ADDIS ABABA – US President Barack Obama has warned that Africa will not advance if its leaders refuse to step down when their terms end. He also called for an end to the “cancer of corruption”, saying it took money away from development . Mr Obama made the comments in the first ever address by…
HARARE – Zanu PF insiders claim that President Robert Mugabe no longer buys into the “contrived narrative” that former Vice President Joice Mujuru had plotted to oust and assassinate him — as it apparently becomes increasingly clear to the First Family that some ambitious ruling party bigwigs expediently “manufactured” the fib for their political benefit….
HARARE – A seemingly exasperated President Robert Mugabe on Saturday pleaded with his errant and fun-loving last born, Bellarmine Chatunga, imploring him to grow up and take his studies seriously. Speaking at his wife Grace’s lavish 50th birthday celebrations, that took place on Chatunga’s 18th birthday, the concerned nonagenarian — who spoke from the heart…
HARARE – The Supreme Court has ruled that allowances are not a right for workers but was at companies’ discretion. The ruling was handed down following an appeal filed by the National Railways of Zimbabwe, which was challenging a Labour Court ruling and an arbitrator’s decision, granting the rail company’s workers housing and educational allowances….
ADDIS ABABA – US President Barack Obama is due to address the African Union in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, on the last day of his trip to East Africa. He is the first US leader to deliver a speech at the 54-member body, with security and action against terrorism likely to dominate the agenda. On…
TRIPOLI – A court in Libya has sentenced Col Muammar Gaddafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, and eight others to death over war crimes linked to the 2011 revolution. More than 30 close associates of the deposed leader were on trial, accused of suppressing protests during the uprising. Saif al-Islam was not present in court and gave…
HARARE – Twenty-two-year-old Cynthia Mafume bagged the Black Opal Face of Zimbabwe (Bofoz) title at a glamorous event held on Saturday night at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC). The University of Zimbabwe pharmacy student beat 14 other contestants who were also vying to be the face of the leading cosmetics brand. Hazel Kurwakumire, 29,…
BULAWAYO – Mashonaland East’s Makarekare Traditional Dance Troop outclassed nine other provincial champions at White City Stadium on Saturday to emerge as the winners of the annual Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance Competition. Makarekare’s victory in the 52nd edition of the contest — the second one by a group from Mashonaland East in the last two…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Pan-African Energy Resource (PER) Lusulu Power has signed a $1,1 billion deal with a Chinese company for the construction of a 600 Megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in the country’s north-western region to ease power shortages. PER Lusulu Power chairman, Stuart Perry, told journalists on Thursday that the China State Construction Engineering…
HARARE – Private equity, investment and advisory firm, Brainworks Capital (Brainworks) is owed over $19,2 million by foreign mining firms for facilitating $1 billion empowerment deals, it has emerged. This comes after the advisory firm was enlisted to provide financial advisory services to the foreign-owned mining companies during the 2012-13 era when the miners were…
