HARARE – Zimbabwe is formulating an energy policy aimed at curbing excessive load-shedding. The policy will focus mainly on energy efficiency and conservation. The southern African country – relying on hydro and thermal energy – equires around 2 200 megawatts (MW) of electricity but currently generates about 1 300 MW, importing the remainder. Load shedding,…
HARARE – Ghanaian businessman William Atto Essien travelled on at least five valid passports, a crack team of Zimbabwean detectives was told in the West African country. This comes amid revelations that the self-styled tycoon, who has been at the centre of a $6 million bribery scandal, had issued a fake $10 million debenture agreement…
HARARE – Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi has defended his $13 000 salary saying it was approved by the mayor and the Local Government ministry. He told a parliamentary portfolio committee on Local Government chaired by Zanu PF MP Irene Zindi yesterday that his salary was in line with findings of a local financial auditing…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law, Simba Chikore, is set to host a special bachelor’s party tonight ahead of his wedding on Saturday. The pilot, who is set to wed Mugabe’s daughter Bona, is going to be joined by at least 72 international guests at the bachelor’s party. Last Sunday, the president said everyone in the family was working…
HARARE – Convicted Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura has filed a bail application pending his appeal against conviction and 40-year jail term. Harare magistrate Hosea Mujaya will pass ruling on the application after the State files its submissions tomorrow. Gumbura was convicted on four counts of rape and contravening the Censorship Act. His…
HARARE – Dantor Investments (Private) Limited (Dantor), a company allegedly accused of riding on ex-Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) chairperson Goodwills Masimirembwa’s coattails, was actually the one which brought Ghanaian investor William Atto Essien to Zimbabwe. This comes as a number of official and independent probes into the Gye Nyame Resources (GNR) saga have portrayed…
HARARE – Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary-general Tendai Biti’s Umwinsidale home was petrol bombed by unknown assailants early yesterday morning. The former Finance minister told the Daily News that unidentified men threw an explosive device at the security wall of his house in the leafy Harare suburb. “This is the second time that my…
HARARE – Zimbabwe rugby team manager Losson Mtongwiza has resigned from his post over differences with the union’s leadership, which came to a head following publication of racism claims in the game levelled by the long-serving administrator. Mtongwiza’s tirade against the ZRU, contained in a leaked dossier to the union’s president John Falkenberg, sparked some…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Calisto Pasuwa, with the Glamour Boys’ poor away record in mind, had urged his team to wrap up their African Champions League tie against AS Vita in the first leg in Harare on Saturday. A cause of great concern for Pasuwa is that DeMbare have not registered a single win in…
HARARE – At least 20 schools from across the country will converge at Prince Edward School Wednesday afternoon for the annual Sprint Challenge athletics meet. Participants will compete in six categories namely 100M, 200M, 400M, 800M, 1500M and 4x100M relay for the age groups Under-12 to Under-18. Prince Edward sports director, Sebastian Garikai said: “We…
