HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga appeared together to announce that Australia’s Invictus Energy had found oil and gas deposits in the northern Muzarabani area, showing a united front in the face of widening divisions in the presidium. Mnangagwa and Chiwenga attempted to paper over their divisions as they addressed…
HARARE – Kwese’s satellite television is shutting down after 18 months in operation. In a statement yesterday, Kwese’s parent company — Econet Media — said the development had been necessitated by a review of its business strategy and service offerings. It added that the company was also aligning itself with changes in the global digital…
HARARE – In a surreal development, Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder, Walter Magaya, appeared in court yesterday — where he was charged with distributing and advertising his controversial HIV/Aids herbs without regulatory approval. This happened after Magaya was arrested on Thursday — moments after the charismatic preacher had appeared at a press conference…
HARARE – In a surreal development, Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder, Walter Magaya, appeared in court yesterday — where he was charged with distributing and advertising his controversial HIV/Aids herbs without regulatory approval.
HARARE – A Zimbabwe prison officer on Thursday pleaded not guilty to charges of undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa through posting some political comments on social media and to some misconduct charges. John Mahlabera’s trial commenced at the Chiredzi Prison facing charges of unlawfully making some political comments on his Twitter account after an MDC Alliance…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will soon get more radio stations approved and may soon see its dream of comprehensive media reforms come true, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said. She said the March 2002 draconian press law, the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Aippa), which restricts media freedoms and…
HARARE – Harare City Council is worried about the fake business licences that have flooded the city as most shops are not adhering to their agreements with the local authority. In licensing committee minutes, councillors expressed concern over businesses which do not provide the requisite social amenities such as toilets to their patrons. The concern…
HARARE – Commuter omnibus route restrictions will be waived to allow kombis to ferry people to the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) inaugural Commissioner-General Goodwill Trust Fund fundraising horse tournament at Borrowdale Race Course this Saturday. In a statement yesterday, ZPCS advised all holders of valid commuter omnibus route authority who operate within Harare…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be installed as the second Chancellor of the Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) today. Mnangagwa is also expected to cap 364 graduands at the ceremony to be held at the university campus in Belvedere, Harare. According to a statement published in the press, the graduands will be drawn from…
HARARE – Harare magistrate Elisha Singano yesterday threw out MDC vice president Morgen Komichi’s demand to have sight of V11 forms used to form the basis of the charges against him. Komichi is facing charges of going to the podium at the Harare International Conference Centre during the announcement of presidential election results and grabbing…
