HARARE – Zimbabwe will import about 200 000 tonnes of wheat this year from Canada to cover a deficit, following lower plantings due to lack of finance and shortages of fertiliser and electricity. This comes in the wake of a trip by a Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe team to Toronto two weeks ago led…
HARARE – Over 400 pharmacists have been deregistered by the Pharmacists Council of Zimbabwe (PCZ) and will not be allowed to practice in Zimbabwe. PCZ registers pharmacists, develops standards, codes and guidelines for the pharmacy profession and also handles notifications, complaints, investigations and disciplinary hearings. In order to practise in Zimbabwe, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians…
HARARE – Kadoma businessman Jimayi Muduvuri is set to give 300 residential stands to churches and people living with disabilities. Speaking at the handover of 40 stands and 10 houses in Kadoma on Saturday, Muduvuri — who is also the patron of the Zimbabwe Amalgamated Churches (ZaC) — said his members are struggling to acquire…
HARARE – Child defilement in relation to sodomy cases are dominating the country’s courts. This comes as frustrations of a jobless younger generation, the dereliction of duty by their elders and an unhealthy mental state of the nation have contributed to the increase in these crimes, observers say. Just last week, a 73-year-old man was…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has filed High Court papers demanding an order barring a rival camp led by Thokozani Khupe to stop using the party’s name and symbol. This follows a Supreme Court ruling directing that the matter to be heard urgently. Chamisa’s camp had initially approached the Supreme Court on appeal challenging…
HARARE – The chaos and violence which were witnessed in the MDC’s primary elections, just like what happened in the Zanu PF internal voting, highlight a very worrying culture of failing to disagree in a manner that shows civility. It is quite disconcerting that despite the country’s leadership and indeed MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson…
HARARE – The MDC’s weekend primary elections descended into chaos, with violence, death threats and allegations of bribery marring the main opposition party’s internal polls in some constituencies as its supporters voted to choose their representatives for the country’s looming national elections. [Adz]
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under huge pressure to sack under fire junior minister Terence Mukupe over a litany of controversial actions and statements that he has made in recent weeks, which have caused palpable anger among many Zimbabweans. It didn’t help matters that Mukupe issued an equally controversial apology yesterday, which only…
HARARE – Flamboyant Zimbabwean preacher, Uebert Angel — born Uebert Mudzanire — is splashing a whopping $2 million on a 4-star French hotel, as he expands his business empire in the developed North. The self-proclaimed multi-millionaire and leader of The Good News Church — formerly known as Spirit Embassy — first ventured into real estate…
HARARE – Under-fire deputy Finance minister Terrence Mukupe has claimed he enjoys a good working relationship with his boss Patrick Chinamasa. This comes amid reports of fierce run-ins between the two at their New Government Complex offices located at corner Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo Street (4th Street) and Samora Machel Avenue in Harare. Since their…
