EDITOR — When I think of the struggle for change, Morgan Tsvangirai’s face pops up in my head because at one time he was the face of the struggle of change. He was indeed the exponent of the people’s evaluative viewpoint. Note that I am speaking in the past tense. This is because over the…
HARARE – The past two weeks have illustrated that Zimbabwe has all the traits of a personalistic regime. The life of the country virtually revolves around one person — President Robert Mugabe. Personalistic regimes have been defined as systems in which one powerful individual dominates the government apparatus and its instruments, including the military, the…
HARARE – A Central Mechanical and Equipment Department (CMED) managing director Davidson Mhaka has admitted, much to the chagrin of the parliamentary committee on Transport and Infrastructure, that his organisation was fleeced of $2,7m in a fuel deal gone bad. He also admitted that they used taxpayers’ money to pay a local company, First Oil, before…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe used his quota of invitations to his daughter, Bona’s wedding to invite a string of wealthy friends and benefactors, including South Africa’s richest black man — mining magnate Patrice Motsepe. The invite to Motsepe, who has a net worth of $2,7bn, according to Forbes’ rich list estimates, raised eyebrows with…
HARARE – High Court Judge Garainesu Mawadze has freed two Air Zimbabwe bosses on $3 000 bail each. Mawadze granted the airline’s former chief executive Peter Chikumba and sacked company secretary Grace Pfumbidzayi, both facing fraud charges, bail on stringent conditions. Above the $3 000 payment, Mawadze asked the two to report to CID serious frauds three times a week,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi is mulling a constitutional challenge to stop what he describes as abuse of parliamentary privilege in tackling national issues, including salary-gate. This also comes as the tax collector and his organisation have petitioned local papers to stop publishing stories around his alleged astronomical pay following Mbizo…
HARARE – The State has insisted that it will not prosecute Bikita West MP Munyaradzi Kereke over rape allegations and urged the complainants to pursue a private prosecution. But the complainant described it as a miscarriage of justice. Kereke, a former advisor to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, is accused of raping an 11-year-old…
HARARE – Opposition leaders have said they are prepared to engage with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai over a grand coalition provided they are approached in a proper manner. The former prime minister told his supporters at a rally in Budiriro over the weekend that he was ready to join hands with other opposition parties. “The…
HARARE – Nicholas Goche, the Labour minister, has filed a $500 000 defamation claim against NewsDay and its publisher Alpha Media Holdings (AMH). The minister, through his lawyers, Nyika Kanengoni and Partners, filed papers at the High Court demanding damages for alleged defamatory articles written by the NewsDay on February 20 titled “Zinara boss caught…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate has set a trial date for businessman-cum-musician Energy Mutodi who is facing a $2 million fraud charge. Magistrate Vakayi Chikwekwe has set April 28 as the trial date. The State intends to call 22 000 witnesses in the trial in which the Chigorodanda-hitmaker reportedly swindled Mutare home-seekers of $2 million. Mutodi…
