HARARE – Two Quest Financial Services employees allegedly connived and stole more than $390 000 meant for client loans. Angeline Muchaneta Iron who was employed as a cashier and Chipo Blessing Chiweshe, a supervisor, allegedly stole from the micro finance company. The two were allegedly caught after their managing director James Msipa noticed that cash…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered Zanu PF bigwigs who are employed at the party headquarters to wear party regalia when on official duty. He told the Zanu PF central committee meeting on Thursday that it was disconcerting to note that former Cabinet ministers and other ruling party bigwigs who were given full time…
HARARE – Pressure is mounting on the commission of inquiry into the August 1 shootings that left at least six people dead to do more to probe the role of the army in the whole incident. South Africa-based Right2Know has particularly raised concerns over the manner in which the whole inquiry is being handled by…
HARARE – Health facilities that are meant to offer post-abortion care in the country are experiencing shortages of essential drugs required to provide for the service. Research conducted by Tsungai Chipato of the University of Zimbabwe’s Obstetrics and Gynaecology, in conjunction with Guttmacher Institute, the ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) and the Women’s…
HARARE – A number of training institutes under the Public Service Commission (PSC) are now a shadow of their former glory with some having been turned into ghost structures. The commission has 13 training institutions with a mandate to carry out activities and services required to institute training and development of members of the civil…
HARARE – Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo yesterday breathed a sigh of relief after he was acquitted of fraud while his co-accused has a case to answer. Chivayo was acquitted by Harare magistrate Morgan Nemadire who ruled that there is no evidence whatsoever directly linking him to the offence. However, socialite and businessman Genius Kadungure will…
HARARE – The courts yesterday dismissed an application for discharge filed by television personality Oscar Pambuka and former Zanu PF MP for Highfield Psychology Maziwisa who are facing charges of defrauding Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of $12 650. In their last appearance, Maziwisa and Pambuka filed an application for dismissal at the close of the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is back in the international spotlight for all the wrong reasons altogether. In recent weeks, the southern African state has been making headlines — locally and internationally — dominated by its economic meltdown. It has also gripped media’s attention because of the alleged human rights abuses and the August 1 killings of…
HARARE – South Africa is seen benefiting immensely from the lifting of Statutory Instrument (SI) 122 of 2017, economic analysts say. On Tuesday, government lifted a two-year ban on the import of basic commodities, in a move likely to be welcomed by South African businesses. The lifting of the ban seeks to allow importation of…
HARARE – The war of words between rival MDC leaders — Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa — is intensifying. Yesterday, Khupe’s party tore into the MDC’s 19th anniversary celebrations planned for tomorrow, describing the commemorations as a façade. Khupe’s spokesperson, Khaliphani Phugeni, said Chamisa and those he leads have deviated from the values and principles…
