HARARE – The Chinese company which built Beitbridge’s $40 million water purification plant has reportedly refused with the manual that gives information on how to operate the machinery, until they are paid a balance of $3 million. China International Water and Electricity has camped on site despite having completed the project two years ago. The…
HARARE – A manpower shortage has scuttled the Harare City Council’s decentralisation exercise. Human resources committee chairperson Wellington Chikombo said the failure to recruit more employees was stalling the process. “There is a need to recruit externally to fill vacant positions in council but the ministry of Local Government has indicated that it would not…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has urged new Southern African Development Community (Sadc) chairperson Jacob Zuma to end xenophobic violence that have killed hundreds of African migrants and displaced tens of thousands. This comes after Southern African heads of State handed the rotating chairmanship of Sadc to president Zuma at the just-ended regional summit in…
HARARE – Ex-liberation fighters led by Mandi Chimene have called for the dismissal of War Veterans’ minister Tshinga Dube, claiming he backs a bid by Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) to impeach President Robert Mugabe. Dube rubbished the accusations. This comes as the ZNLWVA said they were willing to support the country’s largest…
HARARE – The majority of people working in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) have no law degrees and half of the staff is seconded from other government ministries, with large numbers coming from the security sector, it has been revealed. Acting Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba said this during public interviews conducted in Harare on Monday…
HARARE – The MDC has cast doubts on new Sadc chairman Jacob Zuma’s ability to act as the region’s mediator if a dispute erupts in next year’s eagerly-anticipated elections. Zuma’s involvement may be needed in Zimbabwe to break a feared election impasse if the poll is disputed after assuming the rotating chairmanship of the 15-nation…
HARARE – The wife of the late Zimbabwe first deputy prime minister and later vice president, Simon Muzenda, Maud, has died. Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo confirmed the death last night. “I just heard about it and we are all shocked but I think it would be proper to first wait for the president…
HARARE – First Lady Grace Mugabe could be banned from ever entering South Africa if that country’s powerful trade union federation and opposition groups get their way in their bids to have the decision to grant her diplomatic immunity overturned. Grace was granted diplomatic immunity by the South African government last Saturday after spending close…
HARARE – Crocodiles are proving to be a huge menace in Zimbabwe with 16 people succumbing to horrific attacks by the reptiles in seven months, the Daily News can report. A study by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) revealed that 16 people died from croc attacks between January and July, while five…
HARARE – State-owned Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) is reporting huge losses of $2 million every month as mismanagement, high operating costs, old equipment and aircraft that are no longer profitable to fly weigh on its bottom-line. This comes as the loss-making carrier has cut 200 jobs, its biggest head-count reduction in almost two decades, as it…
