HARARE – Long-suffering Zimbabweans have laid into President Robert Mugabe’s misfiring government, warning that the country’s dying economy, worsening cash shortages and rising poverty levels are “a ticking time bomb” that now requires emergency measures. This comes as the country’s usually restrained church leaders have also waded into the cash crisis saga, saying that this…
HARARE – Our staff writer Blessings Mashaya speaks to the opposition MDC shadow Finance minister Tapiwa Mashakada. Below are excerpts of the interview. Q: Do you think Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has done enough to solve the country’s economic problems and the current cash shortages? A: Since 2013 the economy has plunged into a prolonged…
HARARE – Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa has said only Zanu PF supporters will be favoured in contract awarding for the construction of the Harare-Beitbridge highway. The call for domestic party preference in the public procurement process for the project was tabled during a recent Zanu PF Masvingo provincial coordinating committee (PCC) meeting held…
HARARE – Amid the ugly tribal, factional and succession wars tearing the ruling Zanu PF apart, President Robert Mugabe has lavished praise on the country’s feared intelligence services for helping him to maintain his long hold on power. The nonagenarian chose the burial of one of the top bosses of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO),…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) has scrapped fixed water charges for Mabvuku residents, as they were not receiving the commodity. The charges date as far back as 2013. The cancellation comes into effect on April 30 in line with a full council resolution. Current figures indicate that fixed water charges in high density areas…
HARARE – Hospital group Corporate 24 has said it is willing to work with health insurer Cimas after an ugly $500 000 debt row that saw it demand its dues directly from the latter’s members. This comes after government gave the two parties a two-week ultimatum to resolve their dispute, which arose after Cimas failed…
HARARE – The State-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has been dragged to the High Court by Fidelity Printers and Refiners (Fidelity Printers) after it failed to pay over $19 000 for printing services. According to court papers, Fidelity Printers — the country’s sole bullion buying agency and the largest security and commercial printing company in…
HARARE – A year after the establishment of Leonard Cheshire — a home for people living with disabilities in central Harare in March 1982 — Majecha Tapfumanei was glad to find shelter that catered for her needs. “We were living here without any problems until 1999 when we stopped getting assistance. “They (board of trustees)…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) — the country’s biggest labour umbrella body — has claimed that government is approaching its affiliates to boost numbers at its Workers’ Day commemorations on May 1. Government plans to host its own ceremony, presided over by the Zanu PF-aligned Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU)….
HARARE – Mashonaland (Mash) Central Zanu PF MPs who have been clamouring for national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere’s ouster made a surprise U-turn, leaping to his defence before a President Robert Mugabe-commissioned probe team last week. Mugabe set up the Jacob Mudenda-led team to investigate allegations that Kasukuwere — also Local Government minister — was…
