HARARE – Businessman Frank Buyanga has taken his fight to reverse the seizure of several assets under Hamilton Property Holdings (Hamilton) and Rivin Venam Trading (Rivin) to another level by filing fraud charges against a Harare lawyer, and three others, who have been battling to recover money allegedly paid for a Glen Lorne house. Although…
HARARE – Superstar Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi is performing at Tinkabell Restaurant in Ardbennie, Harare on Saturday afternoon. The Bvuma hitmaker is set to sample most of the songs from his forthcoming album to be released anytime from now, as well as a number of his old hits from his more than 60 albums. Tuku is…
HARARE – The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) has said it will take action against the promoter of the ill-fated Wizkid concert. The gig failed to take place in April. The Nigerian musician failed to perform at Old Hararians Sports Club despite the fact that he was in the country, holed up in a…
VIENNA – Austria’s highest court has annulled the result of the presidential election narrowly lost by the candidate of the far-right Freedom Party. The party had challenged the result, saying that postal votes had been illegally and improperly handled. The Freedom Party candidate, Norbert Hofer, lost the election to the former leader of the Greens,…
HARARE – Former Vice President and Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, says she is unfazed by threats by her erstwhile Zanu PF comrades to arrest her on a litany of untested claims — that include witchcraft, sorcery, corruption and plotting to oust and assassinate President Robert Mugabe. Speaking through her spokesperson Gift Nyandoro,…
HARARE – Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, yesterday hauled Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa over the coals, sledging the Treasury chief’s $1,8billion arrears repayment strategy to multilateral financial institutions, and scoffing at the country’s plans to introduce bond notes onto the market. And in a further blow to the government’s desperate efforts to deal…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF youth leader Acie Lumumba, who is now leading fledgling political outfit, Viva Zimbabwe, yesterday insulted President Robert Mugabe using unprintable words. Speaking at the launch of his party in Harare, Lumumba had no kind words for Mugabe, saying the older generation has been making disastrous decisions affecting youths. “Youths … are…
HARARE – Zanu PF politburo member Pupurayi Togarepi has warned senior Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) officials to stop forthwith their diatribe against President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace. In an unsolicited interview Togarepi, who is the chairperson of the ruling party’s youth league, said he felt obliged to respond on behalf of Zanu PF…
HARARE – Although relative calm has returned to Zanu PF, allies of vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa are planning another wave of rallies to drum up support for President Robert Mugabe. In the past few weeks, Mnangagwa has not only apologised to Mugabe but has also distanced himself from war veterans who have been pushing for…
HARARE – Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni was further detained at Avondale Police Station yesterday after his initial court appearance on alleged criminal abuse of office charges was delayed. The State said it was preparing more charges against him. This was said by his lawyer Lovemore Madhuku. Madhuku advised the State to take heed of the…
