HARARE – Despite the many desperate pleas by President Robert Mugabe to his warring minions to end the mindless bloodletting devouring Zanu PF, the party’s seemingly unstoppable factional and succession wars are intensifying alarmingly in his riotous home province of Mashonaland West. And as the anarchy reigns in the nonagenarian’s backyard, the province has now…
BULAWAYO – Macro-economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Obert Mpofu has come under fire after he lambasted the outspoken Ntabazinduna chief, Nhlanhla Ndiweni, for pushing for the closure of a Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depot. Chief Ndiweni argued that “locals are not benefiting anything from it and face hunger”. The Umguza legislator said: “What he…
HARARE – A human trafficking victim narrated to the courts yesterday the untold suffering she endured at the residence of former Kuwait ambassador to Zimbabwe’s brother. She said she had been lured to the Western Asian nation to take up a job as a domestic worker. Joyline Muchengu was one of more than 32 women…
BULAWAYO – A top Zipra ex-combatant, John Gazi, has been evicted from his 1 400 hectare Honey Bird Kop Farm ostensibly because he does not deserve land from a government he wished to topple. Gazi, Paul Siwela and Charles Gumbo — all members of the Mthwakazi Liberation Front, a secessionist Matabeleland pressure group — were…
HARARE – A stable business environment in Zimbabwe could see a rise in Australian investments in the southern African nation, according to Canberra’s envoy here, following an exodus of investors in recent years. This comes as Zimbabwe’s empowerment policy that aims to redress colonial-era imbalances by forcing foreign companies to sell majority domestic stakes to…
HARARE – Prayer Network of Zimbabwe (PNZ) yesterday staged a demonstration castigating the national pledge which was recently introduced in schools, describing the idea as a direct affront on Christianity. The PNZ, an interdenominational Christian group, said Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora should revoke the directive forthwith. The national pledge was introduced at…
HARARE – HIV-positive patients in drought-hit Zimbabwe could start abandoning their anti-retroviral regimens in droves, and leaders fear that unless more food becomes available, they will soon be dealing with drug resistance and death. The Zimbabwe National Network of People Living with HIV (ZNNP+) sent out an SOS to government to prioritise people living with…
HARARE – Vendors yesterday savaged Harare Municipal Police and Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere, saying they were the root cause of the current harassment they are facing. The angry vendors, who besieged Harare Town House, said Kasukuwere is the one who gave a directive to the city fathers to chase away vendors from the Central…
HARARE – Harare City Council has begun rolling out 3 000 prepaid water meters to residents under its pilot project. The project, which has targeted Bluffhill, the Avenues, Sunningdale, Kambuzuma, Greendale and Avondale, has already begun. Companies providing the pilot meters are Hukoshwa, Industrial Products, Syvern, Tricon Investments and Utility Systems. HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme…
HARARE – Top Harare lawyer and Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) board member Arthur Mutsonziwa’s remains will be cremated at Glen Forest in Harare today, after an emotional final farewell by hundreds of mourners. Family members performed the final rites at St Mary Magdalene Church in Avondale yesterday. His wife Lucy said he asked in…
