HARARE – Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has turned down an honorary doctorate degree from a Dubai-based institute, arguing he would rather earn it through his own academic research. He said the rate at which honorary degrees were being conferred on influential Zimbabweans was now worrying. “I knew my turn would surely come,” he said in…
HARARE – The election of 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron as new France president has ignited fresh debate on social media on President Robert Mugabe whose party confirmed him as its candidate for the next presidential election expected in mid-2018, when he will be 94. Mugabe has been in power in the southern African country since 1980,…
HARARE – Riled by the country’s worsening economic rot, disgruntled war veterans have renewed their attacks on President Robert Mugabe — saying the suffering and chaos now being witnessed in the country is not what they fought for during the liberation struggle. And contrary to recent State media claims that they had been gagged, the…
HARARE – In yet another dose of bad news for long-suffering Zimbabweans, a local firm has warned that the country’s inflation will continue to rise, resulting in rising food prices as manufacturing companies turn to the thriving black market for their foreign exchange needs to import raw materials. This comes as Zimbabwe is grappling with…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has confessed to giving the late retired Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku unconstitutional Executive orders to okay the seizure of white-owned farms. Commenting on the tenure of Chidyausiku — who has been declared a national hero and is set to be interred at the national Heroes Acre on Saturday — Mugabe…
HARARE – A Harare court has granted a stay of community sentence for pro-democracy campaigner Linda Masarira while considering whether the High Court will hear her appeal after her conviction and sentence for participating in an anti-government protest last year. In a May 5 court ruling, Mbare magistrate Stanford Mambanje said Masarira can be free…
HARARE – Government has removed duty on the importation of all aircraft spare parts, a waiver that will see cash-strapped Air Zimbabwe free up millions of dollars needed for maintenance checks. A Government Gazette published on Friday stated that Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has in terms of section 235 of the Customs and Excise Act…
BULAWAYO – The Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu has been evicted from its Bulawayo offices over $11 000 rental arrears. The High Court here granted the eviction order against the opposition party. “We occupied the offices in January 2015, having paid in cash nine months in advance, including a deposit,” Zapu deputy spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa told the…
HARARE – Government must provide food to university students to stem HIV spread, as most are forced into prostitution due to hardships, Senate has been told. In a report on HIV and Aids prevalence in Zimbabwe’s higher learning institutions, the Senate thematic committee said poverty was the major crisis among university and college students. “The…
HARARE – A cop who was busted while allegedly receiving a $15 bribe from a kombi operator in exchange for releasing an impounded commuter omnibus was dragged to court yesterday. Weston Muzoriwa, of Besa Village in Seke, appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Chimboza facing allegations of criminal abuse of duty. He was released on $50…
