HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe subsidiary, Fidelity Printers Limited (Fidelity), says they have not yet been instructed to print the Zimbabwean dollar, amid reports that the central bank’s printing company had recalled all contract workers. This has led to speculation that the Zimbabwe dollar could bounce back as the liquidity crunch continues to hit…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africans have gathered in Johannesburg and Soweto to mourn their former leader, Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday aged 95. Crowds paid tribute, dancing and singing in front of Mr Mandela’s former home in Soweto throughout the night. Flags flew at half mast after President Jacob Zuma announced his death in a…
BULAWAYO – Retired High Court judge Justice Nicholas Ndou yesterday issued an application for a warrant of arrest against former Matabeleland Liberation Front (MLF) leader Paul Siwela after he failed to turn up for his court appearance. Siwela, Charles Thomas and John Gazi have been awaiting judgment from Justice Ndou since October last year when…
HARARE – Melody Dziva, a Zanu PF MP, yesterday collapsed in the National Assembly after she was heckled while delivering her maiden speech. Dziva, a non-constituency legislator from Midlands province, was shouted down by MDC legislators just after she had begun her speech. She could not continue with her speech and slumped onto a chair….
HARARE – Wives of Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura, currently facing multiple rape charges, claim they are one happy family and dispelled Satanism charges against their church. Four of Gumbura’s 11 wives are also appearing before the Harare Magistrates’ Court accused of contravening the Censorship and Entertainment Control Act, after being found…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Broadcast Holdings (ZBH) is set to retrench 500 workers and pay outstanding wages. Presenting oral evidence before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Media, Publicity, Information and Broadcasting Services, the ministry’s permanent secretary George Charamba told the legislators that the State broadcaster was in the process of adopting a turnaround programme which includes…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is more polarised now than it was before this year’s general elections, Zimbabwe’s Catholic bishops have said. “The political fault lines and their impact on all aspects of the lives of Zimbabweans are set not only to deepen, but also to stand in the way of progress and ultimately in the way…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo South MP, Eddie Cross who was arrested for insulting and accusing a man of being a thief, has been further remanded out of custody to December 16. Magistrate Gladmore Mushove decided that there is need to observe abuse of Post and Telecommunications Service Act therefore the state has to protect people who…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo industrialists have cried foul over Zimbabwe’s over reliance on imports, arguing that uncontrolled imports are driving the industry into deeper recession. Zimbabwe is a net importer of South African and Chinese products, which has grossly affected the country’s current account. Speaking during a Bulawayo Business Arise (BBA) breakfast meeting in Bulawayo on…
HARARE – Chitungwiza magistrate Lazarus Murendo has advised the State to put its house in order in the case in which Phillip Mutoti, the town’s mayor and a local councillor are jointly accused of criminal abuse of office by illegally issuing a stand in Zengeza. After both parties agreed that the matter be rolled over…
