HARARE – Zimbabwe plans to cancel independent power producers (IPPs) licences —with a capacity to generate 5 000 megawatts (MW) — including Essar Africa (Essar)’s. Gloria Magombo, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) chief executive, yesterday told Parliament that the country was increasingly getting frustrated by more than 12 IPPs that were failing to get…
HARARE – National airline Air Zimbabwe (Airzim) is seeking new partners as part of its turnaround strategies. Its acting-chief executive Edmund Makona told Parliament on Monday that the national flag carrier — with a debt overhang of $298 million — wants to engage its major shareholder, government, for funding and fresh capital. “With our debt…
HARARE – Miss Curvy, now dubbed Diamond Queen of Africa, will be held on September 11 at the Gaborone International Convention Centre in Botswana. The pageant, which is a homegrown idea of Mercy Mushaninga’s ZimGossip Modelling Agency, failed to kick off last year in Namibia over fears of Ebola. “The reason we are taking it…
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo-based gospel artiste Dorothy Chipo Madamba on Saturday launched her debut eight-track gospel album at Bulawayo National Museum. The launch was attended by her family, friends and some of Bulawayo’s revered artistes including Takesure Zamar Ncube, Abigail Mwembe, Sindiso Dube, Simon Phiri Mambabzo and Clarence Garura among others. The album, titled Promises Of…
HARARE – The dates for the Miss World Zimbabwe beauty pageant are likely to be moved again, to pave way for the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF). The ZITF dates were moved last week. Initially, Miss World Zimbabwe had been slated for April 26, but the organisers were forced to mote it to May 2…
HARARE – Eyebrows have been raised about the circumstances surrounding President Robert Mugabe’s daughter, Bona, chaperoning the nonagenarian and occupying a high and visible position during his official engagements in Japan. Both social media and dinner table tittle tattle in the country have been agog over the past few days as Bona has taken an…
HARARE – Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has ruled that former presidential affairs minister Didymus Mutasa’s application challenging his recent expulsion from Parliament should be heard on an urgent basis. Mutasa filed the application together with his nephew Temba Mliswa, following the duo’s expulsion from Parliament, and before that, from Zanu PF. Mutasa and Mliswa have…
HARARE – Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga is continuing with his battle to regain his R4 million Rolls Royce, as lawyers have accused the South African Revenue Services (Sars) of “bias, bad faith and wrongfully impounding” the car. As the four-year saga rages on, the Auto Haus Car Hire and Tours (Private) Limited (Auto Haus) ride…
HARARE – Top Zanu PF officials including cabinet ministers are living in fear of the dreaded government spies, whom they allege are constantly monitoring their movements as the contentious purge of party officials linked to former vice president Joice Mujuru continues, the Daily News has been told. As the deadly succession wars in Zanu PF…
HARARE – Human rights discourse delineates rights into two categories: economic, social and cultural rights on one hand, and civil and political rights on the other. These rights are, however, indivisible; they should come as one package. But a look at Zanu PF politics shows that the regime has sought to divide these rights. Emphasis…
