HARARE – With an entourage of 67 people, President Robert Mugabe arrived in Maputo amid a huge razzmatazz for the special Southern African Development Community (Sadc) summit on Zimbabwe. Mugabe and his bloated delegation joined regional leaders that gathered in Maputo yesterday for the crucial extra-ordinary summit on Zimbabwe held at the Joaquim Chissano International…
JOHANNESBURG – The Mighty Warriors put up a disciplined performance as they held Banyana Banyana to a 1-1 draw in a thrilling international friendly match here at Sinaba Stadium Saturday. It was a game of two halves as both teams took turns to dominate. South Africa were visibly the dominate side in the first half…
BULAWAYO – At the turn of the millennium, informal education centres offering academic and tertiary studies sprung up particularly in the major urban centres. Though initially despised as last resort options, private colleges gained acceptance primarily because of their laxity on entry qualifications. They gave youths a second chance and solace to hordes of repeaters,…
HARARE – Like we predicted in one of our published articles, President Robert Mugabe skirted last week’s Maputo Sadc meeting so that he could arm himself with an election date. And true to form, Mugabe this week threw the bombshell, declaring July 31 as the polling crunch date. Using presidential powers, Mugabe sidestepped Parliament and…
HARARE – Today Thursday, 13th June 2013, early in the morning, I received a letter from President Mugabe dated 13 June 2013, in which he advised that in purported compliance with the Constitutional Court judgment, he was proclaiming the 28th of June 2013 as the sitting of the nomination court and the 31st July as…
HARARE – Yesterday, we woke up to disturbing news that President Robert Mugabe used the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act to proclaim dates for elections insisting that polls will be held on July 31, well before all necessary reforms are implemented. Mugabe is simply committing political suicide because what is clear is that by July…
HARARE – A High Court judge has freed Star FM DJ Munyaradzi Milimo, who is facing murder charges on $300 bail. DJ Munya, as he is affectionately known, is accused of masterminding the kidnapping and subsequent killing of Tinashe Magorimbo. He is jointly charged with Taurai Jani and Mohammed Matare. DJ Munya has been in…
HARARE – With the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) capitalisation heading for the $6 billion mark, chairperson Eve Gadzikwa remains overly bullish about the prospects of the country’s capital markets going forward. Anyway, why wouldn’t she, with the bourse’ main industrial index up 46,7 percent this year and 67,7 percent year-on-year who would blame her. “We…
HARARE – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved Zimbabwe’s plan to clear billions of dollars in arrears. Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director this week agreed to a staff-monitored programme (SMP) for Zimbabwe to oversee the authorities’ economic reform from April to December this year. “The SMP supports the Zimbabwean authorities’ comprehensive adjustment and reform…
HARARE – A Hamilton Property Holdings Limited (Hamilton) employee Lloyd Hama was on Friday seized and questioned by the police – the second such action in a week – for daring to testify on behalf of his employer. The development not only comes as Frank Buyanga’s company was on the defences against Irene Chiwara’s complaint…
