HARARE – Over 100 people could be evicted from their Crowborough homes after alleged fraudulent activities at Phase 4 housing scheme. The scheme which is run under the Harare Municipal Workers Union (HMWU) is being accused of double and even triple allocation of stands in the high density residential area. In a letter dated December…
HARARE – High Court Judge Garainesu Mawadze has freed on $500 bail police assistant commissioner Gideon Baloyi, who was jailed for nine months for contravening the Police Act. Baloyi, approached the High Court, seeking bail pending appeal, after magistrate Elijah Makomo denied him freedom on January 22. However, last Friday Mawadze ruled that Baloyi was…
HARARE – A local insurance company says from its risk analysis of the Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam, its dam wall is unlikely to collapse. The dam flooded last week following heavy rains. There were reports flooding was caused by cracks on the dam wall raising fears it could collapse due to rising water levels over the past…
HARARE – Employers Confederation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz) president and Sable Chemicals’ chief executive officer — Jack Murehwa — has rallied his troops and labour to have a common vision to sustain business as companies continue to choke under the stressful economic environment. Read on his interview with Senior Assistant Editor Guthrie Munyuki. Q: What happened…
HARARE – Leading travel management company, Traverze Travel (Traverze) scooped the best travel agent award for a record ninth consecutive time at a glittering awards ceremony hosted by Travelport on Friday. This comes as another feather in the cap of the Harare-based premier travel agent which has also been named as one of the top…
HARARE – A local home study kit supplying firm has joined hands with the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) in the fight against litter. Clairfield Industries (Pvt) Ltd, trading as Unique Education Power — an organisation that focuses on innovative solutions to national challenges and child education has come up with the initiative, which involves Ema…
HARARE – A cross section of Zimbabwean public figures has reacted with awe at being represented at the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in the history of the country. History-making Luke Steyn, a 20-year-old alpine skier, will be flying the flag of landlocked Zimbabwe, a country which according to records, last experienced snow,…
HARARE – The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday passed a wide-ranging and controversial shake-up of its structure despite dissenting voices protesting that the revamp gives too much power to the “Big Three” of India, England and Australia. Zimbabwe, despite widespread local objection, backed the proposal, despite it potentially threatening the country’s Test position in…
HARARE – Zimbabwean track and field star Ngonidzashe Makusha on Friday qualified for the World Indoor Games in Sopot, Poland, after coming first at XL Galan in the Swedish capital Stockholm with a leap of 8.18. Makusha was one of five jumpers who surpassed the eight-metre barrier in the long jump. Zimbabwe’s 2011 world bronze…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s wheelchair racing team is confident of achieving good results at the 2014 Outeniqua Wheelchair Challenge (OCC), set to take place in George, South Africa, on February 15. Zimbabwe joins hundreds of international athletes from UK, Germany, Australia and Ghana in battling for honours at the prestigious South African event. Speaking during a…
