MUTARE – Mutare city has been hit by a craze to own expensive thoroughbred dogs, with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) attributing the trend to the rise in abuse of the animals. In an exclusive interview with Eastern News, SPCA Manicaland chairperson Lynne James said the breed commonly targeted by…
MUTARE – Two separate exhibitions which were showcased at Mutare Art Gallery turned out to be an eyesore for visiting tourists as they portrayed the country in bad taste. Titled ‘‘Dandemutande’’, the exhibition by Obey Mushonga and Christwish Mulunga comprising paintings and pictures had images of dead people, something that put off visitors as it…
HARARE – The country’s main opposition parties have reacted angrily to plans by the ruling Zanu PF to use its majority in Parliament to scrap a constitutional provision that devolves powers to provinces. Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda, let the cat out of the bag when he beseeched lawmakers recently to urgently amend Chapter 14…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate yesterday relaxed former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo’s bail conditions to allow him to tend to his farm in Mashonaland West. Chombo, detained by the military before Robert Mugabe resigned as president, was granted bail by the High Court last month on a slew of corruption charges, including trying to defraud…
HARARE – MDC MP Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has tabled a motion in Parliament seeking to compel the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya to urgently capitalise Onsdale Enterprises, one of the country’s major sanitary wear manufacturers that is on the verge of shutting down. She said she was alarmed by the high cost of…
HARARE – Independent election watchdogs have welcomed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) announcement to extend the national biometric voter registration (BVR) blitz exercise from January 10 to February 8. A total of 4, 897, 482 out of a targeted 7 million people have so far successfully registered as voters for the harmonised elections scheduled for…
HARARE – Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (Parirenyatwa) is targeting 1 000 women to undergo free cervical cancer screening and treatment. Parirenyatwa in partnership with Hunan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital from the People’s Republic of China are inviting up to 1 000 women aged between 25 and 65 for free early cervical cancer screening…
HARARE – Indian firm Balasore Alloys (Balasore) yesterday confirmed its intention to acquire a majority shareholding in leading chrome producer, Zimbabwe Alloys (Zim Alloys). Balasore, formerly Ispat Alloys, said it will acquire either by itself or through its nominees and affiliates, 70 percent shares of Zim Alloys. Zim Alloys, which is under judicial management, holds…
HARARE – Executives of the Zimbabwe Diaspora Investment Group (ZiDIG) — an equity investment company of diasporans in the UK — are scheduled for 10-day trade and investment mission in Zimbabwe. The delegation, currently in Denmark engaging private and institutional investors, will start the mission on Monday. ZiDIG chief executive Taffi Nyawanza and investments executive…
HARARE – Affirmative Action Group president Chamu Chiwanza has left the local economic empowerment pressure group following the expiry of his term last year. Flamboyant businessman and AAG founding president, Philip Chiyangwa, has since assumed leadership of the organisation. “Following the expiry of the term of office of the AAG national executive committee led by…
