HARARE – Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s woes continue to mount after he was dragged to the High Court on Tuesday for failing to pay for shares he bought in a local company. According to court papers filed earlier this week, the first and second applicants in the matter are Chisholome Road Freeholder (Private) Limited and…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday heaped praise on his deputy Nelson Chamisa, describing him as a “dedicated” cadre on his 40th birthday. In a message on his microblogging site Twitter, an ailing Tsvangirai, who along with Chamisa are members of the MDC’s founding “Top Six”, said the party’s deputy president had shown unwavering…
HARARE – Former minister in the then vice president Joice Mujuru’s office, Flora Buka has been dragged to the High Court after failing to pay $87 000 owed to Paperhole Investments (Private) Limited. According to court papers, Buka signed an acknowledgement of debt, which has become the basis for the court application. “Plaintiff’s claim against…
HARARE – Two students in Triangle who gained straight As in their ‘‘A’’Level results are appealing for scholarships or financial assistance to proceed to university. The two Terry Goss High School students Tatenda Ganyani and Tafadzwa Mwedzi received a string of perfect results in the four ‘‘A’’ Level subjects they sat for but are failing…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) newscaster Walter Mupfanochiya has been dragged to the High Court for failing to pay back $116 000 owed to CBZ Bank. Zimbabwe’s biggest banking group CBZ Holdings on Tuesday filed summons citing Mupfanochiya and Claris Media Vambe as respondents. According to court papers, Mupfanochiya has always been the…
HARARE – Two South Africa-based men hired to kill a Zimbabwean man by his jilted lover will spend the next two years in jail. Fanuel Machando, 42, of Poortye Vaalrand, in Johannesburg and his neighbour, Elliot Ratema, 34, were convicted on charges of conspiracy to commit murder. The State presented overwhelming evidence against them. [Adz]…
HARARE – Our reporter Blessings Mashaya speaks to opposition Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity (Zipp) president Blessing Kasiyamhuru, 40, a successful businessman and academic who is running for president. Find below excerpts of the interview. Q: From the campaigns you have done so far and the publicity you have received, I know a number of people…
HARARE – A top European Union (EU) envoy in Harare has decried the partisan coverage of political events by State broadcaster ZBC saying it is still closed to opposition political players and does not reflect the new democratic trajectory espoused by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This comes amid accusations that Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF continues to…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s move to issue 99-year leases to the few remaining white farmers in a bid to end discrimination along racial lines in agriculture has been hailed as a goodwill gesture amid calls to just give the commercial farmers full ownership. Perrance Shiri, the Lands minister, directed on January 31 that all…
HARARE – The Daily News can report that senior secret service operatives who were put on one-year renewable contracts after reaching their retirement age have now been released from the CIO. Reports also suggest that there are some senior officers whose employment contracts were terminated as well even though they were still to reach retirement…
