HARARE – The MDC yesterday said it feared for the life of its leader Nelson Chamisa, whom it claimed had narrowly escaped kidnapping by suspected State security agents over the weekend. But the government has robustly dismissed the Saturday incident as nothing more than “a mere road rage” matter. Addressing journalists at the party’s headquarters…
HARARE – Masvingo has gone for a week without water because the municipality is failing to raise $4 000 for fix a water pump. Masvingo Residents Trust (MRT) coordinator Ephraim Mutombeni has written to minister of State for Masvingo Province Ezra Chadzamira to facilitate the emergency allocation of the required forex from the Reserve Bank…
HARARE – Zanu PF’s notorious succession demons have resurfaced, with the party’s senior officials locking horns over who should take over from President Emmerson Mnangagwa — a few months after the 76-year-old strongman won a hotly-disputed five-year mandate to lead the country. The fresh fissures in the former liberation movement come as Mnangagwa has recently…
HARARE – Air Zimbabwe is “wet leasing” one if its aircraft in a fundraising drive that is part of its reconstruction strategy. A wet lease agreement is a contractual arrangement covering the hire and servicing of aircrafts, and the provision of a flight crew to the leaseholder. In a notice, the airline notified prospective bidders…
HARARE – Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has come under heavy fire after signalling his intention to acquire vehicles for the country’s lawmakers as well as paying the thirteenth cheque for government’s 550 000 strong civil service. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Eighteen years later, the testament of the land reform still haunts the nation, as it – land reform – continues to negatively affect the economy. The decades of instability, that followed after the land reform, have eroded the soil that once fed millions in the former breadbasket of Africa. Land reform, which saw…
HARARE – The Commonwealth has refused to endorse the July 30 elections saying they failed to meet international standards. The final report was released by the Commonwealth Observer Group to Zimbabwe which was chaired by former Ghana president John Dramani Mahama. In the report, Mahama expressed concern over two major issues which he said unfairly…
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has warned officials eyeing his position against working with Zanu PF to grab power from him saying he is firmly in charge of the country’s largest opposition party and would not tolerate dissent. Chamisa rose to the MDC presidency following the party’s founding president, Morgan Tsvangirai’s death in February…
HARARE – The United Nations is the most suitable organ to bring the controversial Gukurahundi issue to finality as domestic instruments are not fit to address the issue, a United Kingdom conference recently heard. Former MDC legislator and ex-minister of State in the Organ of National Healing in the Government of National Unity, Moses Mzila…
HARARE – The National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) says it has secured enough resources to ensure that the blood bank is adequately stocked for the festive season. Fuel shortages that were recently experienced throughout the country had threatened to hamper efforts aimed at boosting the national blood bank as the festive season approaches. As a…
