HARARE – The announcement by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya that the central bank was in the near future going to introduce bond notes came as a shocker to all Zimbabweans. The country’s citizens have had a traumatic experience with the country’s currency and Mangudya’s Wednesday promulgation brings back sad and eerie…
NAIROBI – Authorities in Kenya’s capital Nairobi have begun demolishing homes in an area where the collapse of a building killed at least 36 people last week. Eight buildings deemed unfit to live in were the first to be destroyed in the district of Huruma. More than 200 are to follow. Officials say many of…
NAIROBI – A controversial and wealthy businessman has been shot dead in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Jacob Juma was driving home from a bar to his home in an upmarket suburb on Thursday night when unknown gunmen attacked his car. He had been involved in several high-profile legal cases against the government over failed business…
HARARE – There is palpable fear among ordinary Zimbabweans that the country has plumbed the debilitating economic depths of 2007/2008 when shops were empty and inflation hit world-record levels, resulting in untold pain and suffering for the majority of citizens. As a result, the talk among most ordinary folk in Harare yesterday, who have some…
HARARE – Parliament will on Monday open public interviews of candidates nominated for appointment to the country’s controversial electoral body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). There are six vacancies to be filled. Six commissioners, Joyce Kazembe, the vice-chairperson, Daniel Chigaru, Theophilus Gambe, Petty Makoni, Sibongile Ndhlovu and Bessie Nhandara’s terms expired on March 31. Zec…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe would be standing against former liberation stalwarts with intricate details of how the nonagenarian rigs elections, an ex-Zanla commander said yesterday. Contributing to a round table discussion by opposition political parties hosted by the Media Centre in Harare yesterday, Ambassador Agrippa Mutambara, a senior official in former Vice President Joice…
HARARE – Harare councillors yesterday resolved to send the city’s new town clerk James Mushore on forced leave without benefits until the court makes a ruling on his employment status. The resolutions were made at a special council meeting held at Town House yesterday. “The council’s position is that … Mushore has been asked not…
HARARE – Advancing women to positions previously dominated by men in the police service should be done consciously to avoid promoting poor performers, police chief Augustine Chihuri said yesterday. Speaking at ZRP’s 2016 Women’s Network Annual General Meeting held in Harare, Chihuri said while promoting women, the thrust is not about a quantitative balance but…
HARARE – South African gospel diva Rebecca Malope, who last performed in Zimbabwe seven years ago, will return to the country at the end of the month for a once-off concert. Malope will perform in the Harare Gardens on May 28 at the Gospel Divas Concert being organised by Barbra Chikosi of Red Rose Promotions….
HARARE – Songbird Selmor Mtukudzi and her husband Tendai Manatsa, who “divorced musically” two years ago, will jointly launch their new albums on May 14 in Harare. The double album launch, being organised by Strides Hospitality and Entertainment Group, will be hosted by La Rouge in Westgate. Selmor, daughter of music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, will…
