HARARE – The death of veteran nationalist Cephas Msipa has robbed the nation of a political giant whose candid comments on contemporary Zimbabwean politics knew no boundaries. Msipa rose above party politics to be a father figure, something hangers-on in the ruling party, including President Robert Mugabe, are certainly missing. Here was a hero whose…
JAKARTA – Indonesia could “wipe out” paedophilia with its new policy of chemical castration, President Joko Widodo has told the BBC. He said Indonesia respected human rights but there would be “no compromise” when it came to punishing such sexual crimes. Indonesia passed controversial laws earlier this month authorising chemical castration for paedophiles. The laws…
NEW YORK – Melania Trump has insisted that her husband is a “gentleman” and that the women who allege that he sexually assaulted them are lying. She also said that lewd comments Donald Trump made about women that were caught on videotape were unacceptable but did not represent the man she knows. The Republican presidential…
HARARE – In rare, heartfelt tributes to a departed local politician, Zimbabweans from across the country’s political and social divides united in praising much-respected Zanu PF elder Cephas Msipa, who died in Harare early yesterday morning on a tragic day for his family which also reported the death of his grandson in London. The former…
HARARE – As jittery ordinary Zimbabweans wait with bated breath for the introduction of bond notes next month, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has warned of worsening cash shortages ahead, in a further dose of bad news for the country’s dying economy. This comes as the current severe cash shortages have seen desperate depositors…
HARARE – Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande yesterday set trial dates for war veterans’ leaders who are facing charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe after the State notified that investigations on the alleged matter had been completed. The leaders — Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) spokesperson Douglas Mahiya, secretary-general Victor Matemadanda, political commissar Francis…
HARARE – Pro-democracy activists and opposition political parties have petitioned the United Nations (UN)’s Harare office to withdraw Zimbabwean troops from foreign missions, accusing the country of failing to observe the UN Charter. Led by anti-President Robert Mugabe activist Sten Zvorwadza, the group — which included Linda Masarira — yesterday handed over the petition, signed…
HARARE – A travel company has dragged the President’s Office and Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa to court demanding payment of an $81 000 debt, dating back to 2013. According to the court papers that were filed by Joel Travel and Tours, the debt accumulated after the office of the prime minister, which was occupied by…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has less than a month to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change, set to come into effect at the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in November. So far, 77 of the 197 parties to the convention have signed the Agreement — aimed at…
HARARE – In another country — or in a different Zimbabwe — the admission by the Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC) that it okayed the Special Economic Zones Bill that was ultra vires the new Zimbabwe Constitution might have cost the entire committee its job. An alert executive had to send the Bill back to the…
