HARARE – Outspoken Chimurenga singer Thomas Mapfumo on Tuesday said a top Zimbabwe Republic Police cop corruptly sold his cars confiscated by the police nearly two decades ago. Mapfumo was accused way back in 2001 of buying five stolen luxurious cars from then fugitive car dealer, George Sibanda. And 17 years down the line, he…
HARARE – Government has threatened to repossess land from resettled farmers who continue to use vast quantities of wood to cure their tobacco, contributing to deforestation and defying calls to use coal. “The country will turn into a desert in no time, should this practice be allowed to continue,” Lands minister Perrance Shiri said, calling…
HARARE – Chatham House apologised yesterday for a tweet that suggested Zimbabwe will hold election on July 18, quoting remarks by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Sibusiso Moyo in a presentation at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in the United Kingdom. The tweet, published on the official Chatham House account on Monday night, stirred…
HARARE – The State has lined up over 10 witnesses to testify in a case in which former president Robert Mugabe was duped of $50 000 worth of property by a soldier. Pepukai Zvakavapano, who is attached to the Presidential Guard, was due to answer to theft charges before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande yesterday before…
HARARE – An accountant at former president Robert Mugabe’s Gushungo Holdings (Pvt) Ltd who reportedly fleeced the nonagenarian of $11 000 in a botched potato sacks deal appeared in court yesterday. Peter Bhibhi, 34, of Dzivaresekwa in Harare appeared before magistrate Tilda Mazhande charged with fraud. He was represented by Lucky Dube and was released…
HARARE – When President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reins of power on November 24, 2017, immediately announcing his intention to compensate farmers who had lost their land during the chaotic land reform programme of the early 2000s, most people felt his government had signalled a departure from former despot Robert Mugabe’s regime. When Robert…
HARARE – Only two seating Members of Parliament in Manicaland Province are guaranteed of progressing to the do-or-die general elections to be held in July this year after their respective constituencies could not attract challengers in the Zanu PF primary polls, the Eastern News can report. Manicaland has a total of 27 constituencies. Two candidates,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has approved funding for a plan to capitalise heritage tourism, in a bid by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to add to a tourism boom witnessed following the ushering in of a new dispensation in Zimbabwe. With scores of destinations introducing more airline routes amid a surge in air travel since November,…
HARARE – Woes continue mounting for former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s brother Stanley, after he was dragged before the High Court for failing to pay back a $24 000 loan advanced to him in 2016 by Met Bank. According to court papers, the two parties entered into a written loan agreement in January 2016,…
HARARE – Chimurenga music maestro Thomas Mapfumo on Tuesday took a dig at the change of guard at Munhumutapa Building, saying the ouster of former president Robert Mugabe and his replacement with President Emmerson Mnangagwa only ushered in “cosmetic changes”. Read full story in today’s paper. [GoogleAd]
