HARARE – Zimbabwe has been ranked among the most unattractive mining destinations, with the country lagging behind the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and South Africa, according to a latest survey by Canadian think tank – the Fraser Institute (FI). In the 2014 Annual Survey of Mining Companies – which canvasses the views of mining…
HARARE – Broke Zimbabwe government is making paltry ‘token’ payments of $150 000 monthly to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to clear its $124 million debt, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. Zimbabwe is badly in debt, owing nearly $10 billion in domestic and foreign obligations. “Our intention is that by this time next year,…
LONDON – President Robert Mugabe has a tendency to swim against the tide of modernity. I am not talking about his reported disdain towards the modern gadgetry that has seized the attention of youths, including his children: he is probably right on that. Rather, it is his failure to appreciate the workings of a modern…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday savaged President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF government, accusing them of being behind the brazen, broad-daylight abduction of pro-democracy activist Itai Dzamara in Harare’s high density suburb of Glen View by suspected State agents on Monday morning. Describing the abduction as “morbid” and “callous”, Tsvangirai added that…
BULAWAYO – Mayor Martin Moyo is under pressure from Umhlahlo WeSizwe Sika Mthwakazi to rename some city streets and avenues here to reflect the city’s status as a historical and heritage site. The cultural lobbyist group raised concerns over Lobengula Street and a variety of other street and school names that are of historical significance…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s diplomats are living rough as the cash-strapped Harare government struggles to pay salaries and other operational costs, a top government official has said. This was revealed yesterday by Joey Bimha, the Foreign Affairs ministry permanent secretary. He was presenting oral evidence to the parliamentary portfolio committee on Foreign Affairs on the state…
MASVINGO – Workers at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) have embarked on a strike over their unpaid February salaries. They are also demanding last year’s 13th cheque. The workers, who included lecturers and non-teaching staff, commenced the job action on Monday. They have since passed a resolution to stay at home until the university pays them…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has made a commitment to compensate white commercial farmers who lost their property during the chaotic and often violent land seizures at the turn of the millennium. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa told journalists on Monday that the Zanu PF-led government was making strides to compensate the white farmers for improvements to the…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has described as “desperate”, attempts by Information minister Jonathan Moyo to exonerate President Robert Mugabe from accusations that the 91-year-old was threatening judges when he suggested that no court could hear the case brought against him by Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo. Moyo said in a statement on Sunday: “President…
HARARE – Nothing captures the contemptible hypocrisy of Zanu PF apparatchiks and lickspittle State media better than the saying of famous American leader, Abraham Lincoln, who likened hypocrites to “The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan”. Yes, the hyper thin-skinned grand masters of…
