HARARE – Econet Group’s pay television service, Kwese Television (Private) Limited, popularly known as Kwese TV, has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel its business partner Dr Dish (Private) Limited (Dr Dish) to settle a $634 400 loan which was advanced to the firm for the payment of licence fees in Zimbabwe….
HARARE – Chairperson of the Mines and Energy parliamentary portfolio committee Temba Mliswa has threatened to resign after Zanu PF MPs blocked the fielding of testimony by Hwange Colliery board member Nicholas van Hoogstraten yesterday. Multi-millionaire tycoon Van Hoogstraten — who was itching to speak on the mess that his company was in — had…
HARARE – Jailed former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor’s advisor Munyaradzi Kereke’s company, Fairdrop Trading (Private) Limited, which trades as Rock Foundation Medical Centre, has been dragged to the High Court by a local company, which is seeking an order to cancel an agreement of sale for a generator signed between the parties three…
HARARE – The Foreign Affairs and International Trade ministry has said its 2019 National Budget allocation is not enough to fully implement President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-engagement plans with the international community. Delivering a report before the Foreign Affairs and International Trade parliamentary portfolio committee last week, the acting permanent secretary for the ministry, ambassador Chitsaka…
MUTARE – Lands, Agricultural, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri has demanded State-owned companies under his purview to start making a profit and pay dividends, in a renewed attempt by the government to squeeze quasi firms to plug holes in the National Budget. Shiri told a 2018 strategic planning workshop last week that…
HARARE – Plans to develop Chishawasha Farm into a residential urban area have kicked off amid indications that the project would be completed within the next 30 years. The ambitious project, which is located 25 kilometres north-east of Harare, is being spear headed by the Zimbabwe and Mozambique Province of the Society of Jesus —commonly…
HARARE – Glow Petroleum has relaunched Schools Tree Growing and Tree Care (TGTC) programme as part of efforts to fight deforestation. The first phase of the programme, being run in partnership with Forestry Commission, will run for the five years. Under the initiative, two schools per province were selected to be beneficiaries of the programme…
HARARE – A Harare man who killed businessman and socialite Shingi Mukandi in a hit-and-run accident last year was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail for the offence. Alfred Machipisa was convicted of culpable homicide, failure to stop after a fatal accident, failure to render assistance and report an accident to the police within…
HARARE – The trial of Mount Pleasant MDC Member of Parliament Samuel Banda — who stands accused of presenting a false residential address to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) — has been rolled over to January after his defence counsel requested more time to go through the docket. Using the alleged false address, Banda contested…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) board and management yesterday announced the national release of Grade Seven examination results, with candidates expected to start collecting them from schools today. Speaking during a press briefing, the board chairperson, Eddie Mwenje, said this year’s national pass rate improved by 7,35 percent as compared to last…
