HARARE – A 21-year-old Mandara woman has dragged her ex-boyfriend to court for deliberately infecting her with gonorrhea. Fransis Chipato, 26, was charged with deliberate infection of another with sexually transmitted diseases when he appeared before Harare magistrate Fadzai Mtombeni. The matter was remanded to January 20 for trial. Prosecutor Tungamirai Muganhiri alleged that on…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Alloys Limited, (ZimAlloys) has been placed under judicial management and may face liquidation after the ferrochrome producer’s debt rose to alarming levels. The latest Government Gazette reveals that the High Court placed ZimAlloys under final judicial management on November 27 after it was placed under provisional judicial management on July 24. Formerly-owned…
HARARE – Whether you are a number one retailer or a humble street vendor, paying public officials a bribe may be the quickest way to get things done in Zimbabwe. Afrobarometer investigators probing corruption in African countries found a paper trail of hundreds of suspect payments in Zimbabwe. The damning probe has lifted the lid…
HARARE – Schools are forcing parents and guardians looking for Form One places to first pay a hefty fee for special uniforms before paying school fees in a suspected fundraising scheme that has been condemned by the ministry of Education. Hard-hit parents complained that some schools were being insensitive by asking parents to fork out…
HARARE – I sat there in Qunu in the serene atmosphere of the Eastern Cape as the world bade goodbye to one of the greatest icons ever to grace this Earth. While I had signed the condolence book and attended a memorial service in Harare, I felt that was not enough to match the magnitude…
HARARE – Across the country hundreds of thousands of people must be busy compiling their CVs at this very moment. CVs for the position of domestic worker in the employment of the CEO of ZBC, Happison Muchechetere. This must surely be the job any of us would jump at: free accommodation; no transport costs,…
HARARE – The collapse and closure of banks established after independence reflect a miserable episode in renegade corporate governance among local entrepreneurs that has spawned a deepening banking crisis. Just when confidence was gradually building and a saving culture developing after depositors lost out on life savings during the switch to a multi-currency regime in…
EDITOR — The seizure by South African authorities, on December 6, of the largest haul of cocaine at Beitbridge border post demonstrates the total failure by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to curb serious crime. According to the South African Revenue Service (Sars), 80 kilogrammes of cocaine worth R23 million was seized by customs agents…
EDITOR — When Jesus and his disciples were confronted by a serious situation he advised them to watch and pray (Matthew 26:36-46). They were in the garden of Getsemane, Judas Iscariot and the Jews wanted to arrest Jesus. Jesus then told his disciples to watch and pray so that they could not enter into temptation….
HARARE – CBZ Bank Limited (CBZ) has secured a $120 million credit facility from a top European bank, businessdaily can reveal. The money, which is expected to go a long way in easing the current liquidity crunch, was obtained with the help of its partners, including Sakunda Holdings (Private) Limited (Sakunda). “The timing could not…
