HARARE – Zimbabwe’s major wheat supplier has threatened to cut supplies due to non-payment, the Daily News can report. The cash-strapped government is reportedly failing to pay Holbund Limited, one of the few remaining companies that is still supplying wheat to the landlocked nation. In a letter seen by the Daily News, representatives of Holbund…
HARARE – Businessman Frank Buyanga has called on the United Nations (UN) – and greater western world – to give Zimbabwe a chance, and due recognition in global politics, as it was on a solid path to reform. The private initiative not only comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has vowed to vigorously pursue reengagement efforts, but is pretty much in…
HARARE – Intratrek Zimbabwe has won a $25 million lawsuit against the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and in which High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi has also ruled that the contract between the Zesa subsidiary, and Wicknell Chivayo’s firm was still valid, and binding. This comes as the flamboyant businessman has been charged with “criminal conduct”…
HARARE – Former Highfield Zanu PF MP Psychology Maziwisa and television personality Oscar Pambuka were yesterday granted bail pending appeal by a Harare magistrate. Maziwisa and Pambuka had been sentenced to 30 months each in jail last Thursday after they were convicted of defrauding the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of $12 650 in a public…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Savior Kasukuwere yesterday filed another application seeking postponement of his trial pending the outcome of his High Court appeal. Kasukuwere is facing three charges of criminal abuse of office and another of violating the Procurement Act. The allegations against the ex-Zanu PF political commissar relate to Shuvai Junior Gumbochuma, sister…
HARARE – MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti yesterday successfully applied for the alteration of his bail conditions, and was granted his passport. Biti is facing two counts of violating the Electoral Act after he allegedly made unofficial or false declaration of poll results for the highly contested July 30 elections. Biti made the application…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday ruled out any prospects of having a Government of National Unity (GNU) with the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC. This comes a few days after the country’s biggest opposition party said it was not desperate for the pact but that it is Zanu PF which wants to be rescued from the…
HARARE – City Council (HCC) will not entertain individuals or groupings such as housing cooperatives and pay schemes claiming to have identified or discovered open land in the city. “People should not buy land from anyone who does not have proof of ownership in the form of a title deed. The city housing department is…
HARARE – Government bigwigs are also queueing for fuel, Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo has claimed, rejecting accusations that there was lethargy to address the fuel shortages because the top officials were not affected. As fuel shortages have worsened with long winding queues at filling stations, top chefs and bigwigs continue to gallivant…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s two most iconic newspaper brands — the Daily News and the Financial Gazette — continue to outshine their competition in their respective market segments. This is according to the latest report — for the second half of 2018 — of the independent Zimbabwe All Media Products Survey (Zamps). The Zamps’ statistics show…
