HARARE – Opposition political parties have warned President Robert Mugabe that he should brace for the worst page of his long political life as he not only faces an internal revolt in his party ahead of next year’s elections, but also a rout from their grand coalition. Mugabe, who turns 94 next year, has already…
HARARE – Permanent secretary of information George Charamba said he is paying tribute to the late liberation singer Dickson Chingaira aka Cde Chinx, by disclosing that he is the shadowy character Nathaniel Manheru who contributes a weekly column in The Saturday Herald. He said because of his closeness to Cde Chinx, the musician used to…
HARARE – As Harare continues growing in all directions, its Master Plan (MP) has not been reviewed in the last 23 years after it was adopted in 1994. The finance director Tendai Kwenda has sought approval of a supplementary budget of $3 million to fund the review of the document. According to environmental management committee…
HARARE – Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni says police will continue to defy High Court orders as long as they “compromise the country’s security”. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Mguni said the police service would not discontinue the issuance of spot fines as they had no capacity to pursue errant drivers after…
MUTARE – President Robert Mugabe has publicly admitted that he was fooled after being paraded holding up a $1,5 million dummy cheque by Chiadzwa diamond mining companies at the behest of then Indigenisation minister Saviour Kasukuwere. Mugabe told thousands of youths at Sakubva Stadium that he was bitter after he handed over the dummy cheque…
HARARE – Late liberation war fighter and renowned musician Dickson Chingaira, aka Cde Chinx, should be declared a national hero. While the onus to bestow such an honour lies in the hands of President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party, it would be a mockery for them to even declare him a liberation war…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) continues to ignore calls by senior government officials — including President Robert Mugabe — to reduce roadblocks, a situation that has immensely affected the tourism industry and prejudiced the country millions of dollars. At various public forums, we have had our two vice presidents — Emmerson Mnangagwa and…
HARARE – Listed resources firm, RioZim, is in discussions with a potential investor to kick-start its $2,2 billion Sengwa thermal power project. Anticipated to result in the generation of 2 400 megawatts (MW) of power, the project has been on the cards since the 1990s. RioZim, which began actively pursuing the project in 2014, has…
HARARE – State-owned postal, courier and ICT services provider, Zimpost, handled international transactions worth $3,2 million in the year to December 2016 through partnerships with international money transfer companies, acting managing director, Sifundo Moyo, said. The Zimpost boss said the firm — presently disbursing close to $4 million pension pay-outs on behalf of pension companies…
HARARE – One of the country’s leading poultry breeding companies, Irvine’s Zimbabwe (Irvine’s), says it has contained the highly-pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus that broke out at its farm almost a fortnight ago. Avian flu is a virus that occurs naturally among wild aquatic birds and affects domestic poultry and other birds and animals. The…
