ESIGODINI – With Zimbabwe’s economy continuing to tank — and long-suffering citizens now desperate for some respite — President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told thousands of Zanu PF delegates gathered in Esigodini for the party’s annual conference that their focus must be solely on coming up with solutions to stem the rot. Sign up to…
HARARE – Government has paid $150 000 in compensation to prominent rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko, tortured by State agents in 2008 over trumped-up terrorism charges. The settlement, the first of its kind on such a scale paid by government to a victim of torture, follows years of legal proceedings brought by Mukoko’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa. …
HARARE – The High Court has ordered EgyptAir Holdings to settle a debt of over $20 000 owed to Rainbow Tourism Group Limited for its hotel and hospitality services rendered to the airline’s guests. This comes as the airline failed to clear the US$20 434 balance after the five-star Rainbow Hotel’s Harare branch accommodated some…
HARARE – Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza is in the process of engaging his Home Affairs counterpart with a view of coming up “with robust and cooperative measures to reduce carnage on Zimbabwe’s roads this festive season”. This also comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa has given support for the automation of the country’s traffic management…
HARARE – Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) scheme of arrangement chairperson has challenged the Justice ministry’s move to place the coal mining company under reconstruction. Chairperson Andrew Lawson has challenged the placement of the colliery company under reconstruction, saying a creditors meeting will soon be convened to map a way forward in the mutual interests…
HARARE – Acting Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Kazembe Kazembe’s threat to ban non-governmental organisations (NGOs) allegedly meddling in politics induces shock, threatens freedoms and has the potential to hamper development of the nation, an array of groups said yesterday. The National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (Nango) noted with concern threats by the…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) has dragged the government-owned National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to the High Court over failure to pay rates totalling more than $200 000. In its founding affidavit, HCC through its lawyers Kanokanga and Partners, said NRZ has an outstanding balance of $208 369,55 which was due to be paid…
HARARE – Zimbabwe lawmakers have formally okayed a request by South Africa-based businessman Mutumwa Mawere to explain at a portfolio committee hearing how the government seized his Shabanie Mashaba Mines (SMM) Holdings — the country’s largest asbestos producer — in order to pay off its debts to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Mines and Mining…
HARARE – The trial of former President Robert Mugabe’s son-in law Simba Chikore — which was meant to commence yesterday — has been postponed to January 24. Chikore, who is jointly charged with co-worker Simbarashe Mutimbe, is accused of unlawfully detaining Zimbabwe Airways employee Bertha Zakeyo for four hours at her workplace. The State indicated…
ESIGODINI – The Zanu PF annual people’s conference was officially opened yesterday by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Esigodini amid a sea of poverty that was, however, drowned as fashion and top-of-the-range vehicles took over the show. While Mnangagwa arrived here aboard a military helicopter, his supporters were a mixture of the rich and poor. Some…
