HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai should carry out a forensic audit to ascertain where they erred in the just-ended elections, analysts have said. President Robert Mugabe, 89, polled 61 percent of the presidential vote while Tsvangirai polled 34 percent in an election which Sadc and the African Union (AU) have said was free. The…
HARARE – Morgen Komichi, the chief elections officer in Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, has been denied bail by High Court Jugde Justice Hlekani Mwayera.
HARARE – National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it will suspend local commuter train services in Bulawayo and Harare during the coming Heroes and Defence Forces holidays. Fanuel Masikati, the NRZ head of public relations, said the state-owned rail firm will however, retain its city-to-city coaches for travellers intending to travel outside the two major…
HARARE – Zimbabwean stocks traded in the red for a second consecutive day with analysts denoting investors’ worry over President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF’s win. This comes as the stock exchange, which normally defies convention, rallied in the run up to the July 31 harmonised election to hit an all-time high since dollarisation in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s mineral earnings declined by 18 percent to $930 million in the half year to June 2013 from $1,1 billion realised in prior comparable period. This comes as high production costs, lack of long-term capital and depressed global metal prices continue to threaten viability of the mining industry. According to the latest Chamber…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has threatened to revoke licences of fuel dealers who hike prices without government’s approval. This comes amid reports that traders have hiked prices of the commodity — both petrol and diesel — by as much as $0, 20. “Any fuel licensees who charge beyond the price allowable…
HARARE – A Harare man who swindled a desperate Gweru home-seeker of her money after lying that he could get the woman a stand spent the night in prison yesterday. A shocked Tinashe Mukwidzi was escorted back to the holding cells after magistrate Anita Tshuma ruled that he would know his fate today. The 39-year-old…
HARARE – Innscor Africa Limited’s bid to be reinstated on its Arundel Spar supermarket premises has hit a brickwall after a High Court judge dismissed its urgent chamber application. The manufacturing and retail conglomerate was thrown out of the premises on allegations of failing to abide by terms of the lease agreement. Spar Harare (Private)…
HARARE – An elderly man has told a Harare court that his step-daughter was teaming up with his wife to beat him up. This emerged in a case in which Person Ngoma was seeking a protection order against his wife Victoria Moyo whom he alleges physically abuses him. Presiding magistrate Olivia Mariga granted a protection…
HARARE – Dynamos insist they are not in any hurry to appoint an assistant coach following the resignation of Tonderai Ndiraya this week, saying head coach Calisto Pasuwa will make the decision. Ndiraya, who has also served the club as a player, quit his post as Pasuwa’s number two after irreconcilable differences with his boss….
