HARARE – A high level team from the European Investment Bank (EIB) is in Zimbabwe to assess the economic situation in the country, European Union (EU) Ambassador Philippe Van Damme has said. Van Damme told businessdaily yesterday that the EIB officials are scheduled to meet with Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa, the central bank governor, John…
LONDON – When a government habitually suppresses organised expressions of discontent, it seeks to portray that life is all good. Demonstrations tend to not only embarrass governments but also arouse the fear that such events may galvanise broader consciousness on the subjects of the protests. Almost always thus, when a protest is organised, the police,…
HARARE – Thirty five years ago this week, Zimbabwe became independent, in ceremonies witnessed by a host of international dignitaries. Hopes were high. At Lancaster House we managed to negotiate an agreement that ended a vicious war, established a ceasefire and enabled the first free elections to be held in the presence of international observers….
HARARE – Former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa says President Robert Mugabe is running scared despite maintaining a facade of bravado and resoluteness in public, in the face of the open revolt to his misrule by his former trusted senior lieutenants as well as the deteriorating economic climate in the country. Speaking in an interview…
HARARE – As campaigning for the forthcoming Hurungwe West by-election gets increasingly nasty, there are growing fears for the life of firebrand former seat holder Temba Mliswa, who is still languishing in police custody following his arrest at the weekend for allegedly disturbing a Zanu PF meeting in the constituency. Mliswa, who was controversially expelled…
HARARE – Government has suspended civil servants’ bonuses for the years 2015 and 2016 with a possible review in 2017, as the tax base dwindles. The public sector has even been struggling to pay salaries which gobble up about $260 million a month, at 82 percent of the total budget, which had been paid to…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Gushungo Holdings has been defrauded of over $70 000 by five of its employees, the High Court has heard. Gushungo Holdings’ manager Titus Jack, 42, is jointly charged with Juliet Jombosi, 37, Kudakwashe Ndavara, 24, Tavengwa Katanda, 36 and Lloyd Banda, 34. Jack and his alleged accomplices deny the allegations….
HARARE – World-acclaimed jazz maestro Hugh Masekela gave a mind-blowing presentation during a concert held in Harare on Saturday night. Masekela’s performance at the 7 Arts Theatre in Avondale justified the entry charge of between $80 and $125 revellers paid to be entertained by the crooner. The Avondale venue came alive the moment Bra Hugh,…
HARARE – Legislator James Maridadi has bemoaned Zimbabwe’s system which he says has failed to uplift the lives of local musicians who remain poor. Speaking at the burial of sungura star Daiton Somanje in Marondera on Friday last week, Maridadi, a former Radio 3 presenter said music was an important aspect of our day-to-day lives….
HARARE – South African companies have invested over $1,2 billion in Zimbabwe between 2003 and 2013 creating over 2 485 employment opportunities in the country, latest figures show. Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s President, last week told a South Africa-Zimbabwe business forum that there was need to strengthen economic and political ties between the two countries…
