HARARE – A Chinese couple has been arraigned before the court after they were found in possession of five sachets of cocaine. Cheng Lixiang, 34, and Zhang Xiaohui, 33, who are husband and wife were granted $500 bail when they appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba. State had opposed bail arguing that Lixiang had a…
HARARE – The Supreme Court has shut the door on the government-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) after throwing out its appeal, in which it challenged a High Court order barring it from selling diamonds belonging to Grandwell Holdings (Grandwell) in the Chiadzwa mining fields. The Supreme Court order comes after Grandwell, which is represented…
HARARE – Chaos yesterday rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC primary elections after the party shelved the internal polls to choose parliamentary candidates until Wednesday. The postponement was ostensibly to allow the party’s national executive members, who are currently monitoring selection of council candidates, to return. The MDC has since held primary elections in two of…
HARARE – Dzivarasekwa Primary School’s former head appeared in court on Saturday on allegations of converting $35 000 meant for the institution’s development to personal use. Pauline Ntini, 60, appeared before Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo charged with theft of trust property. According to the State, there is an audit report obtained from the Education ministry…
HARARE – Dairiboard Holdings Limited (DHL) has announced the appointment of Josphat Sachikonye as its new chairperson, effective last Wednesday. He takes over from former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Leonard Tsumba who served as board chairperson for the last six years. Tsumba, an RBZ governor from 1993 to 2003, retired from the board…
HARARE – Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda recently meet with Jennifer Savage, the charge d’ affairs of the United States embassy in Harare. The meeting was part of the US efforts to understand and hear from key stakeholders about progress towards electoral reforms. Addressing the media after the meeting, Savage said Washington has…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s national dam levels continue to rise consequent to the rains experienced across the country this season. According to the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), dams such as Mazvikadei, Chivero and Siya are now more than 100 percent full with Manyuchi, Sebakwe, Mtshabezi and Mazowe in excess of 99 percent. “Mazvikadei Dam is…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Poultry Association (ZPA) has revealed that more than 1 000 tonnes of poultry products were imported into the country from South Africa last year. The alarming statistics are despite a ban imposed by government on the importation of poultry products from the neighbouring country, which runs Africa’s most industrialised economy. Authorities in…
HARARE – A.M. Machado (Private) Limited founder Antonio Miranda Machado has died. He passed away on May 16, in Portugal where his funeral will be held before a memorial mass scheduled for Harare on a date to be announced, the family confirmed in a statement. “The Machado Family would like to notify friends, customers, suppliers,…
HARARE – Former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has spoken for the first time on his haste departure from his home country last November and life in self-imposed exile. In an interview with the Sunday Times of South Africa, the ex-Zanu PF national political commissar, said he will return to Zimbabwe next week, nearly six…
