HARARE – The Harare Airport road phase one will officially be launched next week ahead of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) scheduled to start on Saturday. Ken Sharpe, Augur Investment’s director, said so far four kilometres of the road have been completed and will open to the motoring public starting next week. Augur…
JOHANNESBURG – The court ruling compelling the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to release the controversial spy tapes into President Jacob Zuma’s alleged corruption could plunge the country into “constitutional, political and moral crisis”, analysts have warned. On Friday, Judge Rammaka Mathopo of the Pretoria High Court ordered the NPA to comply with last year’s judgment…
CAIRO – Egyptian judiciary officials say former president Hosni Mubarak could be freed from custody this week. They say a court on Monday ordered his release in a corruption case that alleged he and his two sons embezzled funds for presidential palaces. Mubarak has been ordered released in two other court cases against him —…
HARARE – The use of food as a weapon is an age-old strategy. In ancient and Biblical times, armies laid siege to enemies to weaken them before attacking. Food in the modern world continues to be used as a weapon — albeit a political one. The principle still holds that those who have food have…
HARARE – SADC leaders called on Sunday for the West to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe as they gave their seal of approval to President Robert Mugabe’s election victory which is disputed by his main rival. Wrapping up its annual summit, the 15-nation Southern African Development Community called for “the lifting of all forms of sanctions…
HARARE – Panic gripped the bustling town of Chitungwiza after a series of explosions as a haulage truck caught fire, with the inferno spreading to other vehicles parked nearby. Police confirmed the incident but could not give finer details. No one was killed in the fire. Just after the blast, bleary eyed residents rushed to…
HARARE – The MDC’s failure to prove it was a victim of electoral injustice before the court leaves it with few other options for remedy, if any. It does not appear that the information the party needs from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to buttress its case will be available any time soon. Further, the…
HARARE – As the dust settles after the hotly-contested elections, it is back to serious business as those who were elected into office decide on the future of Zimbabwe. There is one crucial decision which should be made with no emotion, that of electing the next mayors of our big cities. Harare, with over 2…
HARARE – Newly-formed Malawi Airline Limited (MAL) plans to resume direct flights between Harare and Lilongwe. With the flights having been suspended in 2004 by troubled national carrier Air Malawi due to operational problems, travellers were currently connecting between the southern African cities through Johannesburg, South Africa, Zambia’s Lusaka and Nairobi, Kenya. MAL — formed…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Platinum Mines Limited (Zimplats)’ major shareholder Impala Platinum (Implats) has warned of a huge drop in its annual earnings due out end of August. The group — holding an 87 percent stake in Zimplats — said its headline earnings per share, which strip out exceptional items, would be between 308 cents and…
