HARARE – Over two decades ago, Strive Masiyiwa took the Zimbabwean government to court in a gruelling five-year legal battle. Masiyiwa had been planning to launch his own mobile telecoms company, but the government, which claimed it held an exclusive monopoly to manage and operate telecommunications in Zimbabwe,was desperately trying to thwart his ambitions. After…
HARARE – After the heavy floods, loss of livestock and homes, some Matabeleland residents believe there is no place like home and they want to go back. Flooding is one of the most common, costly and deadly natural hazards which affects and displaces the people of Chikwalakwala district, 40 kilometres from Beitbridge. More than 100…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has urged Zimbabweans to start their own indigenous companies. Addressing people gathered for his birthday bash at Chipadze Stadium, Bindura, Mugabe a proponent of foreign company takeovers preached a different empowerment approach yesterday. He said the only setback in the country was that people do not have adequate machinery but…
HARARE – Results in Mzansi’s premier knockout competition, the Nedbank Cup, have once again highlighted the need for African countries especially our treasured Zimbabwe to identify and nurture talent from far and wide the countryside, instead of concentrating only in the urban areas. Last Saturday, a small club in Mzansi’s third tier, Maluti FET College,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has been trending high on twitter for the past days, thanks to Finance minister Tendai Biti’s confession that he was presiding over a national fiscus of $217. People from around the globe have taken to twitter to mock mineral-rich Zimbabwe for being such a basket case. With the poverty datum line hovering…
HARARE – At 50, Jonathan Mutzinze entered this dungeon, and 15 years later, he sees no light at the end of the tunnel. The self-proclaimed bishop of Jerusalem Apostolic Church says he might just rot in there with no one blinking an eyelid. Mutzinze of Wedza, was arrested in 1998 after he purchased a stolen…
HARARE – The political violence that has engulfed communities in Mashonaland and Manicaland provinces came into the spotlight during parliamentary debates this week. Zanu PF and MDC MPs both took turns to denounce the political violence and urged the police to arrest perpetrators ahead of the watershed and harmonised elections set for March and June…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is this year expected to begin using a new corporate governance code targeted at restoring ethics and accountability. The code — a brainchild of the Zimbabwe Leadership Forum and the Institute of Directors of Zimbabwe — will limit multiple directorships among other enforcements. Some of the issues that would be dealt with…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s indigenisation scandal has taken another turn after President Robert Mugabe designated part of the land owned by platinum producer Zimplats for compulsory acquisition. Now dubbed the Nieebgate Scandal after a Daily News exposé, the scam has opened a pandora’s box that has attracted the attention of corruption watchdog, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission,…
HARARE – In 1958, Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe’s book: Things Fall Apart was published and little did he know that in 2013 the words in the book: “When things fall apart, the centre cannot hold” would be used to describe the constitutional challenges that Zimbabwe faces after 33 years of independence. The revolution promised to…
