HARARE – Government should put an end to exports of raw materials as a first step in establishing domestic processing industries that will dramatically boost revenue from sales of finished products, hike tax receipts and benefit Zimbabweans, President Robert Mugabe said yesterday. Officially opening the 104th Agricultural Show in Harare, Mugabe said the rate at…
HARARE – Tendai Biti’s renewal team has upheld Robert Mugabe’s presidential election victory again, but the veteran leader’s defeated rival Morgan Tsvangirai insists the poll was rigged, igniting fresh tensions . The July 31, 2013 vote cleared the way for Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old president to retain the top job. Biti’s renewal team spokesperson Jacob Mafume delivered…
HARARE – Seven MDC activists accused of obstructing or endangering free movement of people and traffic shall remain in custody, after the State vetoed their bail order. The State invoked section 121 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act yesterday to quash a bail ruling by a Harare magistrate court to grant them bail. The…
GWERU – Town clerk Daniel Matawu has defended the decision to place an advert in a local daily congratulating President Robert Mugabe for assuming the chairmanship of Sadc. The 90-year-old Zanu PF leader was handed the rotating chair of the 15-member Sadc at the two-day summit that ended in Victoria Falls on Sunday. MDC spokesperson…
HARARE – Two of the three men who were jailed following the Chivero boat disaster that killed 11 children on Christmas day in 2011 have been acquitted by the High Court. Fadil Ramon Weale and ?Joseph Abrahams were on Wednesday found not guilty after their lawyer Hamios Mukonoweshuro filed an appeal against Harare magistrate Tendai…
MUTARE – A Mutare municipal employee was yesterday fined $20 for smoking marijuana. Tinashe Mukandi of Dangamvura was convicted by Mutare magistrate Annia Ndiraya on his own plea of guilty. The State led by Cuthbert Bosha said Mukandi was caught red handed with a smoldering stub of the drug. Mukandi’s pleas for mercy at the…
CHICAGO – A well-known South Side activist and restaurateur was sentenced to seven months in prison today for violating federal law by lobbying on behalf of the regime of Zimbabwe’s longtime president in spite of US economic sanctions. Prince Asiel Ben Israel, 73, whose colourful history in Chicago includes leadership of a religious sect in…
MUTARE- A conman has been jailed for 10 months by Mutare magistrate Annie Ndiraya. Simba Kwaramba, 34, was given an option to restitute the $420 he prejudiced Engrome Chiname on the false promise of registering his company. Four months were suspended for five years on condition he did not commit a similar offence. It is…
VICTORIA FALLS – A Victoria Falls magistrate on Thursday set free four Bulawayo Agenda (BA) officials who had been on trial for contravening provisions of the Public Order and Security Act (Posa). The four BA officials, Mmeli Dube (the research, information and advocacy officer), Butholezwe Kgosi Nyathi (the senior programmes officer), Nthombiyezansi Mabunda Tozana (the…
HARARE – This Monday, the tri-angular cricket series featuring hosts Zimbabwe, South Africa and Australia starts at the Harare Sports Club. It has been a long time since Zimbabwe hosted top cricket nations of this nature and as expected, local cricket fans anticipate a good time. The locals’ enthusiasm with this series is understandable, considering…
