HARARE – Residents associations have welcomed the election of new mayors, demanding that service delivery improves. New ceremonial mayors were elected in all local authorities throughout the country on Monday. Precious Shumba, director at Combined Harare Residents Trust, said the relations between the council and residents will be determined by how the city fathers perform….
MBABANE – Swazi King Mswati III, 45, has chosen 18-year-old beauty pageant contestant Sindiswa Dlamini as his 15th wife. Dlamini was selected at the annual Reed Dance, where thousands of Swazi maidens dance bare-breasted for the king’s pleasure. “I wish to confirm we have a new liphovela (royal fiancée),” announced Hlangabeza Mdluli, the overseer of…
HARARE – Two suspected Zanu PF supporters have defied a court order, instructing them to vacate premises belonging to Masvingo-based businessperson Mohamed Shaheed Lambat. The two only identified in court papers as B. Gumunyu and Matilda Kamanda, have since approached the High Court with an urgent chamber application, seeking the setting aside of a previous…
HARARE – Mainstream MDC has vowed to take action against party councillors who allegedly took bribes to vote for Zanu PF mayors. MDC lost mayoral seats to Zanu PF in councils dominated by the former, with reports attributing the loss to defiance by councillors to follow orders. Luke Tamborinyoka, president Morgan Tsvangirai’s spokesperson, said the…
HARARE – Construction work on completing a plinth to take up the late Vice President Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo’s statue which had long been a source of acerbic controversy resumed at the beginning of this month in Bulawayo bringing about closure of an issue between government and the people in this region. Now that work on…
EDITOR — Loosely defined poverty is the state of being extremely poor. The definition of the word though is contestable and several theories and postulations have been forwarded to shed light on the subject. Poverty is relative and may be different things to different people. The poverty I am talking about is the one you…
EDITOR — I commend you on your story on the condition of Zimbabwean hospitals. Government has neglected this area for years. Several people have died from curable diseases like malaria, dysentery, cholera and even flu because either the doctors were on strike or there was no medicine. The condition of our public health facilities is…
HARARE – Mwana Africa plc (Mwana) has raised an additional $2,8 million working capital to refurbish its mining assets. The pan-African resources company — which early this month raised brought in around $3,2 million through a share subscription — appears to be slowly putting together the financial building blocks for growth. For the second time…
HARARE – Zimbabwe must implement austerity measures that assist in strengthening the economy, says John Robertson a leading economist. Robertson told delegates attending a “New Government, New Policies, New Expectations” summit held in Harare yesterday that there was need to present a brand new set of promises to the people. “If we all want Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Controversial dancehall star King Shaddy put up a scintillating maiden show at Mucheke Stadium in Masvingo at the on-going Campus Night activations. Bankrolled by beer manufacturer Delta Corporation, the artiste displayed a top-notch performance, sending fans into a delirium. The artiste could not hide his appreciation to Delta Corporation for his maiden performance…
