HARARE – A few years ago, flamboyant businessman Philip Chiyangwa sparked a major furore after he paid his workers at G&D Shoes their severance packages in the form of pairs of shoes. There was a method to the madness. G&D was illiquid and unable to pay its salaries in real dollars. To get around the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe enters into 2018 without its first executive president Robert Gabriel Mugabe and for the first time in 37 years, the voice of Mugabe will be missing outstandingly during the 2018 general election. This is an extremely interesting development for a number of reasons but more prominently because of the fact that the…
HARARE – The MDC is headed for turbulent times amid reports that its longest serving deputy Thokozani Khupe is contemplating stepping down should Morgan Tsvangirai attempt to hand over power to any of her juniors. Tsvangirai who is battling cancer of the colon hinted last week that he was considering quitting and handing over the…
HARARE – The MDC Alliance is fretting over the uncertainty surrounding Morgan Tsvangirai after he indicated that he was mulling stepping down. Tsvangirai was selected to be the presidential candidate for the MDC Alliance on August 5 last year, whose constituent members include the People’s Democratic Party, led by Tendai Biti; the MDC led by…
HARARE – After serving three years of his 290-year jail term, Thomas Chirembwe woke up to the news that his sentence had been slashed to 55 years. His maximum sentence had been reduced by 235 years after the High Court of Criminal Appeal had ruled that sentence imposed on him by presiding magistrate Simon Kachambwa…
BULAWAYO – The late vice president Joshua Nkomo turned down an offer to become the country’s president in a coalition government formed after the 1980 elections, Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa claims. Instead, the veteran nationalist opted for a ministerial post, only to be fired two years later by then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe on charges…
HARARE – The State Procurement Board (SPB) has invited qualified contractors to submit sealed bids for construction of service stations in Masvingo and Harare. The tender invites are contained in a Government Gazette published on Friday by the SPB acting principal officer Samson Mutanhaurwa. There will be a site visit for the proposed Masvingo service…
HARARE – Evangelist Ezekiel Guti junior will be buried today at the Glen Forest Memorial Cemetery, almost a week after his death in a swimming pool accident in South Africa on December 27. The body of the late Guti junior was flown to Zimbabwe from South Africa on December 30. Two all night vigils were…
HARARE – Flamboyant youthful businessman Genius Kadungure has boasted that he has bought a 2017 Bentley Bentayga — a supercar, which costs R4 million. Kadungure, 33, has been showing off on social media the sport utility vehicle — the fastest SUV ever built, which is a powerful, all-terrain, all-purpose car. The pictures are all the…
BULAWAYO – With dozens of tourist attractions, each having a rich history and remarkable diversity of culture, Bulawayo — Zimbabwe’s second largest city — as well as its hinterland should have no problem attracting tourists. And yet its tourism market is far from impressive, with a few international visits and very limited local interest —…
