HARARE – Deputy Finance minister Terence Mukupe, yesterday suffered the embarrassment of being ordered to settle fees arrears for his children by the High Court after he had failed to pay their school for nine months. Mukupe owes Harare International School nearly $30 000. Harare International School filed a High Court application demanding the controversial…
HARARE – Businessman Jameson Rushwaya is facing prospects of doing prison time after the High Court ruled in favour of an application imploring the courts to imprison him for failing to pay $174 000 owed to Tetrad Investment Bank. High Court judge Owen Tagu granted Tetrad Investment Bank the order which placed Jameson and Annie…
HARARE – Fourteen families were left homeless after fire gutted a block of flats in Mbare on Tuesday evening — forcing government to temporarily shelter them in idle offices of the now-defunct Rufaro Marketing. Rufaro Marketing was an arm of the Harare City Council which ran beer halls in the capital’s sprawling townships before its…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has deployed election monitors across the country to participate during and after the election period. ZHRC monitors commenced their duties on July 23 and will stretch up to August 6. “In terms of section 243 (c) of the Constitution one of the functions of ZHRC is to…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has thrown a lifeline to white commercial farmers by inviting them to enter into joint ventures with resettled farmers as part of reviving agriculture and boosting the economy. Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri told the white farmers — many of whom struggled under deposed leader Robert…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is still feeling the effects of the Avian Bird flu — months after it ravaged the poultry industry — as local production of hatching eggs has remained depressed. According to a June update from the Livestock and Meat Advisory Council (LMAC), between January and March 2018, laying breeder stocks declined from 298…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has dodged a bullet after opposition leader Nelson Chamisa — who has been feuding with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) — yesterday committed anew to facing President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Monday’s crunch polls, albeit under protest. [Adz]
HARARE – The list of artists who have released “election materials” ahead of forthcoming harmonised election is continuously growing with the latest being South Africa-based comedian Baba Tencen, who has posted his homemade video on social media, subtly de-campaigning incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The video clip has since gone viral on social media sites as…
HARARE – Standards Association of Zimbabwe (Saz) director-general Eve Gadzikwa has praised Fidelity Life Assurance of Zimbabwe for continually being certified by the standards body despite belonging to a sector in which most players don’t go beyond regulatory requirements. Gadzikwa, who handed over the internationally-recognised SAZ ISO 9001:2015 certificate to Fidelity Life Assurance at a…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) is seeking close to $30 million to purchase road construction equipment. Transport minister Joram Gumbo said government will contribute $20 million while the roads administrator will chip in with $8,3 million. “You will be aware that 60 percent of funds disbursed to road authorities are taken up…
