HARARE – Manyame Rural District Council (MRDC) has embarked on a roads rehabilitation project after receiving $513 000 from the Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara). The local authority’s chief executive officer Farirayi Guta has flighted a tender for the project that advised that documents should be submitted to the council’s offices no later that February…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Aeneas Chigwedere’s younger brother, Godfrey, wept uncontrollably in court and pleaded with judges to fatally shoot him after the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) declined to hear his case in which he accuses the Censorship Board chairperson of witchcraft. Godfrey is one of the 31 members of the Chigwedere clan who approached…
HARARE – Zimbabweans have been warned to stay out of the sun amid warnings over scorching temperatures. Alerts have been issued over “extreme heat” in parts of the country as the mercury is predicted to soar above 40C over the next two weeks. [Adz] Forecasters at the Sadc Climate Services Centre have issued a plea…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decree that Cabinet ministers and senior central and local government officials must declare their assets by end of February has been hailed as noble, but analysts say members of the presidium should be the first to open their finances up to public scrutiny. Misheck Sibanda, chief secretary to the president…
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would “love” to be questioned under oath by Russia collusion prosecutor Robert Mueller, saying it could happen in the coming weeks. Trump confirmed that his lawyers are in discussion with Mueller, who is leading the investigation into collusion between the US president’s campaign and Russia…
HARARE – Zimbabwe risks falling short of its 26 tonnes gold production target this year due to liquidity challenges that have seen small- scale miners selling the precious mineral across the country’s borders. The sector has recovered from its three-tonne nadir recorded at the height of Zimbabwe’s economic crisis in 2008, but is still short…
KAMPALA – President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has given a speech declaring his “love” for US President Donald Trump. Earlier this month, Mr Trump was accused of referring to African nations as “shithole” countries during an immigration meeting. Mr Trump has denied making the remarks but US senators who attended the meeting say that he…
HARARE – AT 16, Sicelo Dube’s dream of mixing it with the big boys in what has been generally an exclusive club of scientists appeared dead in the water when she lost her parents. Her aunt who briefly took over the herculean task of funding her education staggered and eventually gave up — further raising…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said former first lady Grace Mugabe will not be spared from the corruption dragnet and will stand trial if she is found on the wrong side of the law. He said this in a globally-televised interview at the on-going World Economic Forum (Wef) in Davos yesterday. Since assuming office…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday clashed with his opposite number in the opposition MDC — Nelson Chamisa in the National Assembly after the Defence minister appeared to give an arrogant response to the youthful legislator’s question. Chamisa had asked Chiwenga during the National Assembly’s question without notice session why government was still failing…
