HARARE – A Harare magistrate has ruled that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s aide has a case to answer on charges of illegally possessing a firearm. The application for discharge at the close of the State’s case against PM’s aide Thabani Mpofu in his firearms charge, was yesterday dismissed by magistrate Anita Tshuma. Tshuma ruled that…
HARARE – FC Platinum are on a mission to end Highlanders’ stranglehold on the Zvishavane premiership side when the two table-topping teams clash in a blockbuster Castle Premiership tie Mandava Stadium on Saturday. The Bulawayo giants visit, who lead table ahead of second-placed Platinum on goal difference, carry a psychological advantage having dominated this fixture…
HARARE – Exiled businessman Frank Buyanga has hired a top Israeli lawyer Nick Kaufman to fight an Interpol arrest warrant issued against him at the behest of the Zimbabwean government. The International Criminal Court defence counsel, who has also represented the likes of Saadi Gaddafi in his extradition case from Niger, said he was confident…
HARARE – The European Union (EU) delegation in Zimbabwe has purchased 63 ambulances worth $2,8 million, which they will hand over to the Health ministry on Friday, the delegation head has said. Aldo Dell’Ariccia, the EU ambassador to Zimbabwe, yesterday said the donation is part of the 27-nation bloc’s $13 million programme seeking to improve…
HARARE – A group of local investors is reportedly eyeing a 20 percent stake in Telecel Zimbabwe (Telecel), as the battle for control of Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile operator escalates. However, Paddy Zhanda — one of the key parties linked to the consortium — has denied knowledge of the planned acquisition and said his little…
HARARE – Charity, the wife of incarcerated MDC Youth Assembly president Solomon Madzore, has claimed prison authorities on Tuesday barred her from seeing her husband. Madzore is in jail charged with undermining President Robert Mugabe’s authority after allegedly calling him a “limping donkey”. Madzore was granted bail by Bindura Magistrate Elisha Singano but remains in…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority board has appointed Edson Chidziya director–general with effect from May 1. Chidziya, who has been the director of Conservation, replaces Vitalis Chadenga who died in September last year. Chidziya is a holder of an MSc. Environmental and Ecological Sciences degree from UK and a BSc Agriculture…
HARARE – Cracks have emerged in new empowerment lobby group Zimbabwe Economic Empowerment Council (ZEEC) over the group’s position on government’s empowerment drive. The affirmative action outfit yesterday made a major somersault, denying reports that Indigenisation minister Savior Kasukuwere’s drive had only benefited a small elite. ZEEC chairperson Temba Mliswa did not pitch up for…
HARARE – The United States is mum on its Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac)’s seizure of over $2 million destined to be transferred to Olivine from the PTA Bank. The payment was for the recapitalisation of the oil and soap maker, which is majority owned by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), a…
HARARE – Eric Matinenga, the minister of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs yesterday deferred debate on a new Constitutional Bill to today after tabling it in the House of Assembly. This caused a stir with Zanu PF legislators who had come to Parliament in full force objecting to the deferment. This included government ministers who are…
