HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is blaming former Finance minister Tendai Biti for the deepening cash shortages, saying he left only $217 in government coffers. Biti became Finance minister in 2009 when a unity government was formed by bitter adversaries former president Robert Mugabe and now late Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai after disputed elections….
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s costly military adventure in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) two decades ago continues to haunt the country, with a group of retired soldiers now accusing ousted former president Robert Mugabe and top military chiefs of looting rich diamond mines that were allegedly given to Harare by Kinshasa for deploying its troops…
HARARE – Government has dissolved boards for the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) and the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC). This would allow for the establishment of a single board under the Zesa umbrella to manage Zimbabwe’s public energy sector. According to the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI),…
HARARE – As the spotlight remains firmly focused on the country’s controversial new airline, Zimbabwe Airways — which has been linked to the family of former president Robert Mugabe — disturbing allegations are emerging that the purchase price of its aeroplanes bought from Malaysia Airlines was allegedly inflated by more than $100 million, from $70…
HARARE – Vice president Kembo Mohadi has been sucked into a nasty labour dispute involving a former employee of the Beitbridge Town Council, who is demanding his benefits, amid claims that the politician used council workers in his private business. This emerged in a labour dispute between Jevison Musariri and Beitbridge Town Council, in which…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has dismissed claims that it is bussing people to attend its jam-packed rallies. Chamisa, who is riding on a wave of the so-called #Generational Consensus, has been pointing to the crowds he attracts as proof that he is not running behind President Emmerson Mnangagwa. While Chamisa has been addressing…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been warned against importing the Rwandan model of marketisation of the economy without democratisation and respect for fundamental civil and political liberties, analysts have said. This comes after Mnangagwa this week received the chief executive of the Rwanda Development Board, Clare Akamanzi, and her deputy Emmanuel Hategeka, keen to…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa faced growing pressure yesterday over remarks made by Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi in Parliament that government never promised to solve the current cash crisis in 100 days. Sworn in days after the overthrow of Robert Mugabe, Mnangagwa promised to guarantee the rights of foreign investors and to re-engage with the…
HARARE – Long-serving MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe’s association with the party is effectively and officially over, after she was recalled from Parliament yesterday. Khupe and two other former top MDC officials, national spokesperson Obert Gutu and organising secretary Abednigo Bhebhe, were also fired from the party last month — as the political movement’s bigwigs…
HARARE – As the spotlight remains firmly focused on the country’s controversial new airline, Zimbabwe Airways — which has been linked to the family of former president Robert Mugabe — disturbing allegations are emerging that the purchase price of its aeroplanes bought from Malaysia Airlines was allegedly inflated by more than $100 million, from $70…
