HARARE – Former Economic Planning minister, Tapiwa Mashakada, says government must clarify its position on the threshold of equity between government and a private player in the proposed Joint Ventures Bill. The Joint Ventures Bill — currently being debated in Parliament — seeks to provide for the implementation of joint venture agreements between contracting authorities…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe International Book Fair (ZIBF) kicks off today with the Indaba workshop at the Crowne Plaza Monomotapa Hotel with discussions set to ignite the six-day arts extravaganza. The main edition of this year’s event, which is running under the theme; “Growing the Knowledge Economy Through Research, Writing, Publishing and Reading”, runs through…
HARARE – Local Government minister and Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has a lot of work to do to bring back his name to good standing. Kasukuwere’s conduct towards the parliamentary committee chaired by Mayor Justice Wadyajena smacks of disdain and contempt judging by the way he has tried to reduce it to a…
HARARE – First Lady Grace Mugabe celebrated her 50th birthday on July 23 with the climax being a “controversial” fundraising dinner in her honour which was held on Saturday at the First Family’s Blue Roof residence in Borrowdale, Harare. The dinner reportedly raised over $3 million and comprised an attendance of over 2 000 delegates…
GEORGIA – Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, has died aged 22, a family representative has said. Kristen Foster said she passed away on Sunday surrounded by her family and was “finally at peace in the arms of God”. Brown was discovered face down and unresponsive in a bathtub on 31 January…
HARARE – Microfinance is an emerging phenomenon that opens access to capital for individuals previously shut out from financial services. In its direct engagement with the community, microfinance represents a new way for financial capital to potentially stimulate economic growth in developing countries. Popularly known on the streets as chimbadzo, microfinance is poorly understood, and…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s increasingly influential wife, Grace, has now admitted openly that she plotted the ouster of former Vice President Joice Mujuru over petty gossip — an ill-advised move that has seen the warring ruling Zanu PF officially splitting into two bitterly-opposed formations, as Zimbabwe burns economically. Appearing to shoot herself in the…
MAKONI – Opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has said were it not for the MDC’s unwavering commitment to democratic change in the country, his party could have in the past taken up arms to liberate long-suffering Zimbabweans — a move that would have plunged the country into unprecedented violence and anarchy. Addressing thousands of his supporters…
HARARE – Analysts say President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF are once again waging yet another assault on opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s political career, ahead of the country’s much-anticipated national elections in 2018. These sentiments come in the wake of successive, but ultimately unsuccessful attempts last week by the Deputy Sheriff — on…
HONDE VALLEY – First Lady Grace Mugabe’s lavish 50th birthday bash at the First Family’s huge mansion in Harare last night has come under severe attack from opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai — who urged the nation not to “waste time and money talking about her non-event” birthday. Responding to the chairperson of the MDC Women’s…
