HARARE – A Harare woman left the court in stitches when she produced a paper bag full of clothes torn by her husband while trying to force her to have sex with him. Martha Chikumure dragged her husband of 32 years, Tawanda Chikumure (50) to court seeking a protection order for alleged physical, economic, sexual…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has dispelled media reports of fuel prices hikes following a highly disputed election held last Wednesday. Gloria Magombo, the Authority’s chief executive, said that the results of the elections were not in anyway linked to any changes in prices. “Fuel prices have not changed in Zimbabwe and…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s loyalist and Vice President Joice Mujuru is walking with a spring as her faction is on a roll, cleansing provinces ahead of elections and positioning itself for an eventual takeover of Zanu PF. Mujuru, who is reportedly engaged in a fierce battle to succeed Mugabe with bitter rival Defence minister…
HARARE – An iron curtain has been drawn across Zimbabwe as President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF erects an access denial policy to perceived foreign critics, analysts have said. Zanu PF negotiators — ministers Patrick Chinamasa and Nicholas Goche last week boycotted meetings convened by South African President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation team, fuelling suspicions the party…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Platinum Mines Limited (Zimplats) recorded a 66 percent slump in operating profit to $22,5 million in the quarter ended June 30, 2013 due to lower sales volumes and depressed metal prices. The platinum group metals producer (PGMs), led by chief executive Alex Mhembere, said revenue declined by 26 percent to $126 million…
HARARE – Listed diversified concern Phoenix Consolidated Industries Limited (Phoenix) is mulling selling one of its units to reduce borrowings. “The company has been approached regarding the potential purchase of one of its operating units,” the group said in its financials for half year ended April 30, 2013. It said the transaction could reduce borrowings…
HARARE – Losing MDC parliamentary candidates have opened up, recounting how Zanu PF “stole the elections right in front of our eyes” as the opposition party mounts its court challenge to the July 31 poll results. Although Mugabe was officially declared the winner with an unassailable 61 percent of the total vote cast against Tsvangirai’s…
HARARE – Long-suffering Zimbabweans are facing the nightmarish prospects of reliving the extreme hardships of 2008, after rich Western governments expressed concerns over the poll results. The condemnation of the just-ended polls by the European Union (EU) the United States of America and Britain have stoked up fears the sanctions which were being relaxed in…
HARARE – President Jacob Zuma has failed Zimbabwe with his message of congratulations to his counterpart Robert Mugabe, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said yesterday. “Mr Zuma has allowed Mugabe to get away with a farce of an election,” DA MP Ian Davidson said in a statement. Zuma congratulated Mugabe on his re-election as Zimbabwe’s president….
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC party took part in Zimbabwe’s elections against advice from the Southern African Development Community (Sadc), which urged him to withdraw from the polls. A high-level diplomatic source has told City Press, Sadc told Tsvangirai at a summit in Maputo in June not to take part in the elections….
