HARARE – President Robert Mugabe must quickly resolve the succession crisis, which is threatening to tear his Zanu PF party apart, as part of steps to bring back investor confidence and revive the country’s moribund economy. We are not suggesting in anyway that the nonagenarian leader is about to depart this world — a journey…
HARARE – Liberation struggle stalwarts associated with the “original” Zanu PF formation which uses the slogan People First say they are not unduly concerned by growing fears that the movement has been heavily infiltrated by State agents to neuter it, adding that all is on track for the launch of the party soon. These assertions…
HARARE – Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa is struggling to keep up with the rigours of office, delivering the President’s Heroes Day speech from a chair on Monday. Mahofa, 74, one of Zanu PF’s most iconic and controversial figures with a career stretching across Zimbabwe’s 35-year history, struggled to lay wreaths on all graves…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate yesterday called for the arrest of Zanu PF Harare East legislator Terrence Mukupe for allegedly inciting violence at Mabvuku Police Station. This was after the former investment banker had rushed to inquire about the arrest of seven of his party members for invading land leased to Shelter Zimbabwe by Harare…
HARARE – The United States mission in Harare this week voiced concern over the continued disappearance of pro-democracy activist Itai Dzamara, and called on authorities to redouble efforts to find him. Dzamara was abducted on March 9, by five men while he was at a barbers shop in Harare’s Glen View suburb. The abductors are…
BISSAU – Guinea-Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz has dismissed the government following a rift with Prime Minister Domingos Pereira. The two men are said to have disagreed on a number of issues including the use of aid money and the return to Guinea-Bissau of a former army chief of staff. The West African state returned…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown continues to escalate, the cash-strapped Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) on Wednesday closed its loss-making second television station and fired hundreds of its employees using the recent Supreme Court ruling that confirmed that employers could terminate the contracts of employees on three months’ notice. Only last week, the State broadcaster…
SEOUL – South Korea’s government says it is monitoring reports that North Korea’s vice-premier Choe Yong-gon was killed in May on the orders of Kim Jong-un. Mr Choe was executed after he “expressed discomfort against the young leader’s forestation policy”, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports. Close to 70 officials have been killed under Kim…
BEIJING – China’s Central Bank has again cut the guiding rate for the national currency, the yuan, a day after Tuesday’s record 1.9% devaluation. The move sent fresh shockwaves through Asian markets, but the bank has sought to calm fears, saying it was not the start of a sustained depreciation. The yuan fell another 1%…
HARARE – Award-winning Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong’o will star in Danai Gurira’s theatre play titled Eclipsed scheduled to start showing in New York at the end of next month. Gurira’s play, to run from September 29 to November 8, will be directed by Liesl Tommy, a theatre director originally from Cape Town, South Africa. Like…
