Chief Marange bitter over Chiadzwa
“You can’t come in my land and not inform me. You can’t come to Chiadzwa to deliberate on changes that will directly affect my people and don’t bother to invite or inform me”.By Kenneth MatimaireMUTARE...
View ArticleBulawayo tightens water supply
The low density allocation has been reduced from 750 litres per day last year to 550 litres per day. BULAWAYO — Council is tightening water supplies to residents in anticipation of very little...
View ArticleJapanese PM welcomes Robert Mugabe in push for African influence
Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe shakes hands with Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe after a press briefing in Tokyo. Photograph: POOL/Reuters JAPANESE prime minister Shinzo Abe on Monday welcomed...
View ArticleCouncil intensify water disconnections
City of Harare acting corporate communications manager, Michael ChidemeCITY of Harare is intensifying water disconnections and issuance of summons to all residents and corporates whose bills are in...
View ArticleZimbabwe fuel prices surge
Zimbabwe does not produce its own fuel neither does it refine crude oil hence Zimbabwe is exposed to all the global price movementsMAJOR fuel retailers in Zimbabwe have swiftly raised their prices of...
View ArticleLand compensation: Another illusion from ZANU-PF
Former finance minister and People’s Democratic Party leader Tendai BitiFORMER finance minister Tendai Biti’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has a way of getting people’s feelings wounded by the...
View ArticleWar veterans fume
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association chairman Chris MutsvangwaZIMBABWE’S liberation war veterans are seething with anger over what they allege to be “infiltration by imposters” whom...
View ArticleD-Day for foreign firms
Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister, Patrick ZhuwaoGOVERNMENT threats to kick out foreign firms failing to comply with provisions of the indigenisation law will come under spotlight...
View ArticleChefs plunder Chiadzwa diamonds
Mines and Mining Development Minister, Walter ChidhakwaBy Kenneth MatimaireMUTARE — Closed Chiadzwa diamond mining firms are alleged to have been operating mafia-like syndicates to deprive Treasury of...
View ArticleWhich rat will put a bell on the cat?
Former war veterans minister, Christopher MutsvangwaIN the rich African folklore, a colourful story is told of how a community of rats, after seeing one after another of their own being savagely...
View ArticleImport restrictions: SA threatens to shut out Zimbabwe goods in retaliation
Finance Minister Patrick ChinamasaSOUTH African manufacturers want their government to slap restrictions on Zimbabwean products in retaliation for measures by Zimbabwe to restrict imports from its...
View ArticleUrgent probe of Zimplats after Panama Papers leak
The leaked documents from a law firm in Panama showed that Zimplats engaged an offshore company, HR Consultancy, to pay management in Zimbabwe.IMPALA Platinum and government officials in Zimbabwe will...
View ArticleZimbabwean business tycoon named in Panama Papers
Billy Rautenbach A WEALTHY Zimbabwean businessman has been named in the Panama Papers that detail how businesses, politicians and prominent individuals circumvented sanctions and avoided tax through...
View ArticleShuvai Mahofa makes Politburo return
Minister of state for Masvingo Province, Shuvai MahofaTendai MakaripeMINISTER of state for Masvingo Province, Shuvai Mahofa, who has been out of the public glare for almost four months, made a surprise...
View ArticleZANU-PF puts expulsions on hold
ZANU-PF spokesman, Simon Khaya MoyoTHE ZANU-PF Politburo has put on hold several disciplinary cases, saying they must be fully investigated to before a decision is taken on affected members.This was...
View ArticleGovernment expedites farms valuation process
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Patrick ChinamasaZIMBABWE’S cash-strapped government has taken a big step towards compensating former white commercial farmers forced off their land under the...
View ArticlePresident Mugabe spokesman hospitalised
George CharambaPRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s spokesman, George Charamba, was on Monday released from a Singaporean hospital where he had been admitted for seven days for treatment of an undisclosed...
View ArticleZANU-PF wants Josephine Ncube for town clerk
Josephine NcubeZANU-PF is pushing for the appointment of a female town clerk in the capital and has ratcheted pressure on government to thwart the appointment of former banker James Mushore to the...
View ArticleCan Joice Mujuru dethrone President Mugabe?
Former vice president Joice MujuruBy Njabulo Ncube LEGEND has it that she shot down, Rambo-style, a Rhodesia helicopter laden with soldiers; an extraordinary feat that catapulted her into the country’s...
View ArticleNew twist to war veterans indaba
War Veterans Minister Tshinga DubeA CRISIS meeting for liberation war veterans in Harare today has taken an intriguing twist after it emerged that the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans...
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