HARARE – War veterans are preparing for another meeting with President Robert Mugabe before the end of this year, War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Dube said they were having provincial meetings with war veterans in all provinces in preparation of their indaba with the president. “We are…
HARARE – Five suspected armed robbers who pounced on Apostolic Faith Mission’s Waterfalls church and stole cash before raping a woman were tracked using a stolen cellphone given to a wife of one of the robbers, a Harare court heard yesterday. Edmore Murambidzi, 23, Gift Kupa Mudamburi, 40, Alouis Nyamadzawo, 41, Munyaradzi Chikarara, 40, and…
HARARE – Hundreds of illegal settlers who invaded sugar estates owned by the Zimbabwe units of South Africa’s Tongaat Hullett and have been shielded from eviction by Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa have been left in a quandary. Mahofa died on Monday last week after she collapsed at her Masvingo home. The 220 settlers,…
HARARE – War veterans’ leader Victor Matemadanda — granted bail on Saturday for charges of undermining the authority of the president and causing disaffection among the defence forces — has worn another protest T-shirt. The shirt bears the message “Elimination By Whatever Means and Methods Will Not Stop Us. 1-2=It Cant.” Reached for comment, Matemadanda…
HARARE – Zimbabwean rangers have found the bodies of seven elephants that were poisoned with cyanide in the country’s Hwange National Park. Rangers found the carcasses of the elephants in Hwange park’s Sikumi Forestry area in Dete, spokeswoman for the Forestry Commission Violet Makoto said yesterday. The grim discovery significantly raises the number of elephants…
HARARE – Government has deployed soldiers to supervise the harvesting of maize produced under the Command Agriculture programme in a bid to prevent side-marketing of the crop. The move is also meant to plug any repayment leakages as 80 percent of the value of maize delivered by the farmer is retained by government through the…
HARARE – Government has unveiled the text of its draft Medical Aid Societies Authority Bill as stakeholders struggle over issues such as the regulation of the medical sector and bringing down insurance costs for the poor. Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa has been working for weeks behind closed doors on the legislation aimed…
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…
HARARE – South Africa’s decision to grant diplomatic immunity to First Lady Grace Mugabe in the face of accusations of assaulting a young model in Johannesburg has sparked outrage in that country and here in Zimbabwe with activists and the opposition calling on the girl’s attorneys to pursue the matter through private prosecution. In a…
HARARE – A High-level meeting convened by leaders of the MDC and the National People’s Party (NPP) in Harare on Friday failed to end the bickering between Joice Mujuru and Morgan Tsvangirai, whose negotiating teams are now pressed for time to strike an acceptable deal before elections which could be due early next year. Although…
