BULAWAYO – Jonathan Moyo, minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, has likened last year’s July 31 harmonised elections to Zanu PF’s 1980 landslide victory that ended years of oppressive minority rule. Zimbabwe’s longtime President Robert Mugabe won 61 percent of the presidential vote on July 31, followed by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai with 33…
HARARE – Zimbabwean legislators, considered by many citizens as greedy, are demanding hefty salary packages, similar to those being earned by heads of parastatals. Shadreck Mashayamombe, Zanu PF MP for Harare South, tabled the demand in Parliament on Thursday when he was debating a motion on corruption. He said low salaries have exposed MPs to…
HARARE – Junior ranks among Zimbabwe’s 230 000-strong civil servants have always been on the receiving end of raw deals. Although they earn little, collectively, they are a powerhouse when their earnings are added up. They are the least paid in the region, earning an average $300. Their bosses, the permanent secretaries, who keep government machinery…
HARARE – You bid farewell to your friends when going overseas, they tell you to bring them chocolates, a bottle of fine whiskey or vodka, or a pair of killer heels or nice suit for men. But tell them you are off to Binga, all you get is; “Please bring me the highest grade.” It…
HARARE – Allan Makore, 35, never worries about astronomical electricity bills anymore. This is because he no longer needs to think about meeting a deadline every month to avert power disconnection, thanks to pre-paid meters. Despite the incessant power cuts currently experienced in Zimbabwe as a result of inadequate power generation capacity, the amount of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will today mark International Women’s Day with meetings and protests against rising gender-based violence (GBV), although there are some celebrations for hard-won victories. In the capital Harare, where dozens of women continue to take refuge in shelters after gender-based attacks, victims are due to call for greater government efforts to stop the…
HARARE – The MDC National Council suspended deputy treasurer general Elton Mangoma for bribery, undermining elected officials, bringing the party into disrepute and fanning factionalism. Tendai Biti, the secretary-general of the party — who reportedly did not object to Mangoma’s suspension in the National Council — immediately addressed a press conference at his Tendai Biti Law…
HARARE – Firms mining diamonds in Chiadzwa say they never pledged $10 million each and were never consulted on the Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust (MZCSOT) as claimed by Chief Gilbert Marange and some government officials. This emerged after officials from Mbada Diamonds, Jinan Mining, Marange Resources, Anjin and Diamond Mining Company (DMC) appeared before…
HARARE – High Court Judge Joseph Musakwa will next Tuesday rule on an outstanding bail application filed by two Air Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Air Zimbabwe) bosses, accused of siphoning several millions of dollars from the struggling national airline. Grace Nyaradzai Pfumbidzai, Air Zimbabwe’s former legal manager and company secretary; and Innocent Mavhunga, the airline’s ex-acting…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has acquitted Tendai Ganyani, the Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura’s secretary, of pornography charges after the State failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt allegations against her. Magistrate Donald Ndirowei said the State failed to clarify whether the pornographic material was in Ganyani’s possession or in Gumbura’s possession….
