HARARE – Simbaneuta Mudarikwa, minister of State for Provincial Affairs, has called on government to ban imports of cheap foodstuffs to eliminate unfair competition for local producers. Mudarikwa was speaking on the sidelines of a United Methodist Committee on Relief (Umcor) and World Food Programme (WFP) food donation ceremony at Magadu Primary School in Uzumba…
BULAWAYO – Hundreds of workers at Rubber Products Limited who have been asked to take an early Christmas break after going for months without pay are picketing company properties demanding payment of outstanding wages. The workers complained that while company directors and their families enjoyed affluent lives, workers cannot even pay school fees for their…
HARARE – A top military commander’s wife, who allegedly unleashed two soldiers on her 13-year-old nephew she accused of stealing $70, has been granted temporary reprieve, following the State’s failure to furnish her with a trial date. Cleopatra Shingirai Mutisi is the wife of Brigadier-General Francis Mutisi. She and her alleged soldier accomplices Tafara Frank…
BULAWAYO – Two Chipinge brothers have been arrested in Bulawayo after they were found with four suitcases with dagga worth $58 000. Samson Muyambo, 36, and Richard Muyambo, 26, were arraigned before Bulawayo magistrate Gladmore Mushove. They were not asked to plead. They were remanded in custody and were ordered to report back to court…
HARARE – A Bluffhill man has been caged for 10 months for masquerading as a police officer. Edmore Carlton Masarakufa, 23, was sentenced to 16 months imprisonment of which six months were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour. Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa found him guilty of impersonating a police officer. Masarakufa 23,…
HARARE – A Ruwa man has escaped a jail term after he was convicted for attempting to kill his wife following a domestic dispute. Harare regional magistrate Themba Kuwanda initially sentenced Trymore Chipwanya to two years in prison, before suspending one year on condition of good behaviour. The remaining 12 months were set aside on…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe pursues a turnaround strategy for its hamstrung economy, privatisation and commercialisation of government entities, also known as parastatals, could prove critical to its success. Having gobbled billions of dollars from the fiscus over the past 30 years, Zimbabwe’s parastatals have struggled to remain afloat mainly as a result of an inter-parastatal…
HARARE – Junior parliamentarians held their first Cabinet session in the Senate chambers on Tuesday, railing against greedy teachers. The meeting was chaired by Ntandoyenkosi Moyo, the Child President from Milton High School in Bulawayo. It was attended by junior cabinet ministers. “Honourable ministers, our voice as children must be heard,” Moyo said. “Our impact…
HARARE – Hollywood celebrity make-up artist Jackie Muchanyuka-Mgido has begun a search for the face of Vault Cosmetics. The celebrated Zimbabwean make-up artist, who has worked with top artistes like actor Denzel Washington and rapper-cum-actor-James Todd “LL Cool J” Smith, started Vault Cosmetics in Harare a year ago. Muchanyuka-Mgido believes using a popular celebrity as…
GWERU – Gweru’s Real Sounds Records has included urban grooves star Enock “Nox” Guni on an album dedicated to upcoming artistes titled Riot Rhythm. The South Africa-based Nox, who is a favourite of many young Zimbabweans, is the only seasoned and celebrated artiste on the album that is meant for 15 upstarts drawn from Shurugwi,…
