November 28, 2024
THE South African exiled Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) treasurer-general, Roy Bennett, is being linked to the splinter MDC Renewal Team and his membership has been confirmed by the faction’s top leadership. Although Bennett has kept a low profile as the leadership change storm has raged around Morgan…
GROUP FIVE International, a South African company contracted by a private company Infralink to refurbish the 828km highway from Plumtree-Mutare for $200 million, says it will complete its work by year end, Parliament heard. The project which is being bankrolled by a loan from the Development Bank of…
HEAVYWEIGHTS Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora have proven to be two of the more controversial British boxers in recent years and they are set to face off at the end of July. The unbeaten Fury, aged 25, holds a record of 22 wins with 16 knock outs and…
THE country’s postal service, Zimpost, is under pressure from a growing mobile telecommunications industry, which has resulted in less use of its traditional services. The new information technology (IT) based platforms and innovations have hit revenues and volumes at Zimpost, a State-owned break-away from the dismantled Postal and…
AS the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) prepares for an elective congress in October there is little expectation of an upset against party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, despite a rival faction plunging the political dagger into his back. Tsvangirai’s popular appeal and support from the lieutenants around him, is…
ANXIETY has gripped workers at the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) following revelations by Information Minister Jonathan Moyo that many of them would be shown the door once a forensic audit he instituted late last year has been finalised. ZBC’s 1 000-strong workforce has been unsure of its future…
MANY people have recommended a visit to the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. I am not sure what I expected. I knew you were designated — blanke or nie blanke (white or non white) at the entrance and so immediately segregated from other members of your party. I had…
EXPANSION work on the Victoria Falls International Airport is progressing well and expected to be complete by mid- next year, the Financial Gazette’s Companies & Markets (C&M) has established. The US$150 million project entails the construction of a new four kilometer runway, a new international terminal building, new…
ANYTHING and everything is up for sale on the streets of Harare; and the same is replicated in other parts of the country. The country’s numerous economic blueprints promising economic rebound have so far added little value to the lives of the majority of unemployed Zimbabweans who have…
FACED with unending financial woes, government is in a quandary over what to do with thousands of Tokwe-Murkosi dam flood survivors housed at the over-crowded Chingwizi camp as donor aid continues to dry up. The flood victims, whose houses were flattened by the swamping and lost livestock and…
