HARARE – There has been an outcry in Zimbabwe after the Coca-Cola Company changed the ingredients of the country’s iconic drink Mazoe. Over the last few weeks social media has been abuzz with complaints, as Zimbabweans registered their displeasure with the taste of Mazoe products bottled by Coca-Cola’s Zimbabwean franchise Schweppes Zimbabwe. The outcry, which…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) might allow its employees to join other medical aid societies because the fees that are being charged by the Harare Municipal Medical Aid Society (HMMAS) are too steep. According to a report presented at the city’s Rapid Results Initiative workshop on Tuesday, HMMAS — owned by HCC —…
HARARE – Four senior lecturers recommended for dismissal from Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE) have taken the fight to their vice chancellor, Eddie Mwenje, whom they are accusing of violating the law. In February, Mwenje suspended four lecturers, identified as Prosper Munyedza, Mzumara, Chari and Ngwende, on unspecified grounds. They were suspended without benefits…
HARARE – Former first lady Grace Mugabe’s ally, Smelly Dube, is on the verge of losing her Gweru house, after she failed to pay legal fees. Dube has since filed a High Court application seeking to suspend the sale in execution of her property. In the application, the businesswoman cited Gamanje (Private) Limited and the…
HARARE – The trial of former Zanu PF national political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, has given Zimbabweans rare insights into the lavish lifestyles being led by the country’s mighty and powerful. Except for a few individuals such as Philip Chiyangwa, Wicknell Chivayo and Genius Kadungure — who openly parade their wealth — most of Zimbabwe’s well-heeled…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has a written a letter to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscillah Chigumba, seeking to bar the Thokozani Khupe-led camp from using the party’s symbols at today’s Nomination Court. The party’s chief election agent, Jameson Timba told Chigumba that in terms of the law, no candidate is allowed…
HARARE – A former Cabinet minister who was at the centre of Zanu PF’s power-retention strategies between 2000 and November 2017 has sensationally claimed that the ruling party has devised an elaborate plan to rig next month’s elections. [Adz]
10AM Nomination of candidates for the July 30 poll started at 10 am. The Nomination Court for the Presidential election is sitting at the High Courts across the country. The Nomination Court for the elections for the 210 constituency seats in the National Assembly constituency elections and the local authority council elections is sitting at…
MUTARE – Six men, including cops, soldiers and municipal police officers who were allegedly contracted by a senior council official to assault a local journalist he accused of having an affair with his live-in girlfriend have all been arrested. The attack — including handcuffing, assault and smearing mud on Clayton Masekesa — which was calculated…
HARARE – Two men who are on a death row will have to endure more anxiety after the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) yesterday postponed indefinitely a case in which they are challenging their sentence. Njabulo Ndlovu of Cowdray Park and Shadreck Noel Sibanda of Nguboyenja were convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 2013 by…
