HARARE – After being ordered by the Supreme Court to let go of Anglican Church properties, it is clear that disgraced “bishop” Nolbert Kunonga is wont to disrupt this established brand and church through his wanton actions. As we report today, the defrocked pastor continues to use thuggish tactics — synonymous with his Zanu PF…
HARARE – He might have taken Zimbabwean domestic football by storm in the just-ended 2012 season, but South African outfit Bidvest Wits insists Dynamos wizard Denver Mukamba still needs to prove himself that he has the required “quality” to play for them. Mukamba arrived in Johannesburg this week for a week-long trial stint with The…
HARARE – I thought it was natural that my mother who lives in the rural areas seems not to be bothered with news about women groups fighting for equality and equity. She was born a long time ago, when white settlers prescribed Victorian values on the African societies they colonised. Victorian values confined the life…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday finally swore-in Morgan Komichi, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s pick for deputy minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development. Mugabe had been reportedly refusing to swear in Komichi for several months. Only Mugabe, as the President has powers to swear-in government ministers, according to the Constitution. Tsvangirai chose Komichi, who is…
HARARE – Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda, a director of numerous companies, says multiple directorships are a result of firms seeking services of the same people whom they feel are competent. This comes as concern has been raised that multiple directorships compromise corporate governance while also pausing a risk of destroying skills diversity on companies’ boards….
HARARE – Two police officers and a soldier have been summoned back to court on culpable homicide charges after they allegedly assaulted a 52-year-old man to death in 2007. Oncemore Mahachi, 49, Soams Nkala, 26, and Duster Muzemba, 25, yesterday appeared before magistrate Fadzai Mthombeni. Soams and Duster are police officers, while Oncemore is a…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government has “irrefutable evidence” about British American Tobacco (BAT)’s alleged tricks to sabotage local tobacco manufacturers, including Savannah Tobacco (Savannah). With the Zanu PF leader saying this at the launch of the cigarette multinational’s $20 million empowerment schemes on Wednesday, the company has, however, shot down the claims. “I am…
HARARE – Lovemore Madhuku, the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chairperson is reviled by his opponents and adored by those enamoured with his activism. From President Robert Mugabe to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party, the mainstream MDC, the University of Zimbabwe law professor is like a pain that refuses to go away. You don’t need painkillers…
HARARE – In the northern part of central Zimbabwe lies a town pregnant with history. A gateway to Harare and Chirundu and a provincial capital of Mashonaland West Province, Chinhoyi is an idyllic town not only significant in the country’s history because this is where the first Chimurenga was waged by the famous seven heroes,…
HARARE – The Zimbabwean government in conjunction with United Nations agency, Development Programme Institute opened up the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Virtual Learning Centre in Zimbabwe this week. The facility will allow ordinary Zimbabweans and interested stakeholders to monitor, discuss and observe the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals on a new and exciting online…
