HARARE – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has said his administration will bring an end to cash shortages and scrap bond notes once elected into office. He told a campaign rally in Victoria Falls last Friday that Zimbabwe’s “bond note” currency — introduced by toppled despot Robert Mugabe’s government in November 2016 as part…
HARARE – The Higher Education ministry — cited as the complainant against University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Levy Nyagura standing trial for allegedly corruptly awarding former first lady Grace Mugabe a PhD — has said it never lodged a query against the former Zanu PF Women’s League boss. According to State papers, the permanent…
HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF got part of $2,7 million from the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) that was earmarked for the construction of laboratories and weighbridges, Parliament heard yesterday. MMCZ, which is 100 percent owned by the government falls under the ambit of the Mines and Mining Development ministry, and is an…
HARARE – The noose is tightening around dubious businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is now facing a real prospect of doing jail time again, after the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) ominously told Parliament yesterday that it had finished its internal probe and had since reported him to both the police and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)….
HARARE – Veteran journalist and author, Shepherd Mutamba, has released an explosive, second tell-all book on the life of Oliver Mtukudzi – whom he claims received many gifts from unhinged former first lady Grace Mugabe and also controversially hosted several aides of former president Robert Mugabe, including Cabinet ministers and security chiefs at his Norton…
HARARE– VIVA Zimbabwe leader William Mutumanje popularly known as Acie Lumumba is facing charges of stealing $8 000 from a colleague before transferring the money into his wife’s bank account, a Harare court heard yesterday. Mutumanje was released on free bail when he appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande on Saturday. The complainant is Graham…
HARARE – The noose is tightening around dubious businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is now facing a real prospect of doing jail time again, after the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) ominously told Parliament yesterday that it had finished its internal probe and had since reported him to both the police and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)….
HARARE – The country’s sulking former leader, Robert Mugabe — together with his restless wife, Grace — is said to be stepping up his efforts to get back at his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, despite last week’s reports that a number of people and organisations are working hard behind the scenes to try and reconcile…
GWERU – Rural-based female teachers have called for longer maternity leave, arguing that giving birth is a national duty. In Zimbabwe, formally employed women are entitled to a maximum three months maternity leave. Speaking at a Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) meeting in Gweru over the weekend — which drew scores of teachers…
HARARE – National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz) plans to launch a campaign across the country demanding that government compensates vendors who fell victim to police brutality. The union’s executive director, Alphonce Haruzivishe, claimed that there are vendors who have been maimed, while some lost their valuable wares during raids by police. “There are many…
