HARARE – Jonathan Moyo, the Media, Information and Broadcasting Services minister, has launched a blistering attack on politicians opposed to the ongoing Salarygate exposés, saying attempts to defend or hide corruption revealed “nothing but unacceptable extensions of the same corruption”. Moyo broke his silence and apparently hit back at Vice President Joice Mujuru after she…
HARARE – The minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Jonathan Moyo has appointed a new Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) board to replace the scandal-ridden one led by Cuthbert Dube. In a statement yesterday, Moyo announced the appointment of 44-year-old telecoms entrepreneur Dennis Magaya as the new chairman. According to the statement, Magaya has established…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is set to free over 2 000 inmates beginning today under the presidential amnesty, paving way for the de-congestion of the country’s prisons. Agrey Huggins Machingauta, a deputy commissioner in charge of administration, told journalists at the Zimbabwe Prison Services (ZPS) headquarters in Harare, that the release will ease congestion in the…
HARARE – A legislator has demanded the reinstatement of Cambridge examinations to replace the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec). Zanu PF MP, Fani Phiri, last week said Zimsec has been associated with examination paper leakages which have discredited the body. The latest 2013 ‘O’ Level exam results saw a 2 percent rise in the pass…
HARARE – Opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday slammed youths who assaulted secretary general Tendai Biti and deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma on Saturday. Biti, Mangoma, youth assembly secretary-general Promise Mkwananzi and others were allegedly attacked when they stepped outside Harvest House soon after Tsvangirai had finished holding a meeting with 210 MDC district chairpersons, who…
HARARE – With due respect to the warring factions threatening to tear the MDC apart, this is a pointless, idiotic conflict in which all the players involved are destined to lose. In fact, it can be argued that Zimbabwe, and its nascent democracy, is the biggest loser as the madness within the MDC rages on,…
HARARE – Civic groups and politicians have launched a withering attack on the MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai whose party supporters assaulted senior members at the party’s headquarters at the weekend. A group of drunken thugs assaulted the party’s deputy treasurer Elton Mangoma and Youth Assembly secretary-general Promise Mkwananzi in view of Tsvangirai at the end…
HARARE – A Norton woman has appeared before a Harare magistrate facing charges of assisting her husband rape her 13-year-old sister. Rosina Langson, 49, together with her 65-year-old husband Business Chigama, appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe on Friday charged with rape. Mahwe freed the duo on $50 bail each. According to State papers, the incident…
HARARE – The opposition MDC has said it is not against the lifting of sanctions but wants the European Union to review whether the targeted measures have served their purpose. Speaking on the sidelines of a breakfast meeting hosted by the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce on the Zim-EU re-engagement conference in Harare on Friday,…
HARARE – The on-going government probe into corrupt activities in State enterprises could claim the scalp of some high ranking ministers as new looting details emerge. This comes as the Daily News on Sunday has established that inquiries into parastatals’ operations had been widened to include current and former ministers, whose footprints were prominently visible…
