HARARE – The recent introduction of various taxes by the government at a time life is becoming increasingly tougher for the average man will not help revive the ailing economy. President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF-led government must slash its bloated cabinet, reduce capital expenditure and cut on the civil servants wage bill. There…
HARARE – Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe yesterday fined ex-Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi $150 for contravening the Firearms Act. If he fails to pay the fine, he will be jailed for four months. Kudzayi is also facing charges of insurgency, terrorism, banditry, sabotage, and attempting to subvert a constitutionally-elected government. The State alleges that Kudzayi…
HARARE – About $45 million in diamond revenue was on Friday seized by a South African company in Belgium after it had been granted an interim order against President Robert Mugabe’s cash-strapped government over a cancelled platinum concession, the Daily News can reveal. This comes after Amari Platinum Holdings Limited (Amari) had taken the crisis-ridden…
MASVINGO – MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai has urged Zimbabweans to come out of their cocoons and engage in street protests against President Robert Mugabe’s 34-year-rule which has been characterised by suffering and abuse. Speaking during the party’s 15th anniversary celebrations at Mucheke Stadium in Masvingo on Saturday, Tsvangirai called for a nationwide demonstration to put…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is losing about $17 billion in revenue annually by selling raw diamonds to external markets, chairman of the Zimbabwe Diamond Technology Centre (ZDTC), Lovemore Kurotwi, has said. Kurotwi told a delegation of international diamond experts touring the ZDTC yesterday that countries who sell processed diamonds generate over $70 billion in revenue. “My…
BULAWAYO – War veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda said youths in Bulawayo who invaded farms on the outskirts of the city were victims of the current poor economic situation. Zanu PF activists riding under the auspices of Bulawayo Chapter of Youth in Farming Organisation led by Tariro Magovanyika, 34 and Mark Muunganirwa, 35 have in the…
HARARE – Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has come out in defence of salaries awarded to Harare City Council town clerk Tendai Mahachi and his directors, amid reports of an obscene wage bill at the local authority. During a consultative meeting for the 2015 Harare City Council budget, Manyenyeni told councillors and stakeholders that as long…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police has been lambasted by chiefs as the they are always clashing over the implementation of the Customary Law. President of the Chiefs Council, Fortune Charumbira hit at the police for disrespect, saying chiefs should be left alone to exercise their powers. “We have powers that are constitutional. But when…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has formally approached Zambia with a proposal to co-bid for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations following a visit there last week by Zifa chief executive Jonathan Mashingaidze and Zimbabwe Tourism (ZTA) boss Karikoga Kaseke. But a sticking point is that the Zambians have long set their sights on staging the 2019…
HARARE – Highlanders yesterday recovered in emphatic fashion from last weekend’s thumping 4-1 defeat by Dynamos, beating city neighbours How Mine to sail through to the Chibuku Super Cup semi-finals. The Bulawayo giants got their goals through Felix Chindungwe, Dumisani Ndlovu and Charles Sibanda at Hartsfield Rugby Stadium while the gold miners pulled one back…
