HARARE – ZESA Holdings says it has not had load shedding for the past two years and that the intermittent blackouts in various suburbs in recent months have been down to the just-ended rainy season. Various areas in and around Harare including Eastlea, Highlands, Borrowdale and other northern suburbs have had to do without electricity…
HARARE – Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) workers have given Vice Chancellor Rungano Zvobgo a 14-day ultimatum to address challenges they are facing at the institution. In a letter to Zvobgo dated April 16 the workers said if he failed to address their grievances they will embark on industrial action. “Following the meeting with all staff…
HARARE – A storm has erupted in Harare South constituency ahead of tomorrow’s blood and thunder Zanu PF primary elections after one of the candidates was inexplicably disqualified and replaced with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s nephew, Tongai. Curiously, Tongai Mnangagwa was also previously omitted from the list and led demonstrations last week with his supporters besieging…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been plunged into a fresh storm after it emerged that board chairperson Willia Bonyongwe ordered that their meetings should not be digitally recorded in what insiders said came as a slap in the face for the anti-corruption drive adopted by the same board. In an e-mailed response…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe is, indeed, now open for business. If anyone doubted this, then the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) left them without any shadow of doubt. For the first time in its 50-year-long history, ZITF attracted members of the oldest profession who exhibited at the premier event. Loved and hated in equal measure –…
HARARE – An urgent chamber application has been filed in the High Court seeking to have deputy Finance and Economic Development minister Terence Mukupe relieved of his duties following accusations that he assaulted his subordinate. Mukupe was on April 10, this year, fined $30 for beating up Ignatius Mvere, the finance director in the ministry,…
HARARE – An urgent chamber application has been filed in the High Court seeking to have deputy Finance and Economic Development minister Terence Mukupe relieved of his duties following accusations that he assaulted his subordinate. Read full story in today’s paper. [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Special advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has said the people not the army will decide Zimbabwe’s election winner in the looming 2018 poll. This comes amid concerns that the military — which paved way for Mnangagwa to succeed long-ruling Robert Mugabe after staging a soft coup under its ‘‘Operation Restore Legacy’’…
HARARE – Popular newscaster and former ZBC presenter Musorowegomo Mukosi is set to lose property over a $500 000 CBZ Bank Limited (CBZ) debt. According to a writ of execution directed to the Sheriff for Zimbabwe from the High Court registrar — issued on April 11, this year, Mukosi is set to lose several movable…
HARARE – Music promoter and disc jockey Simbarashe Maphosa popularly known as Godfather Templeman who is facing kidnapping charges has been freed on bail. Maphosa, 40, was released on $100 bail by the High Court with conditions restraining him from interfering with the 16-year-old victim and to continue residing at his current address. When he…
