HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s medical costs, especially his regular shuttle to specialists in Singapore, are an expense bankrupt Zimbabwe cannot afford, financiers say. He left for Singapore again on Wednesday and returns to Harare next Thursday, his third medical trip to Singapore in 90 days. The cost of this trip will be at least…
HARARE – Legislators last week rallied for the distribution of condoms at schools, calling upon relevant authorities to swallow the bitter pill and accept that children are now engaging in sex at a tender age. As the debate on condoms distribution at schools rages on, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Care, chaired…
HARARE – Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Zimbabwe are threatening to lobby for the dethronement of President Robert Mugabe from both his Africa Union and Sadc chairmanship posts unless government brings back “abducted” political activist Itai Dzamara. In a statement issued last week, the 83-member organisation laid the blame for the disappearance of Dzamara, 36,…
HARARE – A Harare man who is answering to charges of swindling Air Force of Zimbabwe Commander Air Marshal Perrance Shiri of $50 000 told the court during the ongoing trial that the project was frustrated by lack of funding. Brian Kambasha is the chief executive officer of Hemmingworth Cartwright (Private) Limited, a registered company…
MUTARE – There is a mad scramble within Zanu PF to succeed former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa as Member of Parliament for Headlands, with at least 15 candidates, all backed by opposing party heavyweights, expressing interest so far for the coveted seat. Despite the fact that Zanu PF is yet to sanction official campaigning…
WASHINGTON – Ten US aid workers who were possibly exposed to Ebola are being evacuated back to America from Sierra Leone. On Friday it was announced that a US aid worker back from Sierra Leone had tested positive and was being treated in hospital near Washington DC. The evacuees may have been in contact with…
HARARE – Unrest and a morbid spirit of lawlessness among Zimbabweans, fed by escalating anger against President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF government, is fast spreading around the country, with the latest ruckus being last Friday’s deadly mutiny at Harare’s maximum security prison, Chikurubi. Analysts and opposition political parties who spoke to the Daily…
HARARE – Gospel musician Mathias Mhere claims 10 000 copies of his latest album Glory To Glory have been sold but spiritedly denies the good sales are down to the alleged adultery between his wife and his friend Gift Mahlupeka. For over a month the jury has been out on Mhere ever since the alleged…
HARARE – Opposition party leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday left for the United States of America (US), as he embarks on a diplomatic offensive to shed light on the deteriorating political and socio-economic situation in the country. Apparently buoyed by a surprisingly huge turnout to his rally last week, the former Prime Minister is, according to…
MASVINGO – Zimbabwean workers body has accused the ruling Zanu PF government of shedding crocodile tears over the abduction and disappearance of journalist-cum-political activist, Itai Dzamara. In a statement, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) a labour body that represents the majority of Zimbabwean workers called on the State to come clean on the…
