HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF party has set up an ad-hoc committee led by Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga (retired) to deal with the thorny issue of skyrocketing prices. The party’s spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo said the committee, whose other members were not revealed to the media, will find ways on how to deal…
HARARE – After 23 years of enforcing law and order as the country’s top policeman, the tables have been turned against former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri who is being accused of impounding five cars and later changing ownership into his name while still heading the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP). A Harare businessman, Bigboy Pachirera, is…
HARARE – The announcement by veteran MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai that he is likely to step down any time soon has come as a wake-up call for the country’s largest opposition party which does not seem to have a natural successor. A legend of Zimbabwean politics, Tsvangirai carved his niche in the political space after…
HARARE – Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has indicated government was backing away from its pledge to reform Zimbabwe’s electoral system after political opponents accused the ruling party of trying to rig it. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who took power last November after a military-engineered intervention that ousted long-ruling despot Robert Mugabe, promised new rules would be…
HARARE – Agri-economist Jonathan Kadzura — who died in November 2016 — built a business empire that made him one of Zimbabwe’s most prominent and controversial entrepreneurs and amassed a personal fortune that enabled him to lead a fairly comfortable life. JK, as he was affectionately known, had interests in Goodstorm Services, Rural Industrial Development…
HARARE – Zanu PF Highfield West legislator Psychology Maziwisa and television personality Oscar Pambuka appeared in court yesterday charged with defrauding the Zimbabwe Power Company of $12 000. Maziwisa and Pambuka appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa. They were both released on $300 bail pending finalisation of the case. [Adz] As part of bail conditions,…
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe will be called in to testify in a high-profile case in which former Tourism minister Walter Mzembi is facing corruption charges, the Daily News can report. Mzembi’s legal team is making a court application to subpoena the 93-year-old former head of State to give evidence along with his former…
HARARE – Municipality of Kariba (MOK) has begun the process to look for a company that will provide insurance cover for the local authority’s assets. In the tender notice flighted by town clerk Webster Tembo, the winning bidder will provide the service to the council for the year 2018 only. [Adz] The notice also gave…
HARARE – Our senior writer Mugove Tafirenyika speaks to former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi’s lawyer Job Sikhala about the controversy surrounding his decision to represent him in court. Find below excerpts of the interview. [GoogleAd] Q: You are an opposition leader and also a lawyer retained to defend, in court, ex-Foreign Affairs minister Walter…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has once again come under spotlight for its arrogance in selling farm produce at undesignated areas in the Central Business District. For the better part of 2017, a prison truck selling, mostly, cabbages was a common sight in the city centre — a development that attracted scorn…
