December 25, 2024
The allegations against two senior members of the Central Intelligence Organisation in Manicaland, Innocent Chibaya and Denis Masiya, as well as Rusape district administrator, Cosmas Chiringa, and businessman Robson Makoni, stem from accusations they interfered with State witnesses.The 15 witnesses were meant to testify against supporters of ZANU-PF…
After opening the year around R10 against the dollar, the rand gained as much as 12 percent to R8,22 on Monday last week, but trimmed its margin to R8,39 on Thursday after the Confederation of South African Trade Unions threatened to embark on a protracted worker unrest to…
Government has since conceded that the country’s prison system has collapsed forcing the shaky coalition to appeal to both local and international donors to provide food for prisoners.In an interview this week, the Deputy Justice and Legal Affairs Minister, Jessie Majome, said the figure is three times higher…
The move could further strain an already fragile relationship between ZANU-PF and the two MDCs with critics fearing it could lead to the eventual collapse of the shaky unity pact despite the fact that its principals are yet to declare a deadlock on the matter.In a two-page letter…
At the time of going to print yesterday, there were reports of massive defections from the MDC-M in four of the country’s political provinces, namely, Manicaland, Mashonaland West, Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central.This development comes almost a month after other key figures within the Mutambara camp, namely, Job…
The lawyers, who marched on Tuesday from the High Court to the offices of Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa (New Government Complex) where they handed over a petition to his officials, protested against the harassment of legal practitioners by State agents during the course of their duties.Tuesday’s petition by…
The vitriol came after Biti, in his budget review statement in February, said “the death of the Zimbabwe dollar is a reality we have to live with”, while Mangoma said an economic cluster set up as part of the 100-Day Action Plan had decided to shelve the use…
Munyaradzi Mugowo, Staff ReporterThe Zimbabwe Pho-sphate Industries (Zim-Phos) has struck a deal with Harare city council to construct a water treatment plant at Cleveland Dam that would alleviate chronic water cuts affecting the country's sole supplier of phosphates.The project entails the resuscitation of an old water treatment plant…
An extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of shareholders is expected to be convened next week to vote on the planned transaction.It was not immediately clear how much the directors planned to raise through the private placement, but the notice to shareholders said directors were hoping not only to benefit…
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…
