BULAWAYO – A Pakistani businessman who is at the centre of an externalisation storm was this week forced to flee his company premises and seek refuge at Bulawayo Central Police Station after irate former employees besieged the firm demanding their dues. Imran Shahzad, director of Bulk Cash and Carry Wholesalers (BCCW) is embroiled in a…
BULAWAYO – Zanu PF Matabeleland North provincial executive member and former senator — Believe Gaule who was close to self-exiled former Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo — says President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a hugely popular figure in Tsholotsho. Gaule, while denying that he is trying to curry favour with Mnangagwa and his new administration, having hobnobbed…
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe’s government presided over moral decay in the once vibrant and productive mining sector, a study has revealed. A comprehensive research contained in a book, recently launched in the city titled Corruption risk assessment mining awards in Zimbabwe, carried out by the Transparency International Zimbabwe exposes what has contributed to…
HARARE – A Local civic group has set the cat among the pigeons by challenging government to decriminalise drug abuse and spare jail those found transgressing the law prohibiting such conduct. Instead, government and the legislature should view drug abuse as a health problem rather than a crime, the civic group said. Zimbabwe Civil Liberties…
BULAWAYO – Civic and opposition groups in Matabeleland region have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to show commitment towards providing meaningful national healing to the victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities. Among some of the steps that government should take, include allowing the organ on Peace, National Healing and Reconciliation, to work independent of the President’s…
BULAWAYO -The Gays and Lesbian Association of Zimbabwe (Galz) is hoping that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government will break with the tradition of deposed ex-leader Robert Mugabe who subjected them to endless attacks and harassment over their activities. Mnangagwa, a trained lawyer, was sworn in as new Zimbabwe leader on November 24, and is…
HARARE – A Norton man will spend the next five years behind bars after he was caught red-handed attempting to rape a girl in his neighbourhood. John Penzura, 35, was convicted of aggravated indecent assault charges before Harare regional magistrate Elijah Makomo. Makomo initially sentenced Penzura to eight years in prison before suspending three years…
HARARE – Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Attorney General Prince Machaya beseeching them to establish a legal and political environment conducive for a free press. In a letter dated December 10, written by Misa-Zimbabwe chairperson Golden Maunganidze and copied to Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda, ministry of…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has called upon the government to expedite the appointment of a new Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson. Zec chairperson Rita Makarau, seen as an ally of former president Robert Mugabe, resigned on Thursday. The resignation came at a critical time in Zimbabwe’s electoral cycle with key electoral…
HARARE – The 2018 budget is the most bullish and positive budget since 2000, which sets a positive tone towards a new economic order, a leading financial research firm has said. Equity Axis noted that the targets are broadly a tall order but not necessarily a pie in the sky, but achievable. “Focus on the…
