HARARE – The Constitutional Court has deferred Harare West MDC MP Jessie Majome’s challenge to the constitutionality of paying ZBC licences. Tazorora Musarurwa, the lawyer representing ZBC, yesterday said the matter could not proceed because one of the nine Constitutional Court judges was unavailable. Majome is lodging the suit together with Musangano Lodge, Benard Wekare…
HARARE – Jacob Mudenda, the Speaker of the National Assembly, has threatened to eject from the house legislators who raise “frivolous” points of order that are designed to disturb the flow of debate. Mudenda said this as he cautioned MDC lawmakers Nelson Chamisa and Innocent Gonese during debate in the august House on Tuesday. The…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has paid China an unbudgeted $180 million towards loans owed to the Asian economic giant. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said the payment is part of Zimbabwe’s effort to improve relations between the two countries. This comes as the Treasury chief, along with President Robert Mugabe, were in China recently for a week-long…
HARARE – Businessman cum-musician Energy Mutodi, who is also a director of the National Housing Delivery Trust (NHDT), has been picked up by police over theft of trust property allegations involving $300 000. He has since been released.
HARARE – Anglo American Platinum (Anglo)’ Zimbabwe unit Unki Mine plans to spend $100 million on capital projects, including employees’ houses. Mpumi Sithole, the miner’s media relations manager, yesterday said the projects, which began last year, comprise bulk infrastructure and is structured into two phases. “956 houses are due for completion by no later than…
HARARE – Zimbabwe must set predictable policies and respect property rights for it to benefit from the growing Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Africa, United States envoy Bruce Wharton said. He said while the southern African nation was progressing in the ICT sector, the country needs to set investor friendly policies to attract more players….
HARARE – The introduction of the Central Securities Depository (CSD) is expected to significantly improve the liquidity crisis in Zimbabwe, analysts say. Campbell Musiwa, chief executive of the Chengetedzai Depository Company (Chengetedzai), said the system will improve liquidity by attracting additional domestic and foreign investors as the new settlement, clearing and trading standards are internationally…
HARARE – Organisers of the much-hyped Harare Jazz Festival which was set for Saturday at Belgravia Sports Club have cancelled the music jamboree citing a number of logistical hitches. The jazz festival was set to feature South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, Afro-jazz singer Dorothy Masuku and guitarist Kunle Ayo of Nigeria. A contingent of local…
HARARE – Davies Events, the organisers of the recently-cancelled John Legend show are planning to bring to Zimbabwe British singer James Blunt in February 2015. As a way of compensating fans for the cancelled All of Me Tour, the promoters are working on bringing in another equally powerful international artiste. In a statement released on…
HARARE – Fast-riding Chimurenga musician Jairos Chabvonga has vowed to take exiled legend Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo’s music legacy to another level. Chabvonga said Mukanya, who went into self-exile in the early 2000s left a void difficult to fill in terms of the Chimurenga genre and he was ready to go out to re-establish his rich…
