HARARE – After weeks of conjecture we had the first budget of the new government on Thursday last week. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was not thrown by the chaos that resulted when MDC members refused to respect the State President and were evicted from the House. Just what they thought they were achieving by this…
HARARE – Some of the wishes of the late vice president Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo are finding no takers as witnessed by the Ekusileni Medical Centre in Bulawayo which has been lying idle for the past 17 years. It had been reported ad-infinitum that the hospital “will open soon” but it is now almost two decades…
HARARE – Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) president Denford Mutashu has urged businesses and retailers to take heed of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call to reduce prices. On Saturday, Mnangagwa told Zanu PF supporters at a “Thank you” rally in Murombedzi that danger is drawing closer to businesses who keep hiking prices unnecessarily as their licences…
HARARE – Three suspected robbers allegedly murdered a taxi driver in broad daylight in one of Harare’s affluent suburbs last week after masquerading as genuine passengers, a court has heard. Romeo Jambura, Norest Tamangani and Dallena Makupe allegedly murdered Taruvinga Mutize on Monday in Harare’s Eastlea suburb after attacking him with unknown objects before dumping…
HARARE – A Chitungwiza man allegedly tendered a fake Real Time Gloss Settlement (RTGS) proof of payment in a bid to defraud a local hardware company of $14 000, a court was told last week. Kudakwashe Mudzingaidzwa appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa charged with defrauding Elotep Investments. Mugwagwa remanded him to December 6 and…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has called on government to investigate all reported cases of enforced disappearances and abductions and bring justice to the affected individuals and families. This comes as the world is preparing to celebrate the International Human Rights Day on December 10. In a statement, ZPP said most of the…
HARARE – Zanu PF has retained the Mutoko North parliamentary seat after its candidate Rambidzai Nyabote polled 11 141 against her main challenger Boniface Mushore of the MDC-A who could only manage 1 329 votes. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services permanent secretary Nick Mangwana posted the election results on his Twitter account yesterday. The Mutoko…
HARARE – In its latest weather update, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) says the country should expect light rainfall showers and warmer temperatures this week. MSD forecaster James Ngoma said Matabeleland North, northern areas of the Midlands, Bulawayo and Harare metropolitan, Manicaland and all Mashonaland provinces will experience light rainfall showers and possibly moderate to…
HARARE – Grain Millers Association (GMAZ) of Zimbabwe chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara is this year’s winner of the Megafest Industrialist Award. Accepting the award in Harare last week, the GMAZ boss said he wanted to dedicate this award to all service delivery vans that go around to make sure that enough maize-meal, flour, salt is delivered…
HARARE – A Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 shootings that occurred after the July 30 harmonised elections will resume today with MDC president Nelson Chamisa expected to testify. Chamisa who has been blamed by the Zanu PF government for the violence that led to the deaths of six people had written to the…
