HARARE – Talented guitarist and vocalist Progress Chipfumo has been hauled before the Harare Civil Court for failing to pay a $90 debt. Chipfumo reportedly failed to pay Lucky Chipudla after he engaged him to make posters and banners for his show held in April last year. Chipudla, who was claiming $173 from the musician,…
HARARE – Early each morning, groups of bleary-eyed women and men who spent the night sleeping at a bus depot in Johannesburg scramble their blankets and check the condition of their goods. Others still wrapped in blankets, sit huddled together for warmth in the inclement early morning chill a few blocks away from central Johannesburg’s…
HARARE – A white commercial farmer died on Tuesday from injuries sustained after a brutal attack that also claimed his daughter’s life. Malcom Francis died nearly a week after the death of his daughter Catherine. They were attacked by a mob reportedly terrorising Guruve in Mashonaland Central. In a statement, Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president…
LONDON – We understand from press reports that businessman Philip Chiyangwa has filed a $250 million lawsuit for defamation against Nehanda Radio. We are glad Mr Chiyangwa has accepted our challenge (issued live on radio) and decided to sue. While everyone has the right to sue if they feel aggrieved it is alarming that Mr…
CAIRO – A court in Egypt has sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison after finding him guilty of embezzling public funds. His two sons, Alaa and Gamal, were also convicted and given four-year terms. The three were also fined $3m (£1.8m) and ordered to repay the $17.6m (£10.4m) they were accused…
HARARE – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed multi-billion dollar, 30-year gas deal with China. The deal between Russia’s Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has been 10 years in the making. No official price has been given but it estimated to be worth over $400bn. Russia has been keen to find an alternative…
HARARE – A delegation from India’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry is expected in Zimbabwe at the end of this month to explore trade and investment opportunities. Zimtrade — a body created to facilitate trade and promote investment in Zimbabwe — said the team was interested in various sectors including energy, agriculture, health, ICT, mining,…
HARARE – Brazil has granted a $100 million loan to Zimbabwe out of $1,6 billion in lines of credit it is extending to Africa. The funds — to be disbursed in tranches — are targeted at financing Zimbabwe’s agriculture development. Marcia Maro Da Silva, the Brazilian ambassador to Zimbabwe, said she expected the first tranche…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF is mired in confusion over a politburo meeting called today in the 90-year-old leader’s absence. Top officials yesterday contradicted each other over the meeting as a fresh storm brews in the faction-riddled party. With Mugabe away in Singapore for a “routine eye check-up”, today’s politburo meeting, which was…
HARARE – Businessman Phillip Chiyangwa claims he is HIV negative basing his assertions on what he says is a January laboratory test. This is contained in a $250 million defamation lawsuit against a United Kingdom-based website which he says claimed he suffers from a terminal sexually transmitted disease, was a corrupt businessman, and that his…
