KINGSTON – Jamaican rapper and dancehall star Vybz Kartel has been sentenced to life in prison for the August, 2011 murder of Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams. On March 13, embattled Jamaican rapper, songwriter and dancehall performer Vybz Kartel was found guilty of the August, 2011 murder of Clive “Lizard” Williams. Less than a month later, on…
HARARE – The vicious factionalism within Zanu PF has spilled into Parliament — disguised as a fight against corruption — as the battle to succeed President Robert Mugabe intensifies. While factional fights in the ruling party have previously been confined to the politburo and other organs of the party, the election to Parliament of young…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa will next week travel to Washington, United States, to attend the International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meetings. The Treasury chief — struggling to secure bailout packages and budgetary support — said he would use the platform to lure investors into investment-starved Zimbabwe. He acknowledged that foreign investors were critical…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s banking sector deposits stagnated at $4 billion in 2013, indicating tightening liquidity conditions, according to Agribank chief executive Sam Malaba. He said about 80 percent of the deposits remained short term and transitory. “The stagnation… reflects the deteriorating current account balance,” said Malaba, also the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) vice president….
HARARE – Another MDC activist who is accused of assaulting suspended party deputy treasurer Elton Mangoma appeared in court yesterday. Denford Ngadziore, 32, appeared before Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe facing assault charges. He was remanded to April 14, on $100 bail. Ngadziore is jointly charged with Francis Mafimbidzofa, 38, Enock Mukudu, 31, Stefani Tafadzwa Jahwi,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s companies are posting heavy losses — an ominous sign of accelerated economic decline. Coal miner, Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), has registered a $44 million pre-tax loss for the year to December 2013. HCCL, which is a critical component in Zimbabwe’s economic growth as it provides coal to fire industries as well…
HARARE – Francis Nhema, Zimbabwe’s Indigenisation minister, yesterday revealed that diamond companies merely made gentleman’s agreements and used goodwill towards the contribution of $10 million each towards the Community Share Ownership Trust (CSOT). Nhema was giving oral evidence before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Youth and Indigenisation. He was asked to clarify how much each…
MASVINGO – A Mutare pair which allegedly attempted to steal diamonds at Chinese-owned Nan Jiang Resources Mine in Bikita has been set free by a Masvingo magistrate due to lack of incriminating evidence. Masvingo regional magistrate Judith Zuyu on Wednesday acquitted Lazarus Birima, 33, and Francis Ruzariro, 29, after the State failed to prove a…
HARARE – A scored woman has been dragged before a Harare magistrate on charges of urinating on the plates of her ex-husband’s new wife. Matron Mhewembwa yesterday told the court her husband’s ex-wife Primrose Makokoro urinated on her plates, which were in the sink, after a heated exchange. Mhewembwa hauled Makokoro before the Harare Civil…
BULAWAYO – A 41-year-old real estate employee who attempted to outwit police officers at a roadblock along Gweru-Bulawayo highway by claiming that the Mercedes Benz he was driving belonged to police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri has been brought before the courts. Edward Baira of Mabelreign in Harare had presented a fake driver’s licence to the officers…
