Dr Joshua M Nkomo 2 Stevenage Road East Ham E6 2WL London E 6 2WL United Kingdom June 7, 1983 DEAR Robert 97. Comrade Prime Minister, you know that about two weeks before election day in March 1980, then Governor of Southern Rhodesia, Lord Soames, called all leaders of political parties contesting in the election…
BULAWAYO – A number of youths in Bulawayo have turned to loitering in town rather than sitting at home claiming they have nothing productive to do. One of the youths interviewed by the Daily News but refused to be named said there was little they can do in Bulawayo. He added that it was better…
HARARE – A controversial proposal by the Zimbabwe government to kick out foreign shop-owners, mainly Chinese and Nigerian nationals, in order to create opportunities to locals had sent shudders through diplomats, corporate executives, investors and small-time foreign businesspersons. Most of the attention had focused on how xenophobic the move was and what the change might…
EDITOR – I refer to your article on Prophet Angel. Art Katz in his book, The Holocaust: Where was God? said that the nub of all evil is the elevation of man. And he is one hundred percent correct. It worries me greatly that people anywhere may at any time lift up and exalt any…
EDITOR ? Zesa Holdings acknowledges a letter “Zesa Should Be Competent” by Zesa Client in your January 2, 2014 edition and our response is as follows: The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings introduced prepaid meters to empower customers to manage their own consumption and to also alleviate operational…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government has imposed a tax on mobile money transfers as part of efforts to raise funds and widen its revenue base. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa, in his 2014 budget, stated that every mobile money transaction will attract a $0,05 levy. This comes on the back of dwindling government revenues, which have…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s equities market opened 2014 in the red with only one counter trading in the positive as analysts claimed there were little prospects of fresh listings in the new year. In yesterday’s trade — the bourse’s first in 2014 — the benchmark industrials index shed 0,06 percent to close at 201, 99 points…
HARARE – Trailblazing interdenominational gospel choir, Zim Praise, pulled a bumper crowd at their maiden 2014 concert at Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on New Year’s Day. The HICC was packed to the rafters despite rains which had pounded the capital. The concert speaks volumes to the ever-growing fan base of the exuberant gospel group….
HARARE – Swiss-Jet is bringing a spectacular air display featuring 10 small light aircraft, with music and a fashion show scheduled to run alongside the air show. The air show takes place at the beginning of March and will be held in different parts of the country throughout the year, including in Kariba, Hwange, Nyanga,…
HARARE – As Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was making the motions to lift the constitutional age limit of 75, allowing him to run for a full term in the election due in 2016, he had an epiphany. The 69-year-old Ugandan strongman, in power for 27 years, returned home from Nelson Mandela’s memorial service and summoned…
