HARARE – A Lebanese businessman who is locked in a $1,3 million diamond ring wrangle with former first lady Grace Mugabe has filed opposing papers in the High Court, claiming the ex-Zanu PF women’s league secretary was approaching the courts with dirty hands. Read full story in today’s paper. [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu, who is a former Mines minister, blew his gasket in Parliament yesterday after clashing with Mines and Energy portfolio committee chairperson Temba Mliswa over the country’s missing $15 billion revenue from the gem-rich Chiadzwa diamonds fields. The burly Zanu PF secretary for administration later vowed never to appear…
HARARE – Police yesterday fought running battles with commuter omnibus crews and vendors in and around Harare’s Central Business District (CBD) who were resisting the enforcement of a government decree outlawing ferrying of passengers and vending in the inner city. Government immediately rescinded its decision following the wild clashes between police and irate members of…
HARARE – ZANU PF’S deposed generation 40 (G40) faction was “within touching distance” of snatching the party’s presidency amid revelations that its vile plan included the capture of several strategic institutions, including public media, just days before the ex-liberation movement’s December 15 extra-ordinary congress. This also comes as the vanquished group has been mobilising against…
HARARE – Hungry supporters of the late MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai looted bread vans, breached security fences and beat up some of the party leaders during his burial on a chaotic rainy day. With trucks that were supposed to bring food having being trapped in muddy ruts, supporters of the late veteran politician initially started…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s widow Elizabeth was forced to leave Humanikwa Village in Buhera soon after the burial of her husband, unable to attend post-burial ceremonies after suffering relentless abuse at the hands of her late spouse’s family members. The torment endured by Tsvangirai’s wife has been roundly condemned as “nothing short of a disgrace”….
HARARE – Zimbabwe hosts a key mining conference next week in a bid to attract new foreign investors into the market, which it hopes will stimulate economic growth. The sudden and rapid developments in Zimbabwe late last year, which saw the military essentially remove former President Robert Mugabe and subsequently elevate Emmerson Mnangagwa to the…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Lloyd Mutasa has welcomed the return to normalcy after senior players ended their 9-day sabbatical over unpaid wages and bonuses to finally report for training at Old Hararians Sports Club yesterday. The senior players, together with the youngsters and fringe players went through their paces at OH Sports Club giving the…
HARARE – Gate charges for the Commander ZNA Charities Shield dream final between Dynamos and Highlanders set for Sunday at the National Sports Stadium have been pegged at $3 for the rest of the ground with the most expensive ticket going for $10. The organisers of this tournament, the army’s biggest fundraising event in their…
HARARE – Sports and Recreation minister Kazembe Kazembe is expected to officially open the Sports and Recreation Commission’s (SRC) Governance and Compliance Conference scheduled for Harare’s Prince Edward School starting this morning. The conference will run under the theme “In Pursuit of Good Corporate Governance in the Sport and Recreation Sector,” and the minister is…
