HARARE – India has extended a $26 million line of credit to Zimbabwe earmarked for improving power generation in the southern African country. Jeitendra Tripathi, the Indian ambassador to Zimbabwe, yesterday said his country has no plans to be a donor to Zimbabwe but a trade partner. “Most of you might be aware of the…
HARARE – Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya will on December 4 deliver judgment in a case involving Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) commissioner Emmanuel Chimwanda accused of contravening the Official Secrets Act. Chimwanda, who is represented by Jonathan Samukange, closed his defence case yesterday. Samukange said police were working on circumstantial evidence in his client’s case….
LONDON – Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan has been taken ill and given medical treatment while overseas, but his condition is not said to be serious. The president was in London for a business meeting, but could not attend. “The Presidency wishes to assure all Nigerians that President Jonathan’s condition is nothing serious,” his aide Reuben Abati…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum executive director Abel Chikomo is now a free man, after the court yesterday ruled that the State had failed to prove a prima facie case against him. Chikomo was being accused of running an “unregistered” organisation. However, Harare magistrate Elijah Makomo said there was no need for the…
BULAWAYO – A former loan clerk at Stanbic Bank convicted of theft and fraud stunned a Bulawayo magistrate court when she chose to be jailed than perform community work saying she is used to her housemaid doing all the work. Lucia Tutani Dube, 45, in Nkulumane high density suburb and a mother of two was…
HARARE – Zimbabwe plans to set a renewable energy tariff as part of efforts to lure investors into electricity generation. The country — generating approximately 1 100 megawatts (MW) against a 2 200 MW peak and growing demand — is currently battling a crippling power crisis that has hit both industrial and domestic consumers. Partson…
HARARE – Canada-based New Dawn Mining Corporation (New Dawn) on Wednesday delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange and moved its operations to the tax haven of Cayman Islands as part of on-going attempts to cut costs. The Zimbabwe-focused group with several gold mines in the country believes the proposal to transform from a listed to…
HARARE – Radar Holdings (Radar) plans to boost production at its brick-making arm MacDonald to 60 million units from around 48 million by year end. The group said it anticipated a surge in bricks demand on the back of increased activity in the construction and mining sector. Without disclosing how much they intended to invest…
HARARE – Celebration Ministries is set to perform a theatrical Christmas musical production called Christmas Foretold at the end of the month, at the Celebration Centre in Borrowdale. The November 28 event portrayal of the birth of Jesus Christ will feature music by Bonnie Deuschle and choral arrangements by Celebration Choir as well as popular…
BULAWAYO – Songstress Prudence Mabhena, the subject of an Oscar award-winning documentary called Music by Prudence features on Bulawayo-based accapella gospel outfit Bhuku Romweya’s second album titled Pamusoro Pemvura. The physically-challenged Mabhena who caught famed Oprah Winfrey’s eye resulting in an invitation to visit the United States of America, featured on two tracks Tose and…
