HARARE – Officials from a United States development agency were last week forced to pull down an American flag in Marozva Village in rural Murewa, in Mashonaland East, following protests from their hosts. The officials from the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) had gone to Murewa last Thursday to present a $150 000 grant…
HARARE – One of the three critical wings of the ruling party — the Zanu PF youth league — threw down the gauntlet yesterday, declaring its undying support for First Lady Grace Mugabe to take over the vice presidency from Emmerson Mnangagwa, whom it described as a cancer, eating away the revolutionary party. The declaration…
HARARE – The Negomo chieftainship wrangle, which exploded into the public arena last week, has taken a fresh twist with the chairperson of the provincial chief’s council Chief Nembire (Clemence Nembire) washing his hands off the case. This comes as the current Chief Negomo — Luscious Chitsinde — who is reportedly holding on to the…
HARARE – Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Mable Chinomona has said the new Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Happyton Bonyongwe is automatically the new Leader of Government Business in Parliament, but government will have to first make an official announcement. Chinomona was responding to GlenView North MDC MP Fani Munengami who wanted to know…
HARARE – The case of four rape-accused Battlefields-based men accused of embarking on a rape and robbery spree before narrating the ordeal in a leaked WhatsApp video, has taken a new twist after a Harare lawyer representing them told the court that his clients were assaulted by members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) to…
HARARE – Members of Parliament (MPs) have questioned government’s commitment to end the current economic crisis which has seen shops sharply increasing prices of basic consumer goods on the back of foreign currency shortages and rising fuel prices. On Wednesday, Industry minister Mike Bimha told the National Assembly that government had got to the root…
HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru yesterday put further doubts on working with former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and others in a united coalition when she was elected leader of the People’s Rainbow Coalition (PRC), an outfit detached from the MDC Alliance which comprises six opposition parties. Mujuru yesterday vowed to win next year’s…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday took further steps in shaping the party’s Alliance with five other opposition parties when he announced Welshman Ncube as its spokeperson. The MDC Alliance includes People’s Democratic Party (PDP), led by Tendai Biti; Ncube’s MDC; Transform Zimbabwe of Jacob Ngarivhume; Zanu Ndonga headed by Denford Masiyarira and the…
HARARE – Trek Petroleum (Private) Limited — one of the country’s leading fuel retailers — faces an uncertain future after the Supreme Court threw out its urgent application to stop the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) from garnishing its bank accounts over a $45 million tax debt. Supreme Court judge Susan Mavangira, who heard Trek’s urgent…
HARARE – One of the three critical wings of the ruling party — the Zanu PF youth league — threw down the gauntlet yesterday, declaring its undying support for First Lady Grace Mugabe to take over the vice presidency from Emmerson Mnangagwa, whom it described as a cancer, eating away the revolutionary party. The declaration…
