HARARE – Frequent flier President Robert Mugabe pays national airline Air Zimbabwe (Air Zim) cash upfront whenever he uses its planes, Transport minister Jorum Gumbo told the Daily News yesterday. The 93-year-old leader travelled to the United States (US) over the weekend on an Air Zim plane, and according to Gumbo — whose ministry superintends…
HARARE – the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has threatened to drag the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court for awarding the biometric voter registration (BVR) kits tender to a Chinese company, Laxton Group. It said the move is part of its quest to ensure next year’s elections are free and fair. Zec last Thursday announced Laxton…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s nephew — Tongai Mafidi Mnangagwa — has been dragged to court by his ex-wife for allegedly defaulting payment of $5 120 maintenance for their two children. Tongai, 39, of Sunridge in Harare, appeared before magistrate Annia Ndiraya charged with contravening Section 23 of the Maintenance Act. He was granted…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) wants City Parking to increase their dividend to the city arguing the current remittance is too little. According to audit committee minutes, HCC claims that City Parking has been paying them a blanket figure of $40 000 per year. “The committee enquired whether the Harare City Council was getting…
HARARE – Water woes around most of Harare’s suburbs have resulted in the exploitation of residents who now have to pay to fetch water from government-drilled boreholes. Most suburbs around Harare have been dry for a considerable time owing to the council’s failure to provide enough water purification chemicals, resulting in water rationing, with Kamfinsa,…
HARARE – The trial of a Harare woman who allegedly hired a hit man to murder her lover’s wife continued yesterday with the suspected contract killer revealing that the husband was supposed to fund the operation. Judith Makwara is answering to charges of conspiracy to commit murder before Harare regional magistrate Temba Kuwanda. [GoogleAd] The…
HARARE – Activist cleric Phillip Mugadza’s criminal nuisance case, in which he is accused of disturbing business in the Harare CBD, has been put on hold because the presiding magistrate is away on maternity leave. Mugadza — who chained himself to iron rails at Africa Unity Square in protest in the CBD — was represented…
HARARE – Former Finance minister Tendai Biti’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said Zimbabwe’s filthy cities now depict the situation in war-torn countries. This comes after Tourism minister Walter Mzembi recently publicly expressed his annoyance at the country’s worsening rot, which he said makes Zimbabwe a “hard sell” to international tourists. Also, President Robert Mugabe’s…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the Registrar-General’s office must publicly destroy the old voters’ roll as there is danger of the country being railroaded into elections using it, despite the establishment of a biometric one, the MDC has warned. Contributing to a debate last Friday on the possibility of the mooted biometric…
HARARE – Small-scale miners — popularly known as makorokoza — in Bubi District, Matabeleland South Province, have been exempted from paying customs and excise tax in a bid to ensure viability. According to a government gazette published last Friday, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa (pictured) announced that Bubi Small Scale Miners Association (BSSMA) will be exempted…
