HARARE – Analysts say Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s unusual move on Wednesday to disown disgruntled war veterans, as well as his veiled swipe at maverick businessman Energy Mutodi, betray his anxiety to remain on President Robert Mugabe’s good books as Zanu PF’s escalating tribal, factional and succession wars get uglier. The Midlands godfather’s surprising move…
HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) outfit’s political weight will be put to test in two weeks’ time when her party participates in the Bikita West by-election. With opposition parties under pressure to perform from Zimbabweans who have suffered for more than three decades at the hands of…
HARARE – Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his deputy Nelson Chamisa have been invited to newly-elected Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo’s inauguration on Saturday. The duo will join about 6 000 guests — including Zambia’s president Edgar Lungu — expected at the ceremony to be held in Accra. Tsvangirai’s spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka,…
HARARE – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mwana Nanga Mawampanga says president Joseph Kabila is sincere in his claims that he will hand over power to a democratically-elected leader. Kabila has been in office since the assassination of his father, Laurent Kabila, in 2001. He was elected in 2006 and again in…
HARARE – Desmond ‘‘Stunner’’ Chideme’s less than one-year-old marriage is on the rocks after his wife, Olinda Chapel, slammed the urban grooves artiste labelling him a “worthless gold digger” bent on using her resources to bed teenage girls. Pouring her heart out on social media yesterday, United Kingdom-based Chapel laid bare her relationship with the…
HARARE – Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has said the Gulf Sunshine Bazaar shopping complex in Mbare must be demolished after it caused a flooding crisis. The complex — constructed along Simon Mazorodze Road — blocked drainage ways, leading to the flooding of adjacent homes by run-off water. Affected residents had threatened to sue the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has forecast “a very tough 2017” following a massive cut on tertiary education spending among a plethora of challenges crippling the economy. In his 2017 budget, Finance Patrick Chinamasa cut the amount allocated to higher and tertiary education by over 30 percent — apportioning $200 million as…
HARARE – Recent flooding that affected some parts of Mbare is worrying. This is especially so because it largely is a result of bungling on the part of authorities, in this case the Harare City Council. It has since emerged that flooding started ever since the construction of the Gulf Sunshine Bazaar along Simon Mazorodze…
HARARE – Zimbabwe government is going ahead with plans to compulsorily acquire 28 000 hectares of mining land in Kadoma held by the country’s biggest platinum miner, Zimplats. Through the second publication of a notice to the effect, President Robert Mugabe — ignoring various warnings from market experts that the move will put investment-starved Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest financial services group by assets, CBZ Holdings (CBZ), has, with effect from January 15, suspended the use of the Visa card on the local market. In a statement released to depositors yesterday, the financial institution also announced new limits for international transactions, pointing out that the Visa card would continue to…
