HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa faced growing pressure yesterday over remarks made by Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi in Parliament that government never promised to solve the current cash crisis in 100 days. Sworn in days after the overthrow of Robert Mugabe, Mnangagwa promised to guarantee the rights of foreign investors and to re-engage with the…
HARARE – Long-serving MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe’s association with the party is effectively and officially over, after she was recalled from Parliament yesterday. Khupe and two other former top MDC officials, national spokesperson Obert Gutu and organising secretary Abednigo Bhebhe, were also fired from the party last month — as the political movement’s bigwigs…
HARARE – As the spotlight remains firmly focused on the country’s controversial new airline, Zimbabwe Airways — which has been linked to the family of former president Robert Mugabe — disturbing allegations are emerging that the purchase price of its aeroplanes bought from Malaysia Airlines was allegedly inflated by more than $100 million, from $70…
MUTARE – A 34 year old Mutasa woman has been jailed five years for illegal possession of $10 worth of diamonds. Abigal Muchesa of Village 10 under Chief Mutasa was convicted on her own plea of guilt by magistrate Tendai Mahwe. Five years is the minimum mandatory sentence for unlawfully dealing in or possession of…
HARARE – The uproar over alleged disqualification of preferred candidates by Zanu PF’s career politicians in the party’s provincial and district structures has forced the party’s national political commissar Engelbert Rugeje to announce that vetting of candidates was now going to be done by a committee that he chairs. Zanu PF career politicians in Manicaland…
MUTARE – Mutare Museum has reintroduced a Gaboon viper to its live snake displays after their initial attempts were shot down due to the gentle giants’ dwindling wild population. The museum reintroduced live snakes four years ago after opting for the more prevalent puff adders and a common house snake. The museum now has the…
HARARE – The Oxford Union, the most prestigious student debating organisation in the United Kingdom whose membership is drawn primarily from the University of Oxford, will be hosting MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa on May 7 to debate Zimbabwe’s ongoing political transition. Chamisa joins countless British prime ministers, three US presidents and top political…
HARARE – The annual OK Grand Challenge Promotion, which is kicking off nationwide today and ending on June 1, will be bigger and better than last year, the retail organisation’s chief executive officer Alex Siyavora has said. Siyavora, who was officially launching the popular promotion at Borrowdale Race Course in Harare yesterday, said more prizes…
HARARE – A Harare man has approached the High Court seeking an order stopping President Emmerson Mnangagwa from proclaiming election dates arguing that he lacks the mandate or authority to do so. The application filed by Gastaff Kativu, who is the leader of a little opposition political party known as Complete KnockDown of Establishment (CKD),…
HARARE – Labour and Social Welfare minister Petronella Kagonye has raised questions on who murdered a man, whose corpse she allegedly dumped at war veteran Oswell Gwanzura’s house, following a $500 000 defamation lawsuit filed against her in the High Court. According to court papers the incident occurred on November 7, 2015, in Goromonzi when…
