attempts by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF to create a wedge between him and his deputy Thokhozani Khupe were aimed at destroying his party but warned the MDC will not fall into the trap. In the past few weeks, there have been reports that Tsvangirai and Khupe were…
HARARE – Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has rubbished reports that his committee has failed to compensate more than 1 200 villagers displaced by Zanu PF ally and businessman Billy Rautenbach. Mutambara is heading the government inter-ministerial taskforce established to resolve problems faced by Rautenbach’s Macdom, which is producing ethanol in Chisumbanje. He told the…
HARARE – United Family International Church (UFI) founder and celebrity preacher Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has been voted this year’s most influential young Zimbabwean. A local think-tank, The Gorindemabwe Frontier, which last year released its inaugural list of 100 influential young Zimbabweans, yesterday released its 2012 list which puts Makandiwa at the top of the most…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s request to hold by-elections in three Matabeleland constituencies by March 31, 2013 was yesterday granted by High Court judge George Chiweshe, a move which could push the 88-year-old leader to have harmonised polls at the same time. Mugabe who was initially hauled to the High Court by three former MDC…
LUANDA – Angola’s ruling party was declared the winner of weekend elections Sunday after taking nearly three-quarters of the vote. With about 85% of the boxes counted, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) had 73% of the nearly 4.9 valid votes cast, according to figures from the country’s National Electoral Commission. The…
HARARE – Harare Residents Trust (HRT) has applauded the decision by MDC to expel 12 councillors implicated in corrupt activities describing it a “prudent decision” ahead of elections. MDC disciplinary committee fired 12 councillors, including Harare deputy mayor Emmanuel Chiroto and Gweru mayor Tedious Chimombe. HRT director Precious Shumba said, though the move was long…
