HARARE – Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel)’s revival is imminent following the arrival of an Essar Holdings management team from India, a government official has said. Abigail Shoniwa, permanent secretary in the Industry and Commerce ministry yesterday told a parliamentary committee on Industry and Commerce that an advance team will be in Kwekwe this…
HARARE – The Mvurwi Municipality has barred a peace-building initiative by the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (Jomic). Mvurwi chief executive officer Shepherd Mazai allegedly barred youths from all the governing political parties from jointly cleaning up the town. The peace-building programme bankrolled by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was organised by the Jomic…
BULAWAYO – Matebeleland Tuskers’ representatives in the national women cricket team got a shot in the arm when they were handed over training kit by their franchise on Monday. The franchise’s area manager Vumi Moyo handed over bats, helmets, batting pads and thigh guards to Thandolwenkosi Mlilo, Tasmeen Granger, Lorraine Tshuma and Atida Sibanda at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe national football coach Klaus-Dieter Pagles has asked the nation to be patient with his new Warriors project after the weekend defeat to Egypt in a 2014 World Cup qualifier. The warriors, who are already out of reckoning for a place in Brazil next year, were trounced 4-2 by the Pharaohs at the…
HARARE – A prominent law firm behind a botched February raid on listed banking group BancABC’s vaults has once again emerged as central to Arundel Spar’s woes and eviction on Friday. Jonathan Samukange, a senior partner at Venturas and Samukange, said the action — where bailiffs threw out the Innscor Africa (Innscor)-owned grocer’s stock —…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has so far sold 145 million kg of tobacco worth $537 million since opening of the 2013 selling season mid-February, surpassing last year’s 144 million kg. The commodity, being sold at three licensed auction floors — Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF), Boka Tobacco Auction Floors (BTAF) and Premier Tobacco Floors (PTF) — is…
HARARE – While the main political parties and an epidemic of previously unheard-of chancers argue about all aspects of 2013 elections, Zimbabwe’s food security is unravelling before our very eyes. As was in 2000, 2002, 2005 and 2008, food production and security has sunk to the very bottom of the national priority list as…
HARARE – Elections in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC to choose council representatives in Chitungwiza have been hit by sharp differences over selection criteria. Tsvangirai does not want councillors fingered in corruption during their tenure to represent the party. This stems from a decision taken after completion of hearings into allegations of graft levelled against…
HARARE – A High Court judge has reserved ruling in a case in which FMI Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd (FMI)’s employees are seeking an order to compel Indigenisation minister Savior Kasukuwere to cancel the former’s acquisition of BP & Shell Marketing Services (BPSMS) local assets. FMI — a subsidiary of Masawara Energy Mauritius Limited, owned by…
HARARE – Centre for Elections and Democracy in Southern Africa (CEDSA)’s recent court victory for elections to be held by July 31 has not only spawned controversy, but appears Pyrrhic. Amid indications that the judgment is due for sterner test in the Constitutional Court, many believed the seven-to-two ruling accentuated the prospects of another disputed…
