IN the past few weeks, Zimbabweans have had to once again go through a repeat of an agonising and painful experience with the country’s financial sector — failing to access their hard- earned money from the banks. It is extremely sad and disheartening. The crisis, which brings back distressing and spooky memories, has caused untold…
HARARE – After months of suffering a savage and relentless mauling at the hands of the Generation 40 (G40) group within the warring Zanu PF, allies of embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa have their tails up again, vowing yesterday that nothing will stop the Midlands godfather from succeeding President Robert Mugabe. Well-placed sources close to…
HARARE – Zimbabwean youths have gone to sleep while the older generation has been making disastrous decisions adversely affecting them, Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (Yard) founder and former Zanu PF bigwig Temba Mliswa has said. Mliswa, whose Yard has been invited to Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema’s 2016 election manifesto launch…
HARARE – Energy minister Samuel Undenge has virtually leapt to businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s defence and affirmed that Intratrek Zimbabwe (Intratrek)’s Gwanda project, among other energy deals, was above board and steaming ahead. This comes amid serious calls for a review of the flamboyant businessman’s power agreement with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) on the basis…
HARARE – Zanu PF claims that next month’s “million men” march being organised by its youth league is meant to show solidarity with President Robert Mugabe even though organisers have said it was targeted at Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The youths intend to stage a demonstration in the capital, Harare, in May which Mnangagwa’s allies…
HARARE – Welshman Ncube’s MDC has said former United Nations secretary-general Koffi Annan should consider lending President Robert Mugabe some notes on good governance, human rights and democracy after the renowned international diplomat urged African leaders to leave when their mandated time is up. “The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) salutes …Annan for urging African…
HARARE – A senior executive assistant in the Presidential Scholarship Department has appeared in court charged with demanding bribes from applicants. Tafadzwa Mafuwu, 35, of Mabelreign, who reports to the director of the Presidential Scholarship Department, was jointly charged with Paidamoyo Mwandiyambira, 44, of Dawnview Park in Tynwald and Martha Ruth Tariro Chigama, 57, of…
HARARE – An Epworth man who had sex with a girl 20 years his junior has been jailed for two months. Fabion Nyangwau, 34, admitted to underage sex with the girl at his home in Domboramwari, Epworth on March 3. Investigations showed that they first got acquainted near his home when he asked her to…
KINSHASA – The influential Congolese music star Papa Wemba has died after collapsing on stage in Abidjan in Ivory Coast, media reports say. Video from the concert shows the artist, who was 66, slumped on the floor as dancers continue to perform, unaware of what is happening. French broadcaster France 24 confirmed the death, quoting…
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has ruled out deploying US ground troops in Syria and says military efforts alone cannot solve the country’s problems. “It would be a mistake for the United States, or Great Britain… to send in ground troops and overthrow the [Bashar al-] Assad regime,” he told the BBC. He also said…
