ADDIS ABABA – President Robert Mugabe has received a warm welcome at the heads of state and government of the African Union (AU) where the Zimbabwean situation is off the agenda. Civic society groups which had hoped the AU would use the summit to ratchet up pressure on Mugabe to implement reforms such as security…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo, which used to be Zimbabwe’s industrial hub just a decade ago, is now a “city of destitute,” the city’s mayor Thaba Moyo said. “Currently there has been a rapid increase in the number of homeless people and street children in Bulawayo and my council is very worried about this,” he told the…
HARARE – Twenty evicted families at Mara Farm in Goromonzi South constituency have appealed to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to intervene in their dilemma after being evicted from farm houses by their former employer Edward Dube. The homeless farm workers are living in the open at the height of the rainy season as police are…
HARARE – The submission by political parties in the inclusive government that they are vying for a Yes vote in the upcoming referendum is not only welcome but a constructive decision to take. For a country that has been bedridden by politicking and destructive party idiosyncrasies in government, it is indeed welcome for parties to…
HARARE – CAPS United have completed the signing of nine new players in a bid to turn around the club’s fortunes. Following a season in which the Green Machine played some enterprising football but still found themselves fighting relegation, the club has roped in two strikers in search of elusive goals. Free-scoring striker Dominic Chungwa,…
HARARE – The Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgment in an appeal made by Local Government, Rural and Urban Development minister Ignatius Chombo that Parliament cannot debate amendments to curtail his wide-ranging powers. Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, sitting with Justices Paddington Garwe, Annie-Marie Gowora, Vernanda Ziyambi, and Yunus Omerjee reserved judgment and promised to deliver it…
HARARE – FBC Holdings (FBCH) says it will channel cash from the sale of its shareholding in non-core business Turnall Holdings Limited (Turnall) towards meeting its minimum capital requirements set by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). The group’s banking unit FBC Bank Limited (FBC Bank) has already complied with the central bank’s first recapitalisation…
LONDON – United Kingdom’s Guardian newspaper appears to have developed a soft spot for Zimbabwean musicians. Hardly a month after selecting Mokoomba’s Rising Tide as the third best world and folk music album of 2012,the leading United Kingdom newspaper has included little-known Zimbabwe-born, London-raised songwriter, vocalist and arranger Eska Mtungwazi among thirteen African musicians expected…
HARARE – Cairns Holdings (Cairns) creditors are expected to meet next month at the High Court to decide the fate of the company. The company is currently under provisional judicial management. Last year, the troubled food processor applied voluntarily for judicial management after facing huge operational problems that included an $11 million debt burden, with…
HARARE – One of Zimbabwe’s greatest sports personalities of all time, Kirsty Coventry, has kick-started her two-week tour of the country in which she hopes to inspire budding sports stars to become their own heroes. Partnered by Econet Wireless, Croco Motors and African Sun, Coventry’s team is expected to begin their outreach programme at Marondera’s…
