HARARE – Former vice president Joice Mujuru has opened up on her wealth, dismissing claims that she is superrich, with interests in the diamond-rich Chiadzwa fields, as a joke. Speaking on BBC’s Hardtalk, the ex-top Zanu PF official — turned President Robert Mugabe’s fierce rival — said she only owns a house and a farm….
HARARE – The Women’s University in Africa (WUA) has been granted approval to offer Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes. Unveiling its new headquarters and campus in Manresa, Harare, yesterday, the university’s vice chancellor, Hope Sadza, said “the new home will accommodate 3 000 students”. WUA had been operating from rented premises since 2002. [GoogleAd] “The…
HARARE – The countrywide tour by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, pictured, has reignited victimisation of opposition activists in rural areas, a political pressure group has said. Tsvangirai recently wrapped up a 29-day countrywide tour under which he met ordinary citizens. In the aftermath of the engagements, the Zimbabwe Yadzoka/Mayibuye iZimbabwe group says there have been…
HARARE – Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has ordered acting town clerk Josephine Ncube to terminate the contract of all debt collectors who have been pursuing hard-pressed long-suffering residents. This comes after the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC directed Harare councillors on February 28 to cancel the contract of debt collectors. The debt collectors have been threatening and…
MUTARE – A top Mutare City Council official has come under fire after admitting the local authority was losing hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue due to poor record keeping. Presenting oral evidence before a Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (Pac) here, acting town clerk Donald Nyatoti conceded that the cash-squeezed council was losing desperately…
HARARE – War veterans, churches and rights groups wound up a crucial election meeting last week with a promise to restore peace and dignity to Zimbabwe, scarred by violent previous polls. Drawing wide support for a pledge to impose peace after previous elections plunged Zimbabwe into election-related chaos, war veterans with a reputation for toughness,…
HARARE – Core Mining and Minerals (Private) Limited director Lovemore Kurotwi has petitioned President Robert Mugabe in a bid to recover his seized mining equipment. The equipment — which is worth millions of dollars — was taken by the government after a botched mining venture, which culminated in Kurotwi being accused of prejudicing the government…
HARARE – Cleric Phillip Mugadza, who spent more than a month behind bars after being arrested for allegedly prophesying that president Robert Mugabe will die on October 17 this year, was yesterday freed on $50 bail. High Court judge Priscillah Chigumba ruled that there were no compelling reason warranting Mugadza’s continued incarceration. The cleric was…
HARARE – A buoyant opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, says he will give President Robert Mugabe and fearful security chiefs immunity from prosecution when he forms the country’s next government. Speaking in Harare yesterday, after holding a crucial meeting with the MDC national executive, the popular former prime minister in the government of national unity emphasised…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe youth international forward Walter Musona was being compared to his elder brother Knowledge following his stunning goal for Polokwane City against African All Stars on Tuesday night in South Africa. On the same night the entire world was spellbound by the mesmerising skills of Neymar when he helped Barcelona to a…
