HARARE – War veterans aligned to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated their calls for a stop to the relentless purges in Zanu PF, as President Robert Mugabe skirted many of the issues that the disaffected liberation fighters wanted to see addressed immediately. Among the ex-combatants’ other main grievances were the need for Mugabe…
HARARE – Controversial Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba has thumped his nose at people opposed to the national pledge insisting they should withdraw their children from schools implementing the curriculum if they are not happy with this government initiative. The national pledge is a proposed new government curriculum for primary and secondary schools, compelling children…
HARARE – Transport minister Joram Gumbo is in a “spot of bother” following the arrest of CMED managing director Davison Mhaka — barely four months after he was reinstated by the ex-Zanu PF parliamentary whip. Observers say the latest developments have not only exposed serious contractions in President Robert Mugabe’s anti-corruption fight, but also portend…
MUTARE – Former Mutare town clerk Obert Muzavazi has been arraigned before the courts on corruption allegations, a month after his resignation in the face of a damning government audit. Muzavazi of 2 Shangani Drive, Murambi West was yesterday arraigned before magistrate Sekai Chiundura facing six counts of criminal abuse of office. He was not…
HARARE – Zanu PF Epworth MP Zalerah Makari says government ministries must help sex workers to set up businesses for them to be self-sufficient, if the country is to meet one of the United Nations goals to end HIV and Aids by 2030. Makari’s remarks come amid an increase in the number of sex workers…
HARARE – A habitual thief who smashed car windows before stealing valuables was sent back to prison yesterday. Tafadzwa Amon Foroma, 22, was yesterday convicted of “theft of car parts” when he appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande. He was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment before four months were suspended on condition of good behavior….
HARARE – While there has been grand speculation that African Union chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s may be returning to South African politics when she steps down from her role as AU head later this year, her office said it was unaware of her future plans. “Yes, H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma is not seeking a second…
KHARTOUM – Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has told the BBC he will step down in 2020, when his current mandate ends. Mr Bashir also denied allegations of abuses perpetrated by the Sudanese forces in renewed violence against black African villages who took up arms in the country’s western Darfur region. The president has been indicted…
MOSCOW – President Putin has denied “any element of corruption” over the Panama Papers leaks, saying his opponents are trying to destabilise Russia. Mr Putin was speaking for the first time since the leak of millions of confidential documents from the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca. The papers revealed a number of offshore companies owned…
HARARE – Paulo Jorge Silva’s turbulent Dynamos tenure could be coming to an end following his scuffle with Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) leader Walter Magaya at Hellenics Sports Club yesterday. The Glamour Boys’ executive had to hold a crucial meeting to discuss the Portuguese coach’s conduct after the latest humiliating incident. The club hierarchy…
