HARARE – Zimbabwe telecommunications giant, Econet Wireless Global Limited has scored a first by being named as one of the partners for the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) first ever Africa Game. Econet, with over nine million subscribers in Zimbabwe, have been named the event’s official mobile and telecommunications partner joining other global brands like Ford…
HARARE – Two Zimbabwe international female cricketers Modester Mupachikwa and Audrey Mazvishaya are set to take part in the inaugural Glen View High School Boys’ Twenty20 Festival which starts tomorrow. The tournament, a brainchild of Leonard Nhamburo, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) development coach in charge of Glen View will end on Saturday. Mupachikwa, an 18-year-old right…
HARARE – Analysts and opposition parties yesterday accused First Lady Grace Mugabe of reinforcing negative perceptions that there had been “a bedroom coup” at State House and that her nonagenarian husband, President Robert Mugabe, was no longer in charge of the country’s levers of power. This followed the gaffe-prone Grace’s brazen flaunting of her political…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s lawyer Terence Hussein has said that courts cannot review the decision by the head of State and Zanu PF to expel the former Masvingo Provincial minister Kudakwashe Bhasikiti from the ruling party. Hussein was making submissions in an application filed by Bhasikiti in which he is challenging his expulsion from…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was in obsequious boot-licking mood on Wednesday, claiming that First Lady Grace Mugabe is a “queen” and the mother of Sadc and Africa. Introducing Grace in Kadoma during a ceremony to unveil a housing cooperative, Mnangagwa engaged in obsequious grovelling to the First Lady. “Your Excellency, the First Lady…
BULAWAYO – About 11 police officers on Wednesday evening ganged up to assault photojournalist Crispen Ndlovu for taking photos of them assaulting a suspected thief in an alley. Ndlovu said the police beat him after noticing that they had been caught in the act. “It’s the female police officer who started punching me in the…
HARARE – Comedian Doc Vikela says Zimbabweans are scared to laugh at political jokes by stand-up comedians. The comedian — real name Victor Mpofu — said he noticed this from the time he started telling political jokes back in 2011. “People are scared. I did a President Robert Mugabe joke in 2011 but it’s being…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest coal producer, Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), is finalising plans for a $10 million capital expenditure towards its underground operations, the group’s top executive has said. The tri-listed coal miner has been battling to access funding for working capital since dollarisation in 2009. Thomas Makore, HCCL managing director, told journalists yesterday…
HARARE – Contributions to the National Pension Scheme administered by the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) went up last year by 43 percent, from $173,4 million in 2013 to $248,3 million in 2014. This was despite the challenging economic climate, which saw at least 52 companies closing last year, with the loss of almost 7…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa says Cabinet has approved new mining and income tax drafts aimed at enhancing transparency in revenue collection. “Treasury is working on two pieces of legislation. A mining fiscal tax regime — we want to come up with a new mining tax regime and I’m happy to announce that the…
