POLITICS

Makamba, Mnangagwa fall out

It never rains but it pours for businessman, James Makamba.Less than five months following his return to his motherland, analysts fear that Makamba could be contemplating going into self-imposed exile...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

'Zanu-PF manifesto is hot air'

ZANU-PF's election manifesto is just hot air and only proves the ruling party has nothing new to offer long-suffering Zimbabweans after 38 years in power, analysts have said.The party released its 20...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe brews another surprise

Former president Robert Mugabe has been holding secret meetings with a prominent lawyer amid indications the opposition National Patriotic Front (NPF) wants the 40-year-old businessman to challenge Pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

G40 ghost haunts Zanu-PF old guard

The fall of Zanu-PF bigwigs in the just-ended primary elections shows that a faction linked to former president Robert Mugabe will have a say in the future of the ruling party, analysts have said.Muga...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF pledges 1,5 million houses

Five years after promising to deliver 2,2 million jobs if voted back into power, Zanu-PF is back promising 1,5 million houses in the next five years, if given another mandate in elections expected bet...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa name-dropping scandal hits Zacc

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade is in jeopardy after Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission bosses came out guns blazing over the alleged politicisation of the graft-busting body.A...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

OPINION

Chamisa hits back at Chiwenga

At the launch of Zanu-PF's election manifesto on Friday, Vice- President Constantino Chiwenga devoted the bulk of his speech to attacking MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa, describing...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Industry challenges Mnangagwa

LOCAL industry says government should create a conducive environment for the sector to up capacity utilisation.The call was in response to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who recently exhorted "all play...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF journalists told to resign

Mabvuku-Tafara MP James Maridadi yesterday challenged journalists who participated in the recent Zanu-PF primary elections to resign to preserve the integrity of the profession.Speaking at belated Wor...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa challenges Mnangagwa on graft

MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to come clean on corruption, saying his business deals were suspect.Speaking at the coalition's rally at...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Iron and steel makers seek $20 million

THE iron and steel sector is negotiating with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for a $20 million facility to source raw materials and new equipment.This comes as the sector is undercapitalised and a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

Obadiah Musindo dishes out cars

DESTINY of Africa Network (DAnet) says it has secured funding to roll out a car loan scheme for pastors and their wives, a move aimed at attracting votes for Zanu-PF ahead of the watershed polls mid-y...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF to hold fresh primaries

The Zanu-PF politburo yesterday ordered a rerun of primary elections in at least 10 constituencies where the process was marred by irregularities and allegations of vote-buying.Addressing journalists ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

ZMDC seeks partners to revive key mines

THE Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) is seeking joint venture partnerships to resuscitate its defunct gold and graphite mines across the country.ZMDC acting general manager Mr Garikayi C...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

MDC Alliance cracks?

AS the Mr Nelson Chamisa faction of MDC-T continues to jostle in the selection of candidates to represent the party in the forthcoming harmonised elections, party members from Magwegwe district in Bul...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa invited to UK by Queen Elizabeth?

THE leader of a faction of the MDC-T, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has once again been caught out lying to the nation, this time after claiming he had been personally invited to the United Kingdom by Queen Eliz...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

IDBZ to ease students accommodation crisis

THE Infrastructural Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) has secured land for the construction of a student accommodation facility in Lupane for students at Lupane State University.This comes as Lupane State Unive...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

Joshua Nkomo family blasts Mugabe's new party

THE family of late Vice-President Dr Joshua Nkomo has blasted the newly-formed National Patriotic Front (NPF) for not consulting them before using the picture of the late nationalist on their campaign...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF to publish its candidates soon

Zanu-PF's Politburo has endorsed the candidature of just below 2 000 cadres who won intra-party polls to represent the ruling party in the 2018 harmonised elections.However, there will be re-runs in a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

POLITICS

Govt selects ballot paper supplier

GOVERNMENT has selected a company to print ballot papers and supply indelible ink for the forthcoming harmonised elections.The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz), it is understood, ga...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

ZITF general manager quits

ZIMBABWE International Trade Fair Company general manager Mrs Nomathemba Ndlovu is quitting her post in August, five years after taking over the reins.Mrs Ndlovu was appointed general manager to lead ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

OPINION

'Vote for prosperity and progress'

The following is the foreword by the President and First Secretary of Zanu-PF, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, to the ruling party's 2018 Election Manifesto launched last Friday in Harare***To restore th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Civil servants to get salary hike

CIVIL servants will have their salaries and working conditions improved,while their salaries and bonuses will be paid in full and consistently, among a cocktail of measures to be put in place to ensur...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe not waiting for the rains

During the first quarter of 2018, Government disbursed US$15 million towards the National Accelerated Irrigation Rehabilitation and Development Programme (NAIRDP) in order to develop 101 irrigation sc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

OPINION

Mnangagwa vs Deng Xiaoping

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has for a while now been likened to former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping.The late paramount leader of the People's Republic of China between 1978 and 1989 is credited with ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

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