HARARE – Former vice president and now Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, has given President Robert Mugabe an ultimatum — either suspend Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo and his deputy Godfrey Gandawa immediately, in the wake of a damaging corruption scandal that is devouring Zanu PF — or leave office himself. Mujuru yesterday…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s severe cash shortages, which have seen banks rationing money, look set to inflict more damage on the economy in the coming months, with fuel and food shortages expected to worsen in line with the dying economy. This comes as many of the imported basic consumer goods — which were banned by the…
HARARE – Anti-President Robert Mugabe pressure group, Tajamuka, is set to petition the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) to halt the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) from introducing bond notes, arguing there is no legal framework that supports the surrogate currency. This comes as last month, the Con-Court ruled that former vice president Joice Mujuru — who…
HARARE – A Harare man who fraudulently withdrew $1 000 worth of airtime after Standard Chartered (Standard Chartered) Bank had mistakenly linked his phone number to their client’s bank account yesterday begged for the court’s leniency saying he believed it was “miracle money”. James Saunyama, 38, told Harare magistrate Arnold Maburo in mitigation that he…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court (Con-Court) has warned that it will flex its muscle on lawyers that fail to properly advise their clients and threatened to slap them with costs for presenting such cases. Deputy chief justice Luke Malaba said this during the hearing of a case in which the Zimbabwe Sugar Milling Industry Workers’…
HARARE – Zanu PF political Commissar Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday appealed to church leaders to pray for President Robert Mugabe from party insiders whom he claimed were ready to use any means necessary to remove him from power. Apparently leaping to the defence of under-fire Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere said there is…
EDITOR — The granting of the authority to exhume, for reburial in a decent place, the remains of Jonathan Moyo’s late father is a landmark development, which sets a precedence. I have no doubt in my mind that many families who lost their beloved ones during what President Robert Mugabe described as a “moment of…
HARARE – Industry minister Mike Bimha has sensationally-claimed that southern African countries have made peace with Zimbabwe’s imports ban regulations. This was after Sadc member states — led by South Africa — had vowed to slap Zimbabwe with punitive and retaliatory measures after the country gazetted the controversial Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 (SI 64)…
HARARE – South African teenage girl Kaylin Olifant will be the main centre of attraction at Saturday’s Summer Bounce Burnout spin event scheduled for Borrowdale Race Course in Harare. The 15-year-old girl from Kimberly is set to be the first female ever in this particular event to showcase her spin ingenuity in the male-dominated event which…
HARARE – Celebrated rapper Cal_Vin, who scooped three Zim Hip Hop Awards last year after being nominated eight times, will headline Castle Lite Extra Cold Block Party set for Bulawayo on October 29. The Lokishini Obama, as Cal_Vin prefers to call himself, will share the stage with five Bulawayo-based DJs who include DJ Liz, DJ…
