HARARE – The World Bank (WB) has confirmed that the country’s economy is dying, slashing the economic growth from 3,8 percent to 2,5 percent in yet another dose of bad news for the millions of long-suffering Zimbabweans who are struggling to make ends meet. Last year, the WB downgraded the country from its list of…
HARARE – Operations at Forbes Border Post in Mutare will be interrupted in the coming weeks to pave way for the construction of a new road. This comes after the Manicaland Provincial office gave border officials a two-week ultimatum to vacate office buildings. The offices at one of the country’s busiest ports of entry are…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has warned its prospective coalition partners that it is keeping its eyes “wide open” to avoid carrying suspected Zanu PF “spies” into the eagerly-awaited grand alliance which will take President Robert Mugabe head-on in next year’s polls. Tsvangirai and leaders of the smaller opposition parties who include former…
HARARE – The trial of a Harare woman who allegedly hired a hit man to murder her lover’s wife continued yesterday with the suspected contract killer revealing that the husband was supposed to fund the operation. Judith Makwara is answering to charges of conspiracy to commit murder before Harare regional magistrate Temba Kuwanda. [GoogleAd] The…
HARARE – Water woes around most of Harare’s suburbs have resulted in the exploitation of residents who now have to pay to fetch water from government-drilled boreholes. Most suburbs around Harare have been dry for a considerable time owing to the council’s failure to provide enough water purification chemicals, resulting in water rationing, with Kamfinsa,…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) wants City Parking to increase their dividend to the city arguing the current remittance is too little. According to audit committee minutes, HCC claims that City Parking has been paying them a blanket figure of $40 000 per year. “The committee enquired whether the Harare City Council was getting…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s nephew — Tongai Mafidi Mnangagwa — has been dragged to court by his ex-wife for allegedly defaulting payment of $5 120 maintenance for their two children. Tongai, 39, of Sunridge in Harare, appeared before magistrate Annia Ndiraya charged with contravening Section 23 of the Maintenance Act. He was granted…
HARARE – the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has threatened to drag the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court for awarding the biometric voter registration (BVR) kits tender to a Chinese company, Laxton Group. It said the move is part of its quest to ensure next year’s elections are free and fair. Zec last Thursday announced Laxton…
HARARE – Frequent flier President Robert Mugabe pays national airline Air Zimbabwe (Air Zim) cash upfront whenever he uses its planes, Transport minister Jorum Gumbo told the Daily News yesterday. The 93-year-old leader travelled to the United States (US) over the weekend on an Air Zim plane, and according to Gumbo — whose ministry superintends…
HARARE – A Zanu PF youth leader and aspiring councillor is battling for his life at Harare Central Hospital after he suffered serious burns following a petrol bomb attack by his ruling party comrades during violent clashes over housing stands in the capital’s Kuwadzana high density suburb. This comes as the warring ruling party is…
