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Chiefs defy Chombo
HARARE - Traditional leaders in Zvimba have told Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo to accept their preferred chief for the Beperere chieftaincy. Chief Zvimba, born Stanley Mhondoro, told the...
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Mangoma's folly
HARARE - The nine MDC youths who were accused of assaulting expelled former party deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma in February, have, almost predictably, been found not guilty of the charge. We...
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MP faces bankruptcy
HARARE - Flamboyant Gokwe Nembudziya Zanu PF MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena is being haunted by the taxman, and could be thrown out of his transport business by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)...
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Mujuru faction after Moyo's head
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe’s unrestrained attacks on Information minister Jonathan Moyo reveal a dramatic shift in the balance of power in Zanu PF, with vice president Joice Mujuru’s faction...
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'My hair is my crown'
LONDON - Social media sites were trending with various Zimbabweans for different reasons. However, amidst the tumult, I was amused to see the "hashtag" #musorowangu, a campaign spearheaded by Nyaradzo...
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BancABC ex-employee up for $1m fraud
HARARE - A former international banking officer with BancABC reportedly manipulated a client’s account and fleeced more than $1 million through fraudulent bank transfers. Nhamoinesu Francis, 32, of...
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Jailed helicopter crash pilot granted bail
HARARE - A South African businessman who was jailed for an effective three-and-a-half-years for 14 counts of contravening the Civil Aviation Act and the Immigration Act, has been granted bail by the...
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Moyo zips it
HARARE - Jonathan Moyo, the minister of Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services, has remained mum on his Monday meeting with President Robert Mugabe. Moyo yesterday refused to talk to...
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Masimirembwa bounces back
HARARE - Godwills Masimirembwa, the former chairperson of the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (Zmdc), has been appointed chairperson of the Central Mechanical Equipment Department (Cmed)...
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Congo, Rwanda 'in border clashes'
KINSHASA - Rwandan forces and troops from DR Congo are fighting each other on their shared border, the Congolese information minister says. Lambert Mende told the BBC the battle began when a unit of...
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Vapositori bail ruling today
HARARE - The High Court will today rule on a bail application by 24 members of the Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani’s Johanne Masowe Church, who are facing charges of assaulting police officers and...
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Ammara attacks TV show
HARARE - Rising musician Ammara Brown has hit out at the producers of Zim Punk’d, a ZBC-TV programme that pokes fun at celebrities, for allegedly lying to her that they had secured help for cancer...
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Church leaders slam Masowe violence
HARARE - Zimbabwean church leaders have slammed the deadly violence that broke out in Budiriro between members of Johanne Masowe weChishanu Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani’s sect, Apostolic Christian Council...
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Satan is okay
HARARE - Controversial dancer Beverly Sibanda claimed during a heated exchange with Star FM Radio listeners on Tuesday night that she had no problem with Satan. After being attacked left, right and...
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Econet partners European firm
HARARE - Econet Wireless (Econet) — Zimbabwe’s largest mobile network operator — has partnered Europe-based money transfer firm WorldRemit to launch a cash remittance service expected to earn about...
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Investors seek clarity on indigenisation
HARARE - Foreign investors are seeking clarity on Zimbabwe’s indigenisation policy before committing their capital, financial advisory firm Imara Edwards Securities (Imara) said. This comes on the...
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Con-Court orders fresh Mwonzora trial
HARARE - MDC spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora is facing a fresh trial following a 2011 political violence case in Nyanga after the Constitutional Court dismissed his application for stay of prosecution....
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Where do we go from here?
HARARE - Zimbabweans were sincere in congratulating Nigeria in becoming Africa’s leading economy earlier this year. We applauded its citizens and its leadership for overseeing the successful...
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Focus essential for national progress
HARARE - Rarely do Zimbabweans come across a politician willing to ladle out frank and honest advice quite hard to ignore than that offered by chairperson of the parliamentary committee on industry...
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Tsvangirai, Biti talks collapse
HARARE - Envisaged talks between opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his former secretary-general Tendai Biti, have all but collapsed, with the MDC ruling out ever engaging the rebels. A charge...
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