May 2019

© BRITISH American Tobacco (BAT) Zimbabwe Holdings Limited seeks to appoint a new managing director following the resignation of Clara Mlambo from the company.  Mlambo will officially leave the organisation on June 30. BAT manufactures, distributes and sells tobacco products for local consumption through a network of independent retailers and distributors.   [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe is…

© THE news that former Cabinet ministers and long-serving party heavyweights are among the officials who fell by the wayside in the MDC’s just-ended elective congress in Gweru confirms the fact that seismic waves continue to rock the country’s main opposition since its revered founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai passed away early last year. [GoogleAd] So…

© THE body of the late Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa finally arrived in the country yesterday — five days after the much-venerated liberation stalwart passed on while returning home from India where he had sought treatment for a liver-related illness. Hundreds of grieving people gathered at the Joshua Mqabuko International Airport to receive the body,…

© MDC vice president  Tendai Biti says the country’s largest opposition political party is ready to govern, amid claims by the party’s leader Nelson Chamisa that they will push for an early election. With the country having held harmonised elections to choose the country’s leadership on July 30 last year, the next election is now…

© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his arch-rival Nelson Chamisa have taken their battle to Kampala after they both invited two of the biggest Ugandan opponents Yoweri Museveni and Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine to grace their respective occasions. Museveni, popularly known as M7, was last month in the country to officially open the 60th…

© FORMER vice president Joice Mujuru yesterday paid tribute to the late Zapu leader and ex-Cabinet minister Dumiso Dabengwa who died last week. Mujuru, wife to the late decorated war hero and Zimbabwe’s first black military commander, Solomon Mujuru — said the soft spoken Dabengwa who has been declared a national hero — epitomised true…

© GOVERNMENT says it will soon import 700 000 metric tonnes of maize to avoid starvation by communities whose regions were adversely affected by drought, a Cabinet minister has said. This comes as food aid and relief agencies estimate that at least 3, 5 million people are facing starvation and famine. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe is expecting…

© HARARE Municipal Workers Union (HMWU) is suing City of Harare (Harare) for $54 000 that has not been remitted to them after deducting various amounts from its members’ salaries. HMWU wants the High Court to grant an order compelling Harare to pay the Union $54 232, 91 which has not been remitted despite demand….

© A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed an application for exception filed by Norton Town Council and a local church in a case where the organisations are accused of causing the death of a builder in December 2014. The municipality, represented by Bester Maramba and the church, Christ Citadel International represented by Lindani Ndaba are jointly…