HARARE – The African Union (AU) has asked government to auction the 300 herd of cattle donated by President Robert Mugabe and give the regional bloc cash instead. In donating the cattle, Mugabe had envisaged they would “grow and reproduce”, and help the Union in sustaining itself. Instead, Foreign Affairs minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said yesterday…
HARARE – A Dzvirasekwa woman yesterday gave birth to twins and subsequently killed them in a bizarre act that left residents of the suburb shell-shocked. The incident ignited commotion at Kembo Shopping Centre, as residents thronged the Dzivaresekwa Extension Police Station in a bid to catch a glimpse of the woman and the deceased babies….
HARARE – Zanu PF and MDC senators were on Wednesday embroiled in a war of words over the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s operations. Senators from the ruling party were backing Zec while those from opposition argued the Commission was being used by the ruling Zanu PF to rig 2018 elections. “According to our view, Zec…
HARARE – Government is facing mounting pressure to grant millions of Zimbabweans living abroad their right to vote in the 2018 general elections, with war veterans making the latest demand. With the majority of countries across the world affording their nationals living abroad a chance to participate in elections, Zimbabwe does not yet, except in…
HARARE – Government is unable to reintroduce student grants due to financial constraints, Higher Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa said. This comes as student representative committees (SRCs) have been demanding the grants on the back of economic hardships that have hit most students in colleges and varsities. Speaking in the House of Assembly this week,…
HARARE – As the national debate about the benefits of Zimbabwe adopting the South African rand as its anchor currency continues to rage, former Finance minister Tendai Biti says the discourse is “futile” — as the country’s deepening economic rot “can never” be stemmed with President Robert Mugabe and his warring ruling Zanu PF in…
HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF government must do more to relieve long-suffering Zimbabweans from a cash crisis that has forced many to spend hours on end in bank queues, Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira said. The Nyanga South Zanu PF MP said the situation is a “crisis” and “it pains me because…
BULAWAYO – Zanu PF youths here yesterday summarily suspended provincial chairperson Dennis Ndlovu ostensibly because he is a stooge of under-fire political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere. “Let it be known that we the youths in Bulawayo have declared that as far as we are concerned, we do not have a chairperson at the moment,” Bulawayo Central…
HARARE – Two senior police officers have been accused of engineering an extortion scam in which a Chinese national reportedly lost $20 000. The two police bosses allegedly enlisted the services of Delish Nguwaya, 32, Zano Vengai, 33, Clever Gadzikwa, 36, and Mbereki Mbizo Nyathi, 44, to pose as law enforcement personnel in the extortion…
HARARE – The Gukurahundi genocide must not be addressed by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission Bill (NPRC) as it will open old wounds, Zanu PF lawmakers have said. Zanu PF Bindura South legislator Remigious Matangira told the National Assembly on Tuesday during the NPRC Bill debate that the proposed legislation made the nation remember…
