HARARE – Oxlink Capital will tomorrow host an investment conference whose aim is to provide a platform for potential investors, business and government to come up with ways to increase the flow of investment into the country. The conference is coming a week after Zimbabwe hosted the Zimbabwe Mining Indaba where International investors got a…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Samuel Undenge yesterday petitioned the court to relax his bail conditions to allow him time to hunt for a job. The plea was granted by Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande, who relaxed Undenge’s reporting conditions from once a week to once a fortnight. He reports at Highlands Police Station. Undenge had…
HARARE – Twenty security guards are counting their losses after their workmates swindled them of $19 094 in subscription fees for non-existent housing stands. Security guards Clever Mandaza and Gervas Zanga appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande on Thursday facing charges of fraud. They were remanded out of custody on $100 bail. Allegations are that…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (Zuj) registered concern following the hate speech and abuse directed at two journalists by the leadership of the MDC and some rowdy youths. Zuj said the attacks against the journalists were made at a press conference last Thursday. Zuj secretary-general Foster Dongozi said: “We call on the MDC together…
HARARE – The government has started implementing a programme to phase out diesel 500 through the introduction of diesel 50, this, in a bid to improve the fuel quality and offer affordable prices. In a statement issued yesterday, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) said the move is in compliance with a government directive issued…
BULAWAYO – Mpopoma and Matshobana residents have sued various government departments, including the ministry of Local Government as well as the city council to compel them to release a report on the findings of the official report on the blasting operations of a granite company in the high density areas. This was after the Mpopoma–Matshobana…
HARARE – Journalist and author Shepherd Mutamba who wrote the book Tuku Backstage, Oliver Mtukudzi’s tell-all biography, first published in 2015, has written a second edition to be published in Zimbabwe on Monday next week. The new book, printed on gloss paper, is full colour throughout with 188 pictures, nearly all of them unseen before….
BULAWAYO – Effervescent Jeys Marabini has gone back into the studio where he is putting final touches to a new album due for release next month. His yet to be titled album carries 11 tracks. It succeeds Thula Sana recorded in 2016. Marabini whose real name is Majahawodwa Ndlovu said this year was a departure…
HARARE – Suluman Chimbetu’s publicist — Joe “Local” Nyamungoma — will celebrate his 40th birthday tonight with a performance on the decks at a local club marking an entry into the world of the popular nightclub DJs. Nyamungoma will be celebrating his birthday at Harare’s Club 263 by taking the DJ slots for the first…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) director-general Edson Chidziya was yesterday acquitted on charges of concealing an audit report that exposed a $3 million rhino horn scam. Chidziya was represented by Lovemore Madhuku and was cleared after a full trial held before Harare regional magistrate Elijah Makomo. Zimparks wildlife officer Padgewell…
