HARARE – Lawyers are increasingly becoming reluctant to represent Zanu PF due to non-payment of legal fees. According to the ruling party’s central committee report presented to the 2017 special extraordinary congress, some attorneys are owed fees as far back as 2008. This comes as the ruling party has several pending cases before the courts,…
HARARE – Motorists will have to fork out a little more to purchase diesel after government banned the importation of Diesel 500 parts per million (ppm) and directed all fuel dealers to adopt Diesel 50 ppm instead. The ban is with effect from May 1, 2018. Diesel 50 — a low sulphur fuel that contains…
HARARE – A self-styled Harare prophet has been dragged to court facing rape charges after he reportedly told a congregant that her problems could only be solved by having sexual intercourse with him. Herbert Senda, 34, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa on Saturday and was released on $50 bail. He was ordered to continue…
HARARE – Lack of resources — material, technological and financial — remains a serious obstacle to the development of Zimbabwean entrepreneurs, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has said. The empowerment lobby group said this in a congratulatory message to retired general Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi following their appointment as the country’s two vice presidents…
HARARE – Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu, who superintended over the Mining ministry during the heydays of harvesting diamonds from the gems-rich Chiadzwa fields is to be hauled before Parliament to explain the alleged missing $15 billion worth of the precious stones — as the government hunts for answers on the emotive issue. Walter Chidakwa…
BULAWAYO – Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday spoke of his immense admiration for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, while subtly laying bare his own higher political ambitions. The reserved Mohadi told worshippers, who packed the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Hall here for a church gathering organised for Mnangagwa, how he saw similarities between himself and his…
HARARE – A female diamond sorter who reportedly connived with her workmates and manipulated security and Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) at Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) before stealing gems worth $500 000 has been nabbed. Tapiwa Janet Marange, 32, reportedly went on to purchase a white Honda Fit car using proceeds of the crime, which…
HARARE – Former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi (pictured) has been challenged in the looming elections this year for his Zanu PF Masvingo South Constituency MP seat by the ruling party’s youth member, Wilson Maride. Like many other ruling party candidates, Mzembi — a long-serving Tourism minister before his recent reassignment to head the Foreign…
HARARE – Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu, who superintended over the Mining ministry during the heydays of harvesting diamonds from the gems-rich Chiadzwa fields is to be hauled before Parliament to explain the alleged missing $15 billion worth of the precious stones — as the government hunts for answers on the emotive issue. Walter Chidakwa…
