HARARE – Violence threatened to rear its ugly head in Chitungwiza yesterday as a mob threatened to burn down the mayor’s house and kidnap his children following the demolition of properties by council in the early hours of Friday morning. “A mob of more than 50 people came to my offices and threatened to beat…
NEW YORK – A mystery no-show at the United Nations raises speculations about the state of health of Zambia’s President, Michael Sata, who last week emphatically told the Lusaka Parliament, “I am not dead.” A well-placed source at the UN told Newsweek that Sata died in his hotel room on Thursday. The Associated Press reported…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa and Zimbabwe will have the largest observer contingents during Mozambique’s elections on October 15, with at least 100 observers each, Miguel de Brito of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (Eisa) said on Thursday.The ruling party, Frelimo, is in pole position to extend its unbroken grip on power since…
HARARE – Government is set to avail 313 283 housing units across the country to ease the 1,3 million-unit backlog, Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo has said. In a statement yesterday, Chombo told a National Housing conference that in line with promises made to the electorate in the run up to last year’s elections, Zanu…
HARARE – A member of a gang of robbers that used a hired Honda CRV as a getaway car and targeted passengers travelling to Chinhoyi yesterday appeared before the courts facing charges of robbery. Tapiwa Mudimu, 23, and his accomplices would allegedly drive into a bushy area with the complainants and rob them at knife…
HARARE – Government has awarded its ministries an extra $468 million, with the Agriculture ministry getting the biggest chunk of $236 635 000. In a general notice 250 of 2014 published in the Government Gazette yesterday, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa through the Appropriation (Supplementary) Act, adjusted the consolidated revenue fund with $468 million. “The consolidated…
HARARE – Cash strapped Zimbabweans will have to folk out more after government announced plans to bill boreholes, a move that has rattled citizens. Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) which governs the country’s water bodies has embarked on a drive to install meters on boreholes country wide. Environment, Water and Climate deputy minister Simon Musanhu…
HARARE – Tobacco Sales Limited Company (TSL), which is accused of fraudulently selling State land in Mazowe resulting in a local businessman being prejudiced of over $600 000 in a botched deal, has applied for acquittal. The company, represented by its chief executive officer Washington Matsaire, is jointly charged with the firm’s managing director Richard…
HARARE – Oppah Muchinguri, Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development minister, will be guest of honour at the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists’ (Zuj) National Journalism And Media Awards (Njama) dinner gala set for October 17 in Harare, the unions’ secretary general Foster Dongozi has said. This year’s awards would run under the theme: “Women Make…
HARARE – The Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has accused Green Fuels of “endangering human life and animals” through the pollution of water bodies in Chisumbanje, and where it runs an ethanol plant, parliament heard on Thursday. Apart from producing evidence of the acidic water in the august house Thursday, the State agency director- general Mutsa…
