HARARE – Close to 200 Epworth families have become homeless after police razed their homes to the ground, in a case that exposes Zanu PF’s abuse of state power to milk votes from poor residents. Affected residents appeared shocked by the police action, especially since the illegal settlement had the blessings of the local Zanu…
HARARE – Maverick businessman Munyaradzi Kereke is reportedly embroiled in a legal wrangle with African Banking Corporation (BancABC) over a $184 989 debt, although the bank claims he has paid off the money. The case, surfacing as the ex-Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) senior staffer has continued to attract public attention for his fights with…
HARARE – Munyaradzi Kereke, the former advisor to Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono yesterday threatened to sue the Daily News for $45 million for publishing stories about allegations of rape levelled against him by a 13-year-old girl two years ago. In the letter from his lawyers, Gasa Nyamadzawo and Associates, Kereke said the articles were…
HARARE – Zimbabweans began voting for a new constitution on Saturday that would clip presidential powers and pave the way for an election to decide whether President Robert Mugabe extends his three-decade rule. Mugabe, Africa’s oldest president at 89, has ruled the former British colony since independence in 1980 and has been accused of harsh…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s top musicians are set to perform in various parts of the country this weekend with Suluman Chimbetu, who launched his fourth album, Syllabus, in Harare last night, expected to thrill fans in Zvishavane tonight at Red Parot before performing at Chivhu’s Bold Acres tomorrow. On Sunday, the dendera musician will share the…
HARARE – Jonathan Moyo makes the point that the Zimplats Indigenisation Implementation Plan (ZIIP) has not been completed and, therefore, it is premature for any discussion as to the merits or demerits of the underlying transaction to meaningfully take place. This position is supported by the chairman of the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board…
HARARE – The multiple charge case against research officials in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s office has been postponed to June 3 for trial. Defence counsel for the quartet, Alec Muchadehama, had applied that the State furnish them with the confiscated dockets if they were to be used in the trial, but the request was dismissed….
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HARARE – For three decades, the Zanu PF politburo acted as a de facto government, directing State arms at every turn. But President Robert Mugabe and his band are getting used to being reduced to wishful thinkers harmstrung by a decline that has forced them to share power in a shaky coalition as well as…
HARARE – Some Zanu PF Members of Parliament have come out guns blazing demanding answers on how the indigenisation programme was implemented, as the Nieebgate Scandal exposed by the Daily News rages on. Legislators from the Mines and Energy portfolio committee, drawn from Zanu PF and the MDC formations, have been attending a three-day workshop…
