WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton has told reporters she used private emails out of “convenience” during her time as secretary of state. But Mrs Clinton said it “would have been better” to have two accounts to separate work and personal emails. The issue of whether Mrs Clinton breached federal records rules has gained attention as she…
HARARE – Nedbank Group Limited (Nedbank)’s Zimbabwean unit MBCA Bank (MBCA) has been indigenised in line with the country’s empowerment policy. The bank – 74 percent owned by the South African Nedbank – said its empowerment compliance plan was approved by Zimbabwe’s Indigenisation ministry. Although President Robert Mugabe’s government has hinted that indigenisation thresholds will…
HARARE – With Zanu PF’s brutal purges of perceived allies of former vice president Joice Mujuru not just escalating, but also worsening the party’s ugly factional and succession wars, its leaders are scrambling to limit the damage — amidst fears that the former liberation movement could implode completely. Since the damp squib 2014 congress, Zanu…
HARARE – Seven years after an estimated 4 000 people died in a cholera outbreak, Zimbabwe is once again in danger of becoming one of the epicentres of a fresh regional epidemic, as the number of people who have contracted the illness have doubled since Thursday last week. As of yesterday, the epidemic had laid…
BULAWAYO – Protesting commuter omnibus drivers yesterday blocked the Tshabalala-Nkulumane intersection to press home demands against spot fines and harassment by police manning numerous roadblocks along major routes from residential suburbs into town daily. Police in riot-control gear manned a major intersection that acts as an artery to the city centre and industrial sites where…
HARARE – Civil society organisations have petitioned Jacob Mudenda, the Speaker of the National Assembly, to first audit the central bank’s $1,3 billion debt before adopting the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Debt Assumption Bill. The petition, undersigned by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) and its affiliate members including African Forum and…
HARARE – Former Air Zimbabwe chief executive officer Peter Chikumba chaired a meeting that resolved to engage Navistar Insurance brokers, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. Chikumba is jointly charged with former Air Zimbabwe legal secretary Grace Pfumbidzayi on allegations of siphoning several millions of dollars from the struggling national airline by defrauding the airline through…
ABIDJAN — A court in Ivory Coast on Tuesday sentenced former first lady Simone Gbagbo to a 20-year prison term on charges of “undermining state security” during post-election violence in 2010-2011 that left nearly 3,000 dead. The wife of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo was also accused of “disturbing public order” and “organising armed gangs”…
HARARE – There was a heavy South African feel at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) on Friday night where the internationally-acclaimed Zahara and Mafikizolo shared the stage. Though local artistes Jah Prayzah, Winky D and PaChihera performed, the heavy presence of members of the South African community who included diplomats, made the high-profile show…
HARARE – After bagging two of the main awards — the Best Male Artist and the Best Song as well the Best Social Message — Tocky Vibes was clearly the biggest winner at the Zimdancehall Awards held at the Harare Showgrounds on Friday. The 21-year-old Zimdancehall star, who also won two National Arts Merit Awards…
