HARARE – The inaugural Gango Festival — set to be the only barbecue festival of its kind in Zimbabwe — will be held at Borrowdale Racecourse, Harare on August 5. Running under the theme “A life event for meat lovers,” the event is the brainchild of Proma Events. “Everything is moving according to plan. We…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has set the cat among the pigeons within the warring ruling Zanu PF, revealing that he has held meetings with the country’s feared military officials as part of his bid to allow the smooth transfer of power if he wins next year’s watershed national elections. This comes as the…
HARARE – Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) — the publishers of the market-leading Daily News, the Daily News on Sunday and the Weekend Post — have appointed experienced newspaperman Hama Saburi as editor-in-chief. Saburi fills the coveted head of editorial position at ANZ with effect from today, having been recruited from Modus Publications — the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s office has expressed alarm at the state of the capital – warning the Harare City Council (HCC) that it risks failing to meet its audacious target of turning the once sunshine city into a world-class status by 2025. This comes hard on the heels of remarks by Tourism minister Walter…
HARARE – Harare municipal police must have arresting powers for them to enforce the law effectively, council’s acting chief traffic and transport planner Judith Mujegu said. Speaking at the Harare City Council’s Rapid Results Initiative review on Tuesday, she said the city’s police were failing to exercise their full mandate due to that. The three…
HARARE – Four suspects allegedly caught attempting to bomb Alpha Omega Dairies will now stand trial on treason charges after the Prosecutor-General’s office served them with indictments yesterday. Owen Kuchata, 34, Zimbabwe National Army corporal Borman Ngwenya, 30, Solomon Makumbe, 29, and an ex-soldier Silas Pfupa, 37, and jailed president of the Zimbabwe People’s Front…
HARARE – The opposition PF Zapu has said Zanu PF neglected the late war veteran and nationalist Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu in his last days, yet he stood by the ruling party, refusing to pull out of it in 2008. Ndlovu, 86, died in Bulawayo in the early hours of Monday after a long battle with…
HARARE – The Bindura Municipality (Bindura) has been dragged to the High Court for failing to pay a $116 000 Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) debt. ZETDC is a subsidiary of the State power utility Zesa Holdings. “The defendant (Bindura) is indebted/liable to the plaintiff as at April 30, 2016, in the sum…
HARARE – Government has struck a $100 million deal with banks to rehabilitate the country’s damaged roads, Transport minister Jorum Gumbo has said. This comes as rampaging floods, which injured 128 people and displaced at least 1 985, washed away several bridges and roads in major highways in southern parts of Zimbabwe. “$14,5 million has…
HARARE – Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandi Chimene has slammed South Africa’s Higher Education minister Blade Nzimande, labelling him a “daft politician”, after he described President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF as a “rural party”. This comes as the South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary told a Cosatu meeting in Pretoria on Monday that Zanu…
