HARARE – The trial of police detective Joseph Nemaisa accused of attacking a Central Intelligence Organisation informer – kicked off yesterday with the cop claiming he was empowered by the law to use force on the complainant. Nemaisa is answering to assault charges after he allegedly attacked Delish Nguwaya and broke his arm in an…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) has resolved to engage Local Government minister July Moyo over the recruitment freeze, which it wants suspended. The engagement comes as the local authority has been filling various posts on a temporary basis as it cannot permanently employ, which is affecting operations. The recruitment crisis came after HCC…
HARARE – A Mufakose woman was reportedly gang-raped by four men from her neighbourhood to fix her for accompanying her friend to file theft charges against one of the suspects. The four — Paddy Mlambo, 23, Simbarashe Mlambo, 28, Kelvin Chiromudzimu, 22, and Elson Tariro Masawi, 25 – appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande facing…
HARARE – Integrated financial services group, Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited (OM) said its profit after tax went up 139 percent to $219 million in the full year to December 31, 2017 from $91,8 million due to improved business performance across all the company’s units. Old Mutual chairperson Johannes Gawaxab yesterday said the group’s adjusted operating…
HARARE – Platinum mining giant, Zimplats, says it is committed to revive Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector by supporting animal husbandry. “Cattle farming still has great potential for reforming the agricultural sector in Zimbabwe,” the company said. Zimplats, which recently launched a cattle artificial insemination programme targeting 6 000 semen straws into a livestock population of 3…
HARARE – National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (Nacz) in collaboration with arts associations, arts organisations and promoters has lined up activities throughout Zimbabwe to commemorate three UN Observances falling within a week of each other. These being March 20, World Day of Theatre for Children and Young People, March 21, World Poetry Day and March…
HARARE – When President Emmerson Mnangagwa visited Davos, Switzerland where he reiterated the ‘‘Zimbabwe is open for business’’ message, there was one thing that he also introduced; his multi-coloured scarf. After the meeting, Mnangagwa has made this scarf part of his fashion statement and a few of his followers have also been seen wearing it….
HARARE – It is not a coincidence that the country’s three most successful clubs — Dynamos, Highlanders and CAPS United, in that order — have over the years attracted sponsorship from some of the big companies. These clubs have built strong profiles over the course of their existence and ordinarily would be teams of choice…
HARARE – To any right-thinking person, it would be foolish to expect President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fix Zimbabwe’s broken economy in the few months he has been in the office. That is totally impossible. The 75-year-old politician inherited a bastardised economy, thanks to his 94-year-old predecessor Robert Mugabe’s misrule, though he cannot be extricated from…
HARARE – Allies of former president Robert Mugabe have sent desperate distress calls to both sitting and former heads of state on the continent, on fears that the government may arrest the nonagenarian and his unhinged wife Grace over festering allegations that he engaged in myriad criminal activities while in power. Read full story in today’s…
