September 2016

HARARE – Exiled anti-President Robert Mugabe activist Evan Mawarire has warned Nigerian billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote against investing in Zimbabwe, saying government ministers will plunder his funds. Dangote — with vast interests in commodities across Africa — visited Zimbabwe and met Mugabe last year, with the intention to invest in a multi-million dollar cement manufacturing…

HARARE – MDC Parliamentarians, Fani Munengami and Ronia Bunjira — who are accused of taking part in Saturday’s electoral reforms protests “with intention to promote public violence” — were yesterday freed on bail. Mbare magistrate Stanford Mambanje granted the duo $200 and $400 bail respectively. Munengami, a Glen View North legislator, was charged together with…

HARARE – Seven bodies of elephants suspected to have been killed by cyanide poisoning were found in Hwange National Park (Hwange), as the mammals continue to be decimated for their ivory by poachers. Carcasses of the animals, Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) chairman Johnny Rodrigues said, were found in the Hwange’s Sinamatella area. According to…

HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) plans to regulate the use of carts — popularly known as ‘‘zvingoro’’ — in the central business district (CBD) by licensing them, arguing they have become a menace. The local authority’s spokesperson, Michael Chideme, said a new by-law empowered council to confiscate the carts. According to Statutory Instrument…