HARARE – The MDC Alliance has resolved to officially begin campaigning for Morgan Tsvangirai as its presidential candidate, with rallies scheduled for the capital this weekend and the next in Mutare. The resolution was made at the MDC Alliance strategic retreat held last weekend to prepare for the forthcoming elections. The meeting came up with…
HARARE – Diamonds worth millions of dollars are due to be put on sale next month, the first auction after the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) started operations. Mines and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando confirmed the sale but declined to disclose the quantities involved. “Last year, no diamonds were sold. There will be a…
HARARE – A local civil rights group has announced plans to stage a demonstration in the United Kingdom on February 10, to ratchet up pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to address the emotive Gukurahundi massacres. The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM)’s supreme organ, the International Board, will hold the protest at…
HARARE – Harare businessman Philip Chiyangwa has not been served with summons of the divorce to his wife Elizabeth, he indicated yesterday. The media yesterday published Chiyangwa’s divorce but fumed that this was done before he had been served with summons. The flamboyant businessman was concerned that his personal affairs have been splashed in a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (Zaoga Forward in Faith) evangelist Ezekiel Guti junior, who died on December 27, was laid to rest at Glen Forest Memorial Cemetery in Harare yesterday after three days of celebrating his legacy as the man who defied all odds. The Guti family refused to moan or wear black…
HARARE – A suspected land baron that allegedly swindled prospective home seekers of cash in botched residential stands’ sale has appeared in court. Cuthbert Mupame, 55, was released on $300 bail when he appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa charged with fraud on Friday. He was ordered to continue residing at his present address, not…
HARARE – The officer-in-charge of Highfield Police Station, Eyelet Gutu, was hauled before the courts after reportedly faking her husband’s death in a bid to illegally benefit from his funeral cover. Gutu, 42, was granted $50 bail when she appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa charged with fraud. [GoogleAd] She was remanded to February 5…
HARARE – A GANG of armed robbers that reigned terror in Waterfalls, Harare have been jailed for 15 years. Norman Muchemwa, 38, Victor Mubaiwa, 38, of Materereni Flats in Mbare and Moffat Phiri, 34, of Epworth were convicted of armed robbery when they appeared before Harare regional magistrate Elijah Makomo. They were sentenced to five…
HARARE – Hospitality and Allied Workers Union of Zimbabwe has been legally registered to represent the interests of non-managerial employees in the hotel, catering and hospitality industry. This comes after the union made an application to the Registrar of Labour which complied with the provisions of the Labour Act. In a Government Gazette published on…
HARARE – A few years ago, flamboyant businessman Philip Chiyangwa sparked a major furore after he paid his workers at G&D Shoes their severance packages in the form of pairs of shoes. There was a method to the madness. G&D was illiquid and unable to pay its salaries in real dollars. To get around the…
