HARARE – A strangely low turnout blighted yesterday’s ceremony to celebrate the renaming of Harare International Airport after President Robert Mugabe, despite the high publicity leading up to the event. Usually, Mugabe’s events attract bumper crowds comprising bussed unemployed youths and some Zanu PF adherents. But yesterday, there were just enough people to fill two…
HARARE – An American citizen, Martha O’Donovan, who was arrested for allegedly attempting to topple President Robert Mugabe’s government has been released on $1 000 bail by the High Court. High Court judge Clement Phiri yesterday ruled that it was in the best interest of justice to release O’Donovan on bail after ruling that his…
HARARE – Harare’s upmarket residents are resisting council’s move to establish bus ranks in their plush neighbourhoods. The residents — mainly from Hillside and Eastlea — are arguing that the local authority did not consult them, while the buses, touts and passengers will become a menace in the serene areas, resulting in loss of their…
HARARE – Government is maintaining a stringent policy regime against bow hunting, despite spirited efforts by safari operators to relax the terms in the wake of booming clientele interest, especially from the American market. Safari operators — who argue the activity is a multi-million dollar business, with capacity earn the country at $5 million per…
HARARE – Police in Karoi have for the second time blocked opposition MDC’s rally which was supposed to be held in the town. The party’s vice president, Nelson Chamisa, was set to address the meeting, which was scheduled for last weekend and targeted to mobilise people to register to vote in the forthcoming 2018 elections….
HARARE – Zanu PF Mashonaland Central chairperson, Dickson Mafios, has upped the ante against sacked former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying he must be probed for abusing Command Agriculture inputs and grabbing mines. This comes as the province was among the first to recommend Mnangagwa’s expulsion from Zanu PF, which happened on Wednesday. Speaking at…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) wants know how much land Zanu PF provincial commissar Shadreck Mashayamombe owns and leases in the capital as part of its wider investigations into the land allocations in the capital. Mashayamombe is also MP for Harare South constituency which was once a subject of focus by both government and…
HARARE – At least 17 MPs, who went to China on a shopping spree in 2014, are set to lose properties, after they failed to pay a local travel agent , Skycred (Private) Limited, a company that secured their flights to the Asian country. The Harare Magistrates’ Court has since issued warrants of execution against…
AS THE Zanu PF wars continue to grip the State, amid serious economic meltdown and a disjointed opposition, our reporter Tendai Kamhungira took time to speak to respected political analyst and civil society leader Brian Kagoro to give an expert analysis on these issues. Q: There are signs of authoritarian erosion in the ruling Zanu…
HARARE – Former Prime Minister in the unity government, Morgan Tsvangirai, is now out of danger. Tsvangirai left for South Africa last month to seek urgent medical attention after his condition had suddenly deteriorated. He had been diagnosed with cancer of the colon in June last year and has since then been undergoing treatment in…
