HARARE – With the end of the rainy season almost upon us and harvesting of the summer maize crop imminent, this is again an opportune time to bring the “land issue” back under the spotlight. In the next few weeks, preparations should be underway for winter cropping and most importantly for winter wheat — a…
EDITOR — The leadership renewal call by some members of the MDC has not been given the attention it deserves by true progressive members of the opposition movement. Morgan Tsvangirai, the real target of the renewal calls has also managed to stifle debate on the same, using his well-known old strategy of unleashing violence against…
EDITOR — Dube, let me start by congratulating you for winning the much-awaited Zifa elections last Saturday. I hope I find you in great spirits and ready to begin your second spell at the helm of Zimbabwean football. Let me not get too excited about your re-election and remind you of things the football public…
HARARE – Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Limited (Atlas Mara) is set to acquire banking group ABC Holdings (ABCH) and its major shareholder AfricanDevelopment Corporation (ADC) in a $265 million cash and shares deal. Under the transaction, Atlas Mara — co-founded by former Barclays Plc’s chief executive Robert Diamond and Africa’s youngest millionaire Ashish Thakkar — will…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s refusal to attend the on-going European Union (EU)-Africa summit reveals its “bad boy” attitude and will further dampen investor confidence, economists say. They say the boycott could scuttle efforts made by the business community for the restoration of full economic and commercial relations between EU and Zimbabwe. Local business leaders and investors…
HARARE – More than 150 000 people, including foreigners, are expected to attend Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa’s “Judgement Night” prayer session at the National Sports Stadium on April 19. Makandiwa, a popular preacher with a huge following throughout the country and on the continent, announced at a recent church service that this year’s Judgement Night would…
HARARE – The following is an unedited statement issued by Jonathan Moyo last night in reaction to allegations made against him by Temba Mliswa. “The allegations you are putting to me sound like they are coming from quarters that have been caught with their fingers in the till and they imagine that they can fool…
HARARE – Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku is set to rule whether Munyaradzi Kereke, former adviser to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, should be heard by the Constitutional Court after failing to file his arguments in time. Kereke filed a court application seeking to push Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate retired RBZ governor Gideon Gono…
HARARE – Over 500 Kuwadzana 3 Primary School parents in Harare yesterday besieged the school demanding the transfer of the school head and one of the pupils on allegations of practising Satanism. Lessons for the day were disrupted as anti-riot police failed to disperse the agitated parents. It took the intervention of local Member of…
CHINGWIZI CAMP – Flood victims at Chingwizi holding camp have accused government workers and Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers in charge of distributing aid of demanding sex from females in exchange for food and other commodities. The victims, particularly males, expressed concern about the actions of government workers, who are allegedly asking for sexual favours…
