HARARE – The United States has called on Zimbabwe to ensure the safety of its diplomatic personnel following a series of demonstrations against US ambassador Bruce Wharton this week. Washington went further to condemn the harassment and intimidation of peaceful exchanges between the US and the Zimbabwean people. “While the right to peaceful protest is…
HARARE – The following is Ambassador Bruce Wharton’s account of the protests he and American Embassy staff encountered in Manicaland when they toured Rusape (January 15) and Mutare (January 17). NEAR Rusape on January 15 — I arrived at about 3:15pm at a US-supported project to improve livelihoods of smallholder dairy farmers. Greeted dairy association…
HARARE – Tributes for the late Vice President John Landa Nkomo, who succumbed to cancer on Thursday, continued to flood in yesterday, with many describing him as a “true national leader.” Opposition leader Simba Makoni said he learnt with shock and sadness of the death of Nkomo. “We followed closely his illness, and all the…
MASVINGO – Masvingo provincial governor, Titus Maluleke has issued fresh threats of banning civic organisations he accuses of interfering with the electoral process ahead of the make-or-break general elections expected this year. Maluleke, who banned 29 NGO’s last year accusing them of refusing to comply with government regulations to register, on Thursday summoned 45 local…
HARARE – So the hooker from the street corner could be safer than the dear wife at home? Unpalatable as it might sound, this is increasingly becoming a fact in Zimbabwe, a country with one of the highest HIV rates in the region. Long considered a safe haven in this conservative southern African country, marriage…
HARARE – Residents in one of Zimbabwe’s oldest suburbs sang hallelujah just around Christmas when their local council deployed a contractor to deal with recurring sewer problems. Two weeks into the New Year, residents from St Marys and Zengeza suburbs in Chitungwiza town were gathered along Rufaro Road, the epicentre of their sewer problem and…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new draft constitution — agreed on by the country’s warring political protagonists — has severely eaten into President Robert Mugabe’s hitherto imperial executive powers, Constitutional Affairs minister Eric Matinenga said yesterday. Matinenga was addressing journalists following the conclusion of protracted negotiations culminating in a pact between Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Industry…
HARARE – Two police officers, who were at large for allegedly conniving with a night club owner to extort money from Israeli businessman Gilad Shabtai, finally appeared in court yesterday. Victor Makoni, 30, and Richard Majome, 28, who are sergeant and constable respectively, appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe facing extortion charges. The two allegedly connived…
HARARE – Businessman Alex Mashamhanda has told the court that the delivery of sodium cyanide instead of aluminium sulphate to Morton Jaffray water works in Harare was clearly a human error. Mashamhanda, who is the director of MT and N, a distribution company, said this yesterday during the trial of Farai Muchenje, Simon Demhe, Appronalise…
HARARE – A dark cloud hangs over Zimbabwe as the nation bids farewell to one of the few level-headed political leaders of our time and a liberation icon, Vice President John Nkomo. He is a man who helped heal the country after the dark days of Gukurahundi. He is a man who served his country…
