HARARE – Transport minister Jorum Gumbo has been accused of stalling progress at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) by refusing to implement recommendations made by international audit firm Grant Thornton. Gumbo ordered a forensic audit on the operations of the Zinara in June 2016 when he assumed the ministerial post amid growing speculation that…
HARARE – Africa-focused investment firm, Masawara Plc, has registered a $3,6 million profit in the half year to June 2017 up from $2,3 million in the same period in 2016. Masawara — a jersey registered investment company — has interests in insurance, hotels, agrochemicals, property (Joina City) and technology clusters. [Adz] The group’s insurance unit…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai has given the first clearest hint that he is on his way out after leading his MDC party since its formation in 1999. In his New Year message released on Monday, the former trade unionist said he cannot continue to hold onto the party’s reins and is about to pave way…
HARARE – Bindura Town Council chamber was turned into a boxing ring on Monday after the town’s mayor and finance director were involved in a nasty scuffle, leading to the two reportedly exchanging blows. The two — mayor Innocent Zvigumbu and finance director Lovemore Warurama — were part of council officials who were deliberating on…
HARARE – Temperatures are expected to start falling in Zimbabwe after days of searing heat, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said yesterday. This follows the weakening of Tropical Cyclone Ava off the coast of Madagascar, which has since moved further back into the Indian Ocean. “In the meantime, moisture is now entering Zimbabwe through Matabeleland…
HARARE – The National Assembly yesterday approved the re-appointment of Mildred Chiri as the auditor-general. Chiri was unceremoniously dismissed from her job in July last year. National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda announced that “this House resolves and approves that …Chiri be appointed auditor-general of the Republic of Zimbabwe for a further term in office effective…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has castigated creeping corruption at universities, warning that perpetrators would be brought to book. He spoke as universities have become hotbeds of dishonesty and moral decay, but instructed university vice chancellors, deans, directors and heads of departments at a meeting in Harare yesterday to deal with the vice now. This…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has revised downwards its targeted voter registration number by two million voters. Zec acting chairperson Emmanuel Magade told a media briefing yesterday that the initial target of seven million when it rolled out the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise last year was overambitious and unrealistic. [Adz] Zec said…
BULAWAYO – Former War veterans minister Tshinga Dube has taken aim at Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa saying he failed to address the Gukurahundi by utilising his office at the time he was a Cabinet minister. While Dube agreed that there was need for a reconciliation and national healing strategy to be set up in addressing…
BULAWAYO – Figtree farmer, David Connolly who lost his farm to former president Robert Mugabe’s top aide, Ray Ndhlukula has questioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s sincerity on addressing the plight of farmers who lost their land at the height of the land reform programme. In his inauguration speech in November last year, Mnangagwa promised to compensate…
