POLITICS

Gandawa wants Zimdef fraud charges dropped

Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Godfrey Gandawa, who is facing criminal charges over the alleged abuse of the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef), has applied to have the charges...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Business loses confidence in Mnangagwa

THE business community appears to have lost confidence in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new political dispensation, with the latest Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI)'s composite Business Con...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt raises civil service pay offer to 17.5%

GOVERNMENT yesterday further increased its salary offer to civil servants from 15 to 17,5 percent in a move that saw the employer and workers negotiators finally finding common ground and putting pen ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

POLITICS

Gift Banda accused of playing kingmaker

BULAWAYO Deputy Mayor, Councillor Gift Banda, has been accused of trying to play 'kingmaker' in the MDC-T primary elections in the city.Clr Banda is accused of using his position as the party's provin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Command livestock to ensure CSC revival

GOVERNMENT is anchoring the revival of the Cold Storage Company (CSC) on Command Livestock, with emphasis on artificial insemination, which has a 60 percent success rate for a new breed of bulls and h...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF poll rerun results next week

Zanu-PF name candidates who won in primary election reruns held in 15 constituencies after next week's Politburo meeting.The reruns were held two week ago.In an interview on Wednesday, Zanu-PF Politbu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Command Broiler starts bearing fruit

Poultry farmers who benefited under the Government's Command Broiler Programme in Goromonzi have started delivering their birds to Kudu Creek Abattoir for processing.The birds are coming mostly from v...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Law Society bars 40 lawyers from practising

THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has barred 40 lawyers from practising this year for various reasons, with the majority, 27, coming from Harare.Most of the lawyers listed do not have practising certi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF to roll out Mash West campaign

The Zanu-PF provincial leadership in Mashonaland West will launch its election campaign tomorrow with emphasis on unity among party supporters.In an interview yesterday, Zanu-PF provincial chairman Zi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Poor public transport system costs Zimbabwe

A weak public transport system, particularly in urban areas, is responsible for the siphoning of the much-needed foreign currency as citizens import cars to take them to work, analysts say.This comes ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF Youth league wants Jabulani back

THE Zanu-PF Youth League here has described former war veterans leader Mr Jabulani Sibanda as a visionary who should be readmitted by the party.Mr Sibanda was expelled from Zanu-PF in 2014 on allegati...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa anti-graft unit above board - Ziyambi

JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has defended the position taken by President Mnangagwa to set up a Special Anti-Corruption Unit, saying it was a constitutional and no...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa commissions 149 officer cadets

President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 149 officer cadets, among them five Namibians, at the 34th Regular Officer Cadet Course graduation ceremony at the Zimbabwe Military Academy (ZMA) in Gweru.O...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

POLITICS

Voter arrested over fake ID

A DANGAMVURA woman who tried to vote using her daughter's national identity card during the just-ended ZANU-PF primary elections was left with egg on the face when she was apprehended and dragged to t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

POLITICS

'Arrest top cops involved in smuggling'

POLICE Commissioner General - Godwin Matanga - on Tuesday fumed at senior police officers in Manicaland whom he said were steering smuggling syndicates operating along the Zimbabwe/ Mozambique borderl...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa charms Marange

VILLAGERS in Marange have hailed President Mnangagwa for his role in ensuring that they benefit fully from the diamonds being mined in that area through the new diamond policy that is currently being ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

High tax on car imports

The cost of importing used vehicles is likely to increase as government is considering raising import levies on all pre-owned cars, Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Development Minister Mike Bimha ha...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's worsening cash crunch

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa's assumption of office last November after the military intervention that led to long-serving dictator Robert Mugabe's resignation sparked the dawn of a new era...

By Financial Mail | Published: 24 May 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe keeps Parly guessing

Former President Robert Mugabe, not for the first time, failed to appear in Parliament yesterday where he had been summoned to explain the missing $15 billion diamond revenue from the gem-rich Marange...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa lauded for not forcing people to rally

In A development that marked a clear departure from former president Robert Mugabe-era tactics, Zanu-PF turned a corner by hosting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rally at Sakubva Stadium on Saturday w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

POLITICS

Top cops fingered in smuggling

Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, pictured, has demanded the arrest and prosecution of local police commanders he claimed were integral members of the criminal smuggling syndicates.Addressing Manic...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Fuel shortages persist

Service stations in most parts of the country are still struggling to secure adequate fuel to meet demand, resulting in long-winding queues at pump stations with the product in stock.A survey by the D...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa comes under fire

MDC Alliance presidential candidate and leader of the main faction of the MDC, Nelson Chamisa, has come under fire for not condemning the abuse of sacked former  deputy leader, Thokozani Khupe, w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

POLITICS

Mujuru, step children fight takes a new twist

The battle between former vice president Joice Mujuru and step-children of her late husband retired general Solomon Mujuru over a Borrowdale house has taken a new twist after the widow approached the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ doubles forex allocation for fuel

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has doubled weekly foreign currency allocation on fuel imports to US$20 million in a bid to address the supply gap following a 20 percent rise in demand for the comm...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

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