© BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni this week snubbed agitated vendors who were desperate to engage the local authority over new licensing fees. Mguni was invited to an indaba by Bulawayo Vendors and Traders Association (BVTA) and the Street Wise Informal Traders Association, where the vendors wanted the mayor to attend to their concerns. [GoogleAd] When…
© BEVERAGES maker Schweppes Zimbabwe Limited (Schweppes), yesterday commissioned a multi-million dollar solar power generation plant at its Willowvale production facility in Harare, as it moves towards use of renewable energy. The roof-top plant, according to Schweppes, is the largest commercial independent power producer (IPP) solar plant in Zimbabwe and sub-Saharan Africa. [GoogleAd] Schweppes chief…
© HARD-pressed Zimbabweans yesterday responded to the Black Friday promotion with hordes of shoppers invading retail outlets in search of bargains. Shoppers queued at outlets such as Edgars in Harare with security guards battling to contain the crowds after the shop slashed the prices of beauty products and clothes by up to 70 percent. [GoogleAd]…
© FORMER Zanu PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga was yesterday issued with a warrant of arrest after he failed to appear in court to answer charges of criminal nuisance for wearing the party’s regalia. Chipanga’s co-accomplices, former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo, who had briefly travelled to South Africa for cancer treatment, and ex-Zanu PF official…
© THE discord in Parliament between Zanu PF and MDC MPs over President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy is part of a deep political problem that needs urgent address, National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda said yesterday. Ruling on a motion of privilege raised by MDC MP for Mbizo, Settlement Chikwinya in which he called on Mudenda to…
© FOR the second season running CAPS United midfielder Joel Ngodzo has made it among the Soccer Stars of the Year finalists yesterday and is in line to grab the main gong next week. FC Platinum’s Rodwell Chinyengetere who had owned the top gong for the last two seasons, relinquishes the crown after he failed…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said machete wars must be ended by enacting a law prescribing lengthy jail terms for people who carry the weapons around. This comes amid reports that over 100 people were killed in machete wars in the past four months throughout the country in turf battles between rival small-scale gold panners,…
© A restaurant manager has appeared in court facing allegations of defrauding his business partner of US$700 000. Delny Deanna Ashley Davies of Been There Restaurant allegedly defrauded Prince Abraham, the managing director of South Africa-based Nedlac Automation and Nedlac Enterprises based in Zimbabwe. Davies appeared before magistrate Tinashe Tashaya on Tuesday charged with fraud. [GoogleAd]…
© A PRESUMABLY mentally-ill woman delayed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s departure from his Munhumutapa offices in Harare for Kadoma yesterday when she blocked his motorcade for several minutes. Mnangagwa reportedly ordered his security details not to harm or chase away the woman who was apparently speaking “in tongues” while a Presidential Guard soldier in a golden…
© THE United States of America (USA) has once again implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently implement much-needed reforms to stop Zimbabwe from plunging into total chaos, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is facing its worst economic crisis in a decade which has triggered fears of looming civil unrest. [GoogleAd] It…
