BULAWAYO – While faith-based organisations in Bulawayo mooted the idea of inviting President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the last day of 2017 that together they could thank God for a peaceful transition following a military intervention code-named Operation Restore Legacy, members of Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were busy plotting an ambush. And on this day that…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) is embroiled in a nasty land wrangle with the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), in a development that has created bad blood between the two organisations. The land which measures about 718 hectares was legally acquired by Zimta in 2014 from the Central and Southern Africa Yearly Meeting of the…
BULAWAYO – Transport minister Joram Gumbo says the projects initiated by former legislator Jonathan Moyo in Tsholotsho were not his (Moyo) but government’s initiatives and as such they will be completed. Gumbo urged people in Tsholotsho to set aside their political differences and embrace development in their communities. There have been general sentiments among the…
BULAWAYO – Figtree farmer, David Connolly who lost his farm to former president Robert Mugabe’s top aide, Ray Ndhlukula has questioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s sincerity on addressing the plight of farmers who lost their land at the height of the land reform programme. In his inauguration speech in November last year, Mnangagwa promised to compensate…
BULAWAYO – Former War veterans minister Tshinga Dube has taken aim at Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa saying he failed to address the Gukurahundi by utilising his office at the time he was a Cabinet minister. While Dube agreed that there was need for a reconciliation and national healing strategy to be set up in addressing…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has revised downwards its targeted voter registration number by two million voters. Zec acting chairperson Emmanuel Magade told a media briefing yesterday that the initial target of seven million when it rolled out the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise last year was overambitious and unrealistic. [Adz] Zec said…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has castigated creeping corruption at universities, warning that perpetrators would be brought to book. He spoke as universities have become hotbeds of dishonesty and moral decay, but instructed university vice chancellors, deans, directors and heads of departments at a meeting in Harare yesterday to deal with the vice now. This…
HARARE – The National Assembly yesterday approved the re-appointment of Mildred Chiri as the auditor-general. Chiri was unceremoniously dismissed from her job in July last year. National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda announced that “this House resolves and approves that …Chiri be appointed auditor-general of the Republic of Zimbabwe for a further term in office effective…
HARARE – Temperatures are expected to start falling in Zimbabwe after days of searing heat, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said yesterday. This follows the weakening of Tropical Cyclone Ava off the coast of Madagascar, which has since moved further back into the Indian Ocean. “In the meantime, moisture is now entering Zimbabwe through Matabeleland…
HARARE – Bindura Town Council chamber was turned into a boxing ring on Monday after the town’s mayor and finance director were involved in a nasty scuffle, leading to the two reportedly exchanging blows. The two — mayor Innocent Zvigumbu and finance director Lovemore Warurama — were part of council officials who were deliberating on…
