HARARE – Dancehall star Winky D has received the recognition of opposition MDC president Nelson Chamisa who described him as great talent. Winky D in his latest release Paper Bag made reference to spaghetti roads which is part of Chamisa’s vision for the country’s infrastructure. Chamisa was responding to a comment on Twitter which had…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is facing a number of challenges when it comes to collecting fees from vendors. According to informal sector committee minutes, despite putting in strategies to maximise revenue collection from the growing sector, the main contributing factors that militated against the efficient and effective revenue collection were lack of…
HARARE – Women organisations have bemoaned the high price of sanitary wear suggesting that they should be availed to women and young girls for free. This comes as the country has been characterised by price hikes and goods shortages due to the economic meltdown. The price of sanitary pads also went up with the most…
HARARE – Australia Stock Exchange-listed firm Invictus Energy Limited (Invictus) says Zimbabwe has the largest inland oil reserves in Africa. The announcement by the oil and gas explorer comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa last Thursday said Invictus had discovered prospective oil and gas deposits in Mashonaland Central Province. In a statement posted on their website…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) has resolved to have deals signed between the city and Augur Investments investigated by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to check their authenticity. The decision comes after councillors argued that some of the deals had been signed without following the requisite processes. HCC and Augur have been at loggerheads…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) recently recovered property worth $7 800 from suspected burglars who had been terrorising Harare’s Hopley suburb over the past few weeks. Southlea Park ZRP arrested six suspects, of which one is a minor. The suspects include two women, Elizabeth Nekati, 23, and Patricia Gwangwava, 32, who were identified…
MUTARE – A two-year-old child that went missing during a Johanne Marange Apostolic Church gathering last week was found dead at the shrine in an advanced state of decomposition. The incident has since triggered social media frenzy with some fingering some prominent members of the sect of having killed the child for ritual purposes. Manicaland…
HARARE – Organised criminal networks, smuggling syndicates and gold cartels are costing government millions of dollars and complicating Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)’s revenue collection efforts. This comes as Zimra has called for a collaborative effort, a national consensus and commitment to fight the scourge of tax corruption and evasion. The tax collector’s efforts to reduce…
HARARE – Godfrey Gandawa, a former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister, is now on the run after he failed to appear before High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi yesterday to answer to allegations of abusing over $450 000 from the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef). Prosecutor Clemence Chimbari applied for the issuance of a warrant…
HARARE – Confusion has rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC amid conflicting signals from senior officials over suspended mayors as well as the fate of those who stood as independent candidates in the July 30 elections, hence defying the party. This comes as MDC secretary general Douglas Mwonzora reversed a decision by the party’s Matabeleland North…
