JOHANNESBURG – As former president Nelson Mandela marks two months in hospital, his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has spoken about the strain his illness has had on the family. She told Sky News that family members have been hurt by continual reports of his demise. “It’s so cruel,” she said. “All around us we see people…
HARARE – MDC youth leader Solomon Madzore’s bid to have his case referred to the Constitutional Court is dragging on, after the State failed to file a response to the request. Magistrate Elisha Singano on Wednesday postponed the matter to August 23, for ruling to accord the State an opportunity to respond to Madzore’s application….
HARARE – Morgen Komichi, the chief elections officer in Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC will continue languishing in remand prison after High Court Judge Hlekani Mwayera threw out his bail appeal yesterday. Komichi, 49, is being charged with fraud and contravening the Electoral Act after he presented to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), a ballot paper allegedly…
HARARE – A former Africom Holdings employee who defrauded his employer of $4 000 after forging documents for a Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and depositing the cash into his bank account has been jailed an effective 12 months for forgery. Magistrate Tsatsawani Ndaba had initially sentenced Brook Marufu, 24, to 24 months behind bars…
BULAWAYO – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF has been rattled by the panic gripping the nation triggered by its contested victory in the just-ended harmonised elections. The party’s Bulawayo provincial chairperson Callistus Ndlovu said growing fears which have led to some people trying to pull out of this economy are “alarmist, uncalled for and are…
MUZARABANI – At least 33 people have been displaced from their homes as post-election “violence” takes a toll in Mashonaland Central Province. The 10 families gathered at MDC vice district chairman Jackson Rumero’s homestead at Alpha resettlement in Muzarabani South said the situation had been volatile starting on the eve of elections, with alleged Zanu…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party have a mammoth task of convincing a sceptical world that Zimbabwe can grow its economy. There is no doubt that the gains of the four-year transitional government are at risk of being reversed as the world shivers at the prospect of a five-year Zanu PF-driven…
HARARE – The MDC is aware that the just-ended elections were neither fair nor free in the strictest definition of the terms and as such the outcome is not a legitimate one. That the elections were rigged is not debatable, it is a fact. The glaring inconsistencies in the process leading up to and during…
HARARE – London Stock Exchange-listed Aquarius Platinum (Aquarius) says it will decide on further investing in its Zimbabwean unit Mimosa Mining Company (Private) Limited (Mimosa) around 2015 to 16. While the group’s chief executive Jean Nel did not comment explicitly on the implementation of Mimosa’s indigenisation plan, the unit would require $80 million over a…
HARARE – Suluman Chimbetu’s camp is excited by sungura ace Alick Macheso’s decision to be part of Sunday’s commemoration concert which will honour the award-winning artiste’s late father. Macheso’s participation in the much-anticipated weekend show will fly in the face of the widely-held view that the sungura star and the Sean Timba singer do not…
