HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he had forgiven all but three members of the vanquished G40 faction as he urged Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to come back home “to help rebuild the country.” Mnangagwa travelled to South Africa on his first foreign trip as head of State, visiting a country where he sought…
HARARE – Zanu PF MP for Buhera South Joseph Chinotimba has reprimanded MDC legislator for Kuwadzana East Nelson Chamisa, saying as a pastor he must not be globetrotting bad-mouthing the country. Chinotimba told legislators that Chamisa must clarify to the National Assembly the purpose of his visit to Washington where he addressed the US Foreign…
HARARE – Negotiations into a multi-million dollar deal to recapitalise the moribund National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) are dogged by fears that South Africa’s ill-famed billionaire family, the Guptas, could make inroads into the Zimbabwean market through their relationship with Transnet, a key player in the transaction. [GoogleAd] Transnet, in collaboration with the Diaspora Infrastructure…
HARARE – Official portraits of President Emmerson Mnangagwa are now available at the ministry of Information’s head, provincial and district offices countrywide. In a statement issued by the Information ministry acting permanent secretary Regis Chikowore, the portraits will not be for sale. The official channel of distribution comes as street vendors were making a killing…
HARARE – Hundreds of Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) Holdings employees yesterday held demonstrations at their headquarters in protest over a string of energy deals entered between flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo and the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) — a subsidiary of the power utility firm. [GoogleAd] Apart from demonstrating against Chivayo, the employees also wanted…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court will on January 18 hear details of the legal challenge to government’s decision to bar expatriate Zimbabweans from voting from their foreign bases in the forthcoming key 2018 vote. [GoogleAd] Chief Justice Luke Malaba will hear that a judicial review application lodged over whether government has the power to bar…
HARARE – A magistrate freed former Mines and Mining Development minister Walter Chidakwa on bail yesterday on charges of criminal abuse of duty which allegedly prejudiced the State of $28 910. The 53-year-old, a senior member of the Generation 40 faction of the ruling party that was targeted in the military’s November 15 intervention, was…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s foreign currency rates on the parallel market significantly declined yesterday from 70 percent to around 30 percent following an influx of returning Diaspora and rising confidence in the new government. [Adz] This means people were by end of day yesterday buying US$1 for $1,30 bond notes compared to a high of $1,70…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s main labour federation yesterday threatened to call for a strike mid next month to protest alleged government failure to contain sharp price hikes and to demand a 50 percent salary hike. Analysts say strikes over labour and social issues in recent years have largely failed due to government intimidation and workers’ fears…
HARARE – Time Bank of Zimbabwe Limited (Time Bank) has been given a licence to resume operations by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). RBZ yesterday said the bank, which was closed in 2006 for alleged mismanagement of funds and has been engaged in discussion with the central bank, would soon open its doors to…
