HARARE – After many years of a chaos-driven, hurried and disorganised handling of the land redistribution issue, officials in charge of the Lands and Rural Resettlement ministry seem to have come up with a plan that will restore a semblance of order. The proposed land audit comes at an appropriate time and hopefully will make…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is in for a shocker in the coming months when an estimated quarter of million people are forced to return home. Soon after South Africa’s May elections, new regulations were introduced requiring foreigners to return to their country of origin to renew their South African permits. For 250 000 Zimbabweans living and…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s 2014 budget targets are in doubt on the back of a weaker economic outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. The global financier said the hard-pressed southern African nation faced rising wage pressures while it also has over expectation of the minerals sector performance. In its annual Article IV consultation report,…
HARARE – South African construction company Group Five International (Group 5) says it expects to complete the $200 million road rehabilitation project in Zimbabwe by December this year. The group told Zimbabwe’s Parliament that it had so far completed about 200km of the road between Plumtree and Shangani. “We are targeting to have completed the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is crafting laws that allow financial institutions to manage the construction of homes as part of efforts to bring transparency and accountability in housing cooperatives. Local Government minister Ignatious Chombo said government also wanted the banks to take over the servicing of stands. “A reliable and sustainable financing system is critical to…
HARARE – Preparations for this year’s edition of Miss Curvy will get into high gear this Friday when organisers of the pageant hold a fundraising dinner at Elcombe Restaurant in Harare. The fundraising dinner and a farewell function set for Junction 24 at a date to be announced are the last major preparatory events before…
HARARE – Rooftop Promotions says its new 500-seater Theatre in the Park venue, set to be officially opened in September, will offer a range of new benefits to patrons. The new venue, located in the Harare Gardens, will set up a membership facility open to both individuals and organisations. “Some of the unique benefits are…
HARARE – Mansions owners will soon have to answer questions from the taxman after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner general, Gershem Pasi, indicated that he would soon be launching an investigation into the sources of funding for the mega structures. Faced with a dwindling revenue base due to massive company closures and lack of…
HARARE – Juba Chekenyere, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) director of administration, has died. He was 54. He is the fourth top official at the commission to pass on within the past three months. Stephen Goneso, Zec acting chief executive officer, confirmed the death, saying Chekenyere died of heart failure. “He died today (yesterday) morning. He…
HARARE – Convicted Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura has a case to answer on his fresh rape charge, a Harare magistrate said yesterday. Magistrate Fadzai Mtombeni dismissed Gumbura’s application for discharge at the close of the State case because a prima facie case has been proved against him. She said the State…
