HARARE – Namibia President Hage Geingob is expected to open this year’s 58th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) on April 28, in Bulawayo. According to the Foreign Affairs ministry, Geingob is expected in the country on Wednesday, where he is set to hold meetings with President Robert Mugabe. During his stay in…
HARARE – Zanu PF councillor for Chegutu ward 4 Stanley Banda has been fined $400 by a Chegutu magistrate after he was found guilty of bashing his wife for refusing him sex. Banda, 45, was convicted on his own plea of guilty. He was being charged with domestic violence “physical abuse” as defined under Section…
HARARE – Residents’ pressure group, the Combined Harare Residents Association (Chra), has called upon councillors to stand by vendors who are indiscriminately harassed by municipal police even though they are the ones who voted them into office. Speaking at a Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (Viset), Chra chief executive officer Mfundi Mlilo said…
HARARE – Harare should brace for more water cuts as the pumps at the city’s water treatment works continue to break down. According to the environmental committee minutes, although Morton Jaffray (MJ) breakdowns are being attended to on a regular basis some valves continue to collapse. The water treatment works is undergoing refurbishment after the…
HARARE – A senior government official has lifted the lid on the worsening daily struggles that junior civil servants are going through due to the country’s escalating economic rot. Finance ministry’s accountant-general, Daniel Muchemwa, said last week that most civil servants were now “down to their bare bones” — contrary to the erroneous and widely-held…
HARARE – Embattled Zanu PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has suffered another setback in his bid to stave off pressure from his ruling party foes who want to see him sacked from both his party and government positions. This comes after a meeting which had apparently been called to give him breathing space was…
HARARE – With helicopters instead of jet fighters zooming overhead, President Robert Mugabe marked Zimbabwe’s 37th independence anniversary on Tuesday with sour celebrations and defiance, saying the country must remain wary of Western-style democracy. Mugabe, 93, who has ruled the country since its independence, spoke emotionally of the legacy of British rule, charging that “as…
HARARE – The increasing uptake of bond notes and worsening cash shortages inducing premiums on products is pushing up inflation, leading think-tanks have said. This comes after consumer price index (CPI) inflation continued on its upward trajectory last month after more than two years of deflation. Zimbabwe recorded inflation of 0,21 percent year-on-year in March,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s opposition political parties announced an alliance last week to fight next year’s presidential and parliamentary elections against President Robert Mugabe and his long-ruling Zanu PF, in a move hailed by analysts as a “very promising development”. Mugabe, 93, is seeking an eighth and final term after controversially winning the 2013 race against…
HARARE – War veteran and former diplomat, Agrippa Mutambara, was yesterday named the new leader of the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) — amid chaotic scenes which threatened to derail the meeting which had been called to announce the party’s new leadership. At the stormy meeting held in Harare, ZPF founding fathers, Didymus Mutasa and Rugare…
