HARARE – Observers from the Sadc Parliamentary Forum (SPF) left Zimbabwe yesterday morning after endorsing the referendum elections held last Saturday. They said they will be back for the harmonised elections expected later in the year. SPF, whose offices are in Windhoek, Namibia, is a grouping of MPs from the region and was deployed by…
BULAWAYO — China Africa Sunlight Energy (Case), a Chinese coal and coal bed-methane mining company which failed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) last year, is poised to resume its multi-million dollar investments in Gwayi. In 2012, Case was ordered to stop extracting coal in the area by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) after failing the…
HARARE – The High Court is still to hear a case in which Big Brother Africa star Wendall Parson is demanding payment from an airline after a premature collapse of a deal which was meant to benefit children. Parson filed a lawsuit against Matipedza Karase and Nu-Aero (Pty) Ltd, trading as Fresh Air, seeking a…
HARARE – Heavy rains and strong winds caused havoc in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare and surrounding areas yesterday bringing down electric pylons and trees, creating an unprecedented traffic jam. The afternoon hailstorm followed a particularly hot day and clogged the central business district whose drainage is in a state of disrepair, consequently causing flash floods. The…
HARARE – A High Court judge has reserved ruling in an Aviation Ground Services (AGS) finance and administration director’s appeal against a four-year prison term. Ketias Zingunzi, who has already served the better part of the sentence was jailed in February last year, after being convicted on 66 counts of theft and 70 counts of…
MASVINGO – A Chivi pastor who attempted to sodomise a teenage boy appeared before a Chivi magistrate yesterday. Tafadzwa Mutani,31, a Salvation Army pastor, was hauled before magistrate Francis Mapfumo facing charges of attempting to sodomise a 19-year-old boy (name withheld). The boy was shocked when he woke up in the middle of the night…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is facing a huge import bill due to an acute maize shortage as more farmers are deserting the staple crop in favour of the golden leaf which has a ready market. Over the past few years small-scale farmers are favouring tobacco over maize because they are paid immediately on delivery, while the…
JOHANNESBURG – A Limpopo farm said to be owned by fraud-accused Julius Malema has been seized by the Asset Forfeiture Unit, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said yesterday. “On [Monday], the Asset Forfeiture Unit of the NPA was granted a forfeiture order for a farm that is alleged to belong to Malema as part of…
HARARE – Former United Kingdom (UK) Big Brother contestant Makosi Musambasi is keen to join 2013 Big Brother Africa. The controversial Musambasi who was part of the UK Big Brother in 2006, attended auditions for Big Brother Africa in Harare yesterday along with equally colourful socialite and fashionista Pokello Nare, dancehall queen Lady Squanda and…
HARARE – Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Walter Mzembi has alleged that Finance minister Tendai Biti is refusing to fund the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly because of “glory politics”. Zimbabwe and its neighbouring southern African country Zambia will co-host the UNWTO’s general assembly in Victoria Falls in August expected to be…
