HARARE – Sugar producer, Hippo Valley Estates Limited (Hippo), says its profit for the six months to September 30, 2015 slumped to $2,3 million from $9 million recorded prior period comparative on the back of challenging economic conditions. In a statement accompanying the group’s financials for the period under review Hippo chief executive Sydney Mtsambiwa…
HARARE – Transport minister Joram Gumbo says various Chinese firms have expressed interests to partner with government in the implementation of major infrastructure deals in the country. This comes as President Robert Mugabe’s government, for long a pariah in the West, has increasingly turned to China for investment to help an economy desperate for new…
BULAWAYO – After the sensational parliamentary elections in which Zanu PF suffered its bloodiest nose, in 2000, a highly suspicious comment was made by one of that party’s topnotch analysts. We can’t be verbatim about this, but the general idea was that Zanu PF had lost 57 seats to the recently-formed Movement for Democratic Change…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday delivered an unrealistic and out-of-touch with reality 2016 National Budget that is not expected to inspire any iota of confidence in the country’s ailing economy. With all economic indicators heading nowhere and national tax revenues falling short of the 2015 targets of $4,2 billion and economic growth having…
CHIVI – Each morning just before 3am, Mai Moyo and her 13-year-old son hold hands, close their eyes and bow their heads. “Please, protect my son, dear Lord, as he heads to school and back,” she prays over the lanky Form Two pupil. [GoogleAd] Then it’s off to school: a four-hour walk through Ngundu forests,…
HARARE – Residents allocated stands on land set aside for schools, clinics and commercial centres in Harare South will soon be relocated, the Harare City Council (HCC) has said. HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme said central government had given them the mandate to reorganise suburbs in Harare South. [GoogleAd] Targeted areas include Hopley, Ordar, Eyecourt, Arlington…
HARARE – New litter enforcers have handed out 102 fines in just one week since they hit the streets of Harare — raking in thousands of dollars in fines. Since last Monday, the fines ranging from $5 up to $20, which were handed out, have totalled thousands in penalties. [GoogleAd] Under the new zero tolerance…
HARARE – There was rancour in Parliament on Wednesday over the sacking of National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board chairperson Alvord Mabhena. Opposition lawmakers clashed with their Zanu PF rivals after deputy Transport minister Michael Madanha justified the dismissal of a man who was spearheading the turnaround of the collapsed State rail company. [GoogleAd] Responding…
HARARE – An Epworth man who allegedly beat to death a burglar he found in his home appeared in court yesterday. Job Ndlovu, 47, of Glenwood, fatally assaulted the burglar after catching him removing property from his home. Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe advised Ndlovu to apply for bail at the High Court. [GoogleAd] Prosecutor Sharon…
HARARE – A pastor at Kingdom Glory Ministries was yesterday jailed for eight months for impersonating a marriage officer. Prince Tsoka of Zengeza, Chitungwiza, solemnised the $4 000 marriage of a Warren Park couple. The pastor was jailed by magistrate, Tendai Mahwe. The 35-year-old was arrogant when the magistrate proposed community service. [GoogleAd] He was…
