HARARE – The United Kingdom yesterday said it will veto any future International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans to Zimbabwe until the southern African country improves its tainted human rights record. The UK, together with the United States, have a combined voting percentage of over 20 percent and can use it to veto any decision made…
HARARE – Government has engaged lawyers in an effort to recover over $1 million loaned to business women across the country. Women Affairs minister, Nyasha Chikwinya, told the Daily News that they resorted to take the legal route as debtors were defiant. “When someone gets a loan, according to the law, they should return it….
HARARE – Youths from more than 10 opposition political parties that are signatories to the National Electoral Reforms Agenda (Nera) yesterday marched in Harare before handing a petition to Parliament demanding implementation of electoral reforms. This comes amid concerns that the electoral playing field is heavily skewed in favour of President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu…
HARARE – In a new twist to Acie Lumumba’s case of insulting President Robert Mugabe, the former Zanu PF youth leader appeared in court yesterday represented by MDC’s newly-appointed vice president — Nelson Chamisa. Lumumba, whose real name is William Gerald Mutumanje, is facing charges of undermining the authority of or insulting the president as defined…
HARARE – Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday dismissed an application to have the case of 10 human rights activists referred to the Constitutional Court. In the case, involving Linda Masarira of the Occupy Africa Unity Square anti-President Robert Mugabe campaign, the group is facing charges of engaging in violent protests that took place on July…
MUTARE – Mutare mayor Tatenda Nhamarare faces arrest for failing to appear in court after the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) sued the city’s council over failure to collect refuse. Magistrate Poterai Gwezhira issued a warrant of arrest against the MDC mayor in his capacity as head of council. The Mutare City Council (MCC) is being…
MUTARE – Mutare City Council (MCC) has hiked maternity fees from $15 to $20, in a move that is likely to trigger a standoff between residents and the local authority. The council, which effected the new rates last Monday, also hiked consultation fees by 350 percent from $2 to $9. Acting town clerk, Donaldson Nyatoti,…
HARARE – Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira on Monday said government expects to finalise the acquisition of Telecel Zimbabwe (Telecel) next month. This comes amid indications that Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government had breached its contractual obligations to pay $40 million for a 60 percent stake to Nasdaq-listed international communications and technology company, VimpelCom, by March…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has revised its tobacco sales target from 175 million kilogrammes (kg) to 190 million kg as deliveries continue to trickle in. This was after the country last week surpassed its initial target by more than five percent at 183 million kg of the golden leaf earning the country a total of $537…
HARARE – Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa), which cancelled its 2016 edition in a bid to “reinvent itself,” has made a public appeal for donations. Hifa founder and artistic director Manuel Bagorro made the appeal for donations on his Facebook page. “Please, donate to Hifa. The festival is an amazing annual celebration of…
