BULAWAYO – Former National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration co-minister Moses Mzila-Ndlovu has slammed President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF for crafting trumped-up charges against him. Mzila-Ndlovu, who is also a senior member in the MDC led by Welshman Ncube, was speaking to journalists soon after he was acquitted of robbery and theft charges by Bulawayo regional…
HARARE – The trial of seven MDC activists, which was to resume yesterday, has been deferred because the presiding judge Chinembiri Bhunu is occupied with other business. The seven were put to their defence after Bhunu freed 21 others at the close of the State’s case, following an application for discharge by their lawyer Beatrice…
HARARE – A Harare man has told a Harare court how his wife kept a paternity secret for 16 years. Jeffrey Simango told Harare Civil Court magistrate Tafadzwa Muvhami that his wife, Wadzanai Zvaipa, divulged that their 16-year-old daughter did not belong to him. Simango said a misunderstanding arose after his wife helped the child…
HARARE – Lucky Gomwe, 40, is appealing for assistance to undergo an operation in China to remove a growth on his spinal cord. He requires a total of $30 000 for the operation and for logistics. Gomwe has been bed-ridden since July last year. Any movement causes him excruciating pain. Gomwe said, “My whole body…
LUSAKA – Zambia’s founding father and former president Kenneth Kaunda was taken to hospital on Sunday, but is said to be in good spirits, the government said. President Michael Sata visited his predecessor in a Lusaka hospital, where 89-year-old Kaunda is reportedly being treated for fatigue. Images released by the Zambian government showed Kaunda standing…
HARARE – Clive Stockil, an international award-winning conservationist, has said Zimbabwe is fast becoming too small for wildlife as animals compete for space with humans amid alarming poaching. Presenting a lecture at celebrations of his lifetime award in Harare last week, Stockil said acres of wilderness were being destroyed to pave way for agriculture and…
HARARE – President Mugabe said at the weekend he felt “youthful and energetic as a boy of nine.” That, of course, is an exaggeration designed to instil public confidence in a man who is now visibly battling the vicissitudes of old age. Indeed, he did seem to exhibit some degree of energy after his visit…
HARARE – Reports that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, the body responsible for collecting tax is probing the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Authority (ZBC) management to see if they were paying their taxes is welcome news to many Zimbabweans. Many must be quacking in their boots at Pockets Hill and elsewhere in the nation. Information minister Jonathan Moyo,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe plans to repossess unused platinum claims as part of strategies to improve mineral production in the country. Mines minister, Walter Chidhakwa, told businessdaily that his ministry is currently working on a legal framework to enable government to repossess the claims. He said the authorities “will not hesitate to withdraw licences from companies…
HARARE – British American Tobacco Zimbabwe (BAT) targets to produce 1,45 billion cigarettes this year on the back of surging demand. Its managing director, Lovemore Manatsa, said while the target is way behind the company’s peak of 2,3 billion in 1999, BAT would capitalise on a stable economic environment. “We are confident that our strategies…
