HARARE – Tsholotsho villagers urgently need to be relocated following downpours that have destroyed their homes, with more rain expected in coming days, a top Meteorological Services Department (MSD) official warned yesterday. This comes as about 800 villagers in Tsholotsho North have appealed to the government to be relocated saying they were no longer prepared…
HARARE – State-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has been ordered by the High Court to stop looting diamond ore in the Chiadzwa mining fields belonging to Grandwell Holdings (Grandwell), which owns 50 percent shareholding in Mbada Diamonds (Mbada) as concerns grow on the controversial organisation’s capacity to mine the precious stone. Mbada was among…
HARARE – In yet another major setback for Zimbabwe’s international standing, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) yesterday released a damning report in which 10 000 tourists complained about the police — with 500 of them promising never to return to the country again, citing harassment by law enforcement agents. At the same time, 14…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe and his warring ruling Zanu PF — fearful of receiving an even bigger poll shellacking than they got in 2008 — are already working feverishly to steal next year’s make-or-break harmonised elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Tsvangirai’s spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka said the former…
HARARE – Moved by a comment that the country’s most influential newspaper wrote in its edition of yesterday, regarding how Zanu PF is honouring him on his birthday, President Robert Mugabe yesterday thanked the popular daily for its “good message”. In the editorial, Zimbabwe’s leading newspaper encouraged those organising the 21st February Movement celebrations to…
HARARE – Recent comments by President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace in which they have rubbished prospects of appointing a successor to take over from the aged leader indicate a covert plan for the latter to succeed her husband if Zanu PF wins the 2018 elections, analysts contend. Mugabe celebrated his 93rd birthday last…
HARARE – A Harare man, Elton Nyamudahondo, suspected of printing and supplying fake $5 bond notes was busted on Saturday, a Harare court heard yesterday. The 33-year-old — who produced $600-plus of the counterfeit currency — was charged with possession of articles for criminal use when he appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande. Prosecutor Stylon…
HARARE – A Parliament committee wants to amend a law governing the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) to whittle down the Higher Education minister’s powers. The parliamentary portfolio committee on Higher Education chairperson Peter Mataruse said they would introduce an amendment to the law so that the minister’s wide discretionary powers could be clipped. “We…
HARARE – National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz) leader Sten Zvorwadza was yesterday removed from remand in a case he is alleged to have threatened to burn a local five-star hotel. Zvorwadza was removed from remand by Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba after considering that the State witnesses were not availing themselves for court. She advised…
HARARE – Government yesterday said there was no going back on urban tollgates, saying plans were at an advanced stage to erect the urban plazas. This comes amid an outcry from motorists who argue they were already overburdened with road taxes and highway toll fees. Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere told local councils and engineers…
