HARARE – Jane Nicola Watson, the MDC legislator for Bulawayo constituency, says she clinched a proportional representation seat in Zimbabwe’s 8th Parliament because race was no longer an issue in the southern African country. A founding MDC member, Watson is one of three white MDC MPs in Parliament after an election in which the opposition…
HARARE – Guthrie Munyuki, our senior assistant editor sits down for a chat with newly-appointed Prosecutor General (PG) Johannes Tomana. Below are excerpts of the interview. Q: PG congratulations on your appointment as Zimbabwe’s first Prosecutor General. What does your new job entail? A: Thank you very much. My new post is very straightforward. My…
HARARE – A $760 000 loan extended to City Link Coaches (Private) Limited by African Century Limited has opened a can of worms,with the bus company claiming the financial institution was inflating interest rates. The bank won a High Court order against City Link, after a judge granted a default judgment in its favour. However,…
HARARE – Government has gazetted Caledonia Farm, located just outside Harare, for compulsory acquisition to accommodate the expanding capital city. Caledonia Farm, popularly known as kwaBhobho, is located about 30km south-east of Harare, near one of the oldest suburbs, Tafara and has been embroiled in endless wrangles. The farm, a sprawling area stretching for more…
KADOMA – Fani Phanuel Phiri, the Zanu PF MP for Kadoma Central, has been fingered in a ritual kidnapping, with his alleged accomplices imprisoned. Phiri is alleged to have instructed Dominic Musapurwa, 56, Odrina Gwerengwe, 51, Joyce Watyoka, 50, Chipo Muradi, 54, Kaiser Ncube, 69, to kidnap two children for ritual purposes to help him…
HARARE – With a boom in corporate deal-making, including mergers and retrenchments amid a deepening liquidity crisis, companies need contentious due diligence if they are to avoid costly lawsuits, a top legal expert warned yesterday. “Companies need legal advice today more than ever,” Obert Gutu, an international corporate legal consultant, said. “Without the necessary legal…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) workers have endured a second month without salaries, with no explanation as to why they are not getting paid. Leslie Gwindi, Harare spokesperson, said: “I have not been informed anything to that effect, but I am sure it’s not true that employees have not been paid.” He asked the…
BULAWAYO – A senior college official who solicited for a bribe from a student in exchange for an examination paper has been hauled before the courts. Hard Reuben Mudiwa, 27, employed by Certified Commerce and Industry Personnel College as a marketing officer, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Gladmore Mushove facing charges of corruptly concealing from a…
HARARE – Funding for home-based care (HBC) programmes has dwindled as the donor community shifts focus to treatment and management. Veronica Ngwerume, Seke rural home-based care (SRHBC) director said support for the programme has gone down. “It is very true that the situation has changed,” Ngwerume said. “Many people living with HIV used to be…
HARARE – The 2013 Zimbabwe Premiership season had a befitting end at the weekend with the Mbada Diamonds Cup final between Highlanders and How Mine. After agonisingly losing the league title to Dynamos on goal difference, Bosso finished off their season on a high with an emphatic 3-0 win over How Mine. It was Highlanders’…
