HARARE – Liberation struggle stalwart Victoria Chitepo — widow of the revered late national hero Herbert Chitepo — was found dead in her Harare home yesterday, President Robert Mugabe announced. Opening Zanu PF’s central committee meeting at the ruling party’s headquarters in the capital, Mugabe said the respected Victoria, 89, was found dead in her…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe says his Alpha and Omega Dairy is facing an uncertain future due to huge debts and massive theft by management and employees. Addressing thousands of restless war veterans at the City Sports Centre on Thursday, the nonagenarian leader admitted that his constant globe-trotting was having a toll on his agri-focused…
HARARE – Fidelity Life Assurance Zimbabwe (Fidelity) has suspended its managing director Simon Chapereka and finance director German Mushoma following a probe by the Insurance and Pension Commission (Ipec) into various corporate governance infractions. However, the group’s acting chairman, Gregory Mataka, said the duo was sent on leave “to facilitate the swift execution” of an…
HARARE – Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya says the country is working on a raft of measures to ease a month-long cash-crisis that has seen depositors getting daily withdrawals as little as $20 from banks. The country, which adopted a basket of currencies dominated by the United States dollar in 2009, is facing…
BULAWAYO – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) has condemned the Zanu PF government’s failure to implement the concept of devolution that is provided for in the country’s Constitution. Addressing hundreds of ZPF supporters at the weekend during a meeting in Bulawayo, the constituency’s provincial coordinator Esnath Bulayani said the current government…
HARARE – Five armed robbers who pounced on a Presidential Guard soldier before stealing his army regalia and identification particulars were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment yesterday. Nyasha Mareya, 21, Tendai Sadiki, 28, Learnmore Ngoni Dzvairo, 22, Nicoh Mwinde, 27, and a teenager pleaded guilty to the charges when they appeared before Harare regional magistrate…
HARARE – MDC Zengeza West MP Simon Chidhakwa has urged government to swiftly allocate land to thousands of desperate home seekers living in the open following the demolition of their homes by the municipality. Several Zimbabweans lost thousands of dollars to bogus land barons, who parcelled out land illegally, leading to the subsequent demolition of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s impending migration from analogue television to digital television broadcast is scheduled to bring about six new Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation television channels that will mostly broadcast local content. The creation of the six new channels, which are part of 12 envisaged television stations that will come about as a result of the looming…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) coach Alan Butcher claims Givemore Makoni made unilateral decisions detrimental to the team’s progress during his reign as convenor of selectors. The Englishman was in charge of Zimbabwe from February 2010 until the end of March 2013 at a time when the team returned to Test cricket after a…
HARARE – CAPS United skipper Method Mwanjali says he is pleased to be back at the club that gave him fame and a platform to pursue his professional career outside the country. Mwanjali, who left the country six years ago for South African top flight league where he featured for Mamelodi Sundowns and Mpumalanga Black…
