HARARE – Human rights defenders have described Friday’s food riots by prisoners as a warning to the Zanu PF-led government that it needs to urgently fix its attitude towards the observance of essential rights. This comes as 11 people — three prison officials and eight prisoners from Chikurubi Maximum Prison — are battling for life…
HARARE – A committee, set-up by Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo led by Percy Toriro, found that Caledonia Farm was illegally divided into 23 000 housing stands. Toriro’s committee revealed that Caledonia, which is bigger than certain towns like Marondera and Bindura, has over 200 housing cooperatives. Two district administrators (DAs) from Goromonzi and Mabvuku-Tafara…
HARARE – A combination of perennial poor planning and adverse weather conditions threatens to unleash one of the severest food crises Zimbabwe has witnessed in the past few years, amid indications that up to 30 percent of the national food crop planted this season is a complete write off. Zimbabwe planted nearly two million hectares…
HARARE – Rising hip-hop artiste Yoz, who is popular for collaborating with star chanter Shinsoman on the club banger Tasangana Zvidhakwa, was brutally attacked by unknown assailants after the Zimdancehall Awards on Friday night. A visibly injured Yoz, who was born Kennedy Simbanegavi, suspects that his attackers are linked to award-winning Zimdancehall artiste Seh Calaz….
LONDON – Society makes us appear so self-centred. Look at social media; you have to either promote yourself on Twitter and Instagram. Then there is Facebook, where one is addressing issues pertaining to themselves. How much more can we be narcissistic? This week some people interviewing me on a project I am working on called…
HARARE – Comrade Fatso and several leading local comedians have teamed up to create a DVD titled Seventy Five Percent. On the no-holds-barred DVD set to be released next month, Comrade Fatso, who was born Sam Monro, collaborated with popular jesters Michael K and Clive Chigubu. The DVD covers issues that tackle taboos in politics,…
HARARE – Telecel International (TI) executives are in Zimbabwe to discuss the fate of its local unit following government threats to shut down the mobile operator. This also comes as two of Empowerment Corporation (Private) Limited (EC)’s main shareholders — Jane Mutasa and James Mutasa — have reportedly closed ranks amid signs by the Harare…
HARARE – Banking group ABC Holdings Limited (ABCH) has secured a $50 million multi-currency loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for on-lending to small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs). The loan, with a seven-year tenor, will be disbursed through ABCH’s subsidiaries in Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe — which AfDB said has “many enterprises facing liquidity challenges”. “The…
HARARE – It is high time the entire Zifa board chaired by Cuthbert Dube and the secretariat led by CEO Jonathan Mashingaidze resign from their posts. Since last year, Dube and his board have been under pressure to step down for some time now. The leadership vacuum at Zifa was laid bare on Thursday when…
HARARE – In an important ruling, High Court judge David Mangota has ordered the police to search for abducted pro-democracy activist Itai Dzamara, including advertising on national television and in major newspapers the fact that he is missing. Mangota gave the order yesterday, including asking the police to give a report every Friday on the…
