BULAWAYO – Former Industry minister Nkosana Moyo has challenged President Robert Mugabe to take a cue from Tanzania’s leader, John Magufuli, by cutting on profligate expenditure instead of splurging hefty sums on a lavish birthday party. He said “under normal circumstances, it’s probably time he (Mugabe) would go and rest and…spend time with his family,…
HARARE – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC and other opposition political parties have lost the electorate’s trust in recent years, a leading think-tank — Afrobarometer — has claimed. The research firm’s assistant project manager for southern Africa, Rorisang Lekalake, said a survey, which involved 9 500 interviews in Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa (SA) and…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has appealed to parliamentarians to enact a law meting sterner punishment to individuals who leak examination papers. This comes as the internationally accredited examinations board will soon install a multi-purpose state-of-the-art printing press that will allow Zimsec to print exam papers internally, instead of outsourcing. Zimsec director Esau…
HARARE – The UK Supreme Court has upheld British Prime Minister Theresa May’s “harsh” £18 600 minimum income rule for those wishing to bring in non-European spouses in a ruling slammed by Zimbabwean campaigners as perpetuating the separation of thousands of families. The seven justices at the UK’s highest court announced their decision on Wednesday,…
HARARE – A group of Bubi villagers were yesterday forced to withdraw their lawsuit against Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko after the ex-ambassador and businessman’s lawyers successfully argued before the Bulawayo High Court that the farmers had no right to stop their eviction. This was after Vusa Ncube and 67 others had dragged the government number…
HARARE – The University of Zimbabwe student, Romeo Zibani, who recently lost a bid to stop the conducting of interviews to replace Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku, has filed another court application challenging the composition of the bench that dismissed his request. The 25-year-old lost the application after judges ruled that an intention to amend a…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has declined to respond to claims by First Lady Grace Mugabe that donations at her rallies were items impounded at border points. Instead, the tax collector said the seized goods are stored in warehouses before being auctioned off or given out at the discretion of the State. Last…
JOHANNESBURG – Roads leading in and out of Atteridgeville have been barricaded with burning tyres, stones and other objects. Chairperson of the Coalition Against Xenophobia, Temba Ncalo says protesters are throwing stones and preventing vehicles and people from entering the township. “There is a group of about 45 youth who are marching around the township…
HARARE – In a stunning call that is set to tear the warring ruling Zanu PF further apart, Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandi Chimene says Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa should be arrested for allegedly inciting his Zanu PF supporters to engage in acts of treason. At the same time, the Zanu PF women’s league renewed…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe unwittingly confirmed Zimbabwe’s worsening rot — which is widely blamed on him and his misfiring government — when he revealed during his annual birthday interview with the ZBC last week that even he kept money at home fearing bank failures. Mugabe also hinted in that televised interview that Zimbabwe should adopt…
