HARARE – Masvingo Zanu PF bigwigs allegedly looted leftovers from the party’s annual conference held in the south-eastern city in December last year, a senior official claimed. Their prized loot — rice and other groceries. The party’s Masvingo provincial chairperson, Amasi Nenjana, exposed the pillaging, alleging that the perpetrators had a vendetta against him. “They…
HARARE – High Court judge, David Mangota, yesterday reserved judgment in a matter in which vendors are seeking to bar the Harare City Council from demolishing their stalls and seizing their wares in the Central Business District. The vendors’ lawyer Tonderai Bhatasara confirmed the ruling, delivered in Justice Mangota’s chambers. Through the Vendors Initiative for…
HARARE – The United States will give an additional $4 million in aid for fighting famine in Zimbabwe, with the funding coming from President Donald Trump’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar). The new money — which comes on top of US assistance was announced on Monday — and would bring total US humanitarian aid…
HARARE – Voter registration laws requiring that citizens possess proof of residence must be repealed ahead of the 2018 polls as they unnecessarily exclude youths from voting, a new pressure group has said. Youth Advocacy for Voter Enlightenment and Progressive Orientation (Yavepo) has said the Electoral Act is a big impediment to participation of youths…
HARARE – After briefly visiting Harare last week on his way to Ethiopia from his long holiday, President Robert Mugabe must come down to his senses and address the burning issues of the day namely, the collapsing health sector, economy, extreme poverty hitting our people, the deadly Zanu PF succession issue, corruption and the rising…
HARARE – Sports minister Makhosini Hlongwane should not wish away the mistreatment of the Mighty Warriors before and after their national duty at the Women Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Cameroon last year. The welfare of the Mighty Warriors took centre stage in Parliament last week and rightly so with the legislators demanding to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile telecommunications company, NetOne, says it is working on strategies to complete its $137 million licence fee within the next decade. NetOne’s acting chief executive, Brian Mutandiro, on Monday said the company was also in discussions over how to settle legacy debt. “We have paid $4 million towards the current…
HARARE – A fragile political situation that could prove catastrophic — gross domestic product (GDP) growth of less than one percent, a notoriously high unemployment rate, widening inequality and the industrial failings of a commodity-driven growth model — not a pretty picture of an economy. Yet this is what Zimbabwe is faced with. Economic analysts…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Lloyd Mutasa has given goalkeeper Tatenda Mkuruva an ultimatum to commit to the club or they will be forced to look elsewhere and replace the Warriors number 1. Mkuruva, who returned from the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Gabon last week following the Warriors’ exit in the group…
HARARE – Ajax Cape Town defender Erick Chipeta is glad to have overcome the disappointment of missing the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) and suffering a fractured finger at the same time. The second half of 2016 was a nightmare for the Zimbabwean defender after he fell out of favour with Warriors coach Kalisto…
