HARARE – An unspecified woman yesterday caused a stir at the National Sports Stadium after she inexplicably started following President Robert Mugabe’s entourage demanding a share of the alleged missing $15 billion from Chiadzwa diamond mining fields revenue. State security officials had a torrid time as they tried to restrain the woman, who was part…
HARARE – Hoards of Zanu PF officials took to Twitter in celebration after President Robert Mugabe’s daughter and husband Simba Chikore welcomed their first child. Leading the tributes to the new so-called “Royal Baby” was Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere who used his speech at a football stadium in the capital, Harare, to mark…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s move to dramatically revise rules compelling foreign firms to transfer majority control to local blacks marks a major change that analysts said highlights deep policy flaws and inherent confusion in government. Government, which required foreign firms with assets worth $500 000 to cede 51 percent of their shares to black Zimbabweans within…
HARARE – Chief Svosve has banned the Zion Kingdom of the Lord God Church in Wedza over $150 registration arrears. Church founder Patrick Hweru pleaded with Chief Svosve’s court on Friday to lift the ban, arguing that the church is already registered and affiliated to the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ). Hweru said: “We…
HARARE – The Council of Ministers of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) is rallying behind Zimbabwe Tourism minister Walter Mzembi who is gunning for the position of secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). The UNWTO is the United Nations agency responsible for the promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally accessible…
HARARE – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth yesterday wished Zimbabwe a happy independence and wished her former colony best wishes in the coming year. The 90-year-old British monarch sent the message to the people of Zimbabwe from Buckingham Palace yesterday, the day the southern African country gained its independence from British colonial rule 36 years ago. The…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has once again made a pie-in-the-sky promise to hike government workers’ salaries even though it is apparent that government cannot afford further increases to its wage bill. It is trite to note that the government wage bill has been ballooning from $381 million in 2009 to over $2,2 billion this…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday said government will find ways to improve the welfare of civil servants by increasing their salaries to match the poverty datum line. Addressing thousands of Zimbabweans that gathered at the National Sports Stadium in Harare to celebrate the country’s 36 years of independence, Mugabe said his government — which…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s annual inflation for the month of March lost 0,09 percentage points to close the month at negative 2,31 percent from a negative 2,23 percent in February as the country sinks deeper into deflation. Figures released by the Zimbabwe Statistical agency (Zimstat) on Friday showed that consumer prices as measured by the all…
BULAWAYO – Russia is set to hold its inaugural exhibition during this year’s Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) edition due in two weeks’ time. The exhibition curated by the Tatarstan Export Corporation, will present an extensive exhibition of Russian industrial achievements across a variety of spheres. This year’s edition of ZITF will be running from…
