HARARE – National Assembly speaker Jacob Mudenda has written to a Chinese contractor responsible for building a new $46 million Parliament building in Mt Hampden that construction may start by August. Mudenda said the delay in the construction of the bigger Parliament — initially slated to start in December — had been caused by government…
BULAWAYO – Opposition National People’s Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru yesterday said she regretted campaigning for President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF ahead of the 2013 elections, a development she said has resulted in untold suffering to the masses. Addressing thousands of supporters during the Women’s Electoral Convergence (Wec) event here, Mujuru called for…
HARARE – The loser of the make-or-break 2018 elections should “gracefully” accept the result and help the winner deliver promises made to the electorate, acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. This comes as MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has declared that he would not accept the outcome of next year’s presidential election if he were to…
HARARE – Activist Linda Masarira fought a reveller at a local bar, hitting him with an empty beer bottle before her friends threatened the bar manager with a toy gun, a Harare court heard yesterday. Masarira, 35, Makomborero Haruzivishe, 25, and Desmond Sharukai, 28, appeared before magistrate Eric Kadye charged with assault. Haruzivishe is a…
HARARE – A big drop in soya bean plantings in Zimbabwe could lead to a shortage of cooking oil and stock feeds on the domestic market this year. Nationally, the industry is expected to meet a national need of 200 000 tonnes this season but farmers have dumped the crop due to lack of financing….
HARARE – The High Court has dismissed a bid by 174 ex-employees of Russian mining firm DTZ-OZGEO seeking to attach the company’s property to recover a collective amount of $390 000 owed in salary arrears. The dispute erupted after the firm’s mining operations in Chiadzwa were halted by government last year, as the government seized…
HARARE – Days after Public Service minister Prisca Mupfumira’s stunning dismissal of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Peter Mutasa from the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) board for allegedly leaking confidential information, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has demanded his immediate reinstatement. In a May 17 letter to President Robert Mugabe, ITUC…
HARARE – Zimbabweans shun visiting local resorts and hotels, leaving them exclusively to foreigners, Tourism deputy minister Anastacia Ndlovu has said She told the Senate on Thursday that Zimbabweans needed to take the lead in visiting the country’s tourist destinations. This came after Zanu PF Manicaland Senator Monica Mutsvangwa had enquired government policy on domestic…
HARARE – Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has produced a lot of star players who have gone on to do wonders for the national team. The likes of Shacky Tauro, Vitalis Takawaira, Willard Mashinkila-Khumalo, Benjamin Nkonjera, Stanford “Stix” Mutizwa, Benjani Mwaruwari together with the Ndlovu brothers Peter, Adam and Madinda were all wonderful servants for…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is targeting to produce at least 70 million litres of milk this year up from 65 million litres last year due to import restrictions and a dairy revitalisation project. This comes as the government is targeting milk production to rise to between 97 million and 100 million litres per annum by 2019,…
