May 19, 2024
World Bank vice president for Africa, Obiageli Ezekwesili, said some US$22 million in grants from the bank were being spent on behalf of donors through international agencies, aid and church groups to help small farmers and the poor.Media reports this week said the World Bank would make its…
The incident took place in cells at Harare Central Police Station last month.Police national spokesperson, senior assistant commissioner Wayne Bvudzijena, could only confirm that the quartet would appear in court on May 29, as he was still verifying the facts.Harare lawyer, Tendai Hangazha however, said the policemen brutalised…
Correspondence to Zuma, the SADC chair and newly sworn-in South African President and the AU chairperson, Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, to intervene in a stalemate that might collapse the three-month-old inclusive government followed a resolution by the MDC-T’s national executive council at the weekend which resolved to refer…
Observers said while the party had a right to its properties, the major hurdle was going to be who really represented the party, Dabengwa or his colleagues who had remained in ZANU-PF.A war veteran who has opposed the revival of ZAPU all along said the ZAPU that was…
The move has infuriated empowerment lobby group, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG), which responded by approaching government with a proposal that the listed company be subjected to the Indigenisation and Empowerment Act. The act stipulates that foreign companies must cede 51 percent of their shareholding to locals.In a…
Monday’s arrests also came hard on the heels of a media conference held in Kariba last week to stop the harassment of scribes and repeal or amend repressive media laws that have been used by the State to muzzle press freedom.The conference, attended by government officials, media executives…
The development threatens to further widen the rifts within the party that split from Prime Minister Tsvangirai-led MDC-T in 2005 following internal squabbles over the decision on whether to participate or not in elections for Senate.Last week, the MDC-M suspended three Members of Parliament: Abednico Bhebhe (Nkayi West);…
Niels Kristensen, the managing director of Murowa, 78-percent owned by Rio, said the local business environment had improved but urged the government to do more to attract investors."We achieved record production in 2008. Production was in the region of 260,000 carats in 2008 and there is potential to…
The anonymous phone bidder has yet to name the gem, mounted on a platinum ring, auctioneers Sotheby's said. The diamond was found in Cullinan mine in South Africa last year, and its clarity was graded as flawless - the highest designation. Auctioneer David Bennett said: "It is a…
ZMF chief executive officer, Wellington Takavarasha, said small and medium scale miners were under threat from a host of problems that hamstrung their potential to contribute to the well being of the country's economy."We've invited several ministers to come and address miners on issues and concerns affecting their…
