A shoe shop owner is helped by a staff member to inspect the damage caused by looters in Germiston, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. Police had earlier fired rubber bullets as they struggled to stop looters who targeted businesses as unrest broke out in several spots …

Pace Bowler Blessing Muzarabani Fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani is on course to become the fourth Zimbabwean cricketer to make the money-spinning Indian Premier League (IPL) after he was shortlisted for this year’s auction. The 25-year-old is the only Zimbabwe to have made the shortlist for the action that will take …

Legal fights … Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, a former army general, is divorced from his ex-model wife, Mary HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is divorced from former model Mary Mubaiwa, the High Court has declared. Justice Owen Tagu made the ruling on Thursday after Chiwenga, on November 24 last …

CCC leader Nelson Chamisa A bomb is ticking for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Masvingo Urban, Ward 4, after the national leadership for the party which had come to settle the candidate impasse failed to have one of the candidates withdraw from the race. A delegation led by …

Massive clear-out … ZACC chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo HARARE –The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has terminated nearly two dozen investigators seconded by the Zimbabwe Republic Police, it says because they are no longer required. Police sources however told ZimLive that ZACC had raised allegations of corruption against many of the …

THE Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Union (FOZEU) Tuesday says its members are incapacitated to report for duty when schools reopen next Monday because their meagre salaries have been eroded. “Teachers are heavily incapacitated and will not be able to report for duty on 7 February 2022,” FOZEU said. “Restore the …

Workers’ demands for a return to 2018 salaries are growing (Pic: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters) The head of one of Zimbabwe’s largest asset management companies has a view on wages and salaries that the country’s labour unions will hate. Civil servants and other unions are demanding minimum salaries of between US$500 and …

Power utility ZESA Holdings is pushing for a 100% tariff increase to ensure the country enjoys a steady supply of  electricity, Business Times can report. ZESA is charging an average of US$0.063 per kilowatt hour. Katsande said the low tariff level was inadequate to generate sufficient revenue to fund operations and maintenance “The …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) with his Zimbabwean counterpart, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in Harare in 2019. Dirco/Flickr The dismal fate of Zimbabwe under the stewardship of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) government has long stood out as a warning to South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC). Yet …

THE widow of Andrew Zigara, believed to have been involved in the ZB Bank US$2,5 million heist, was yesterday jailed for money laundering after she bought houses in Masvingo with proceeds from the crime. Zigara was shot dead in Zaka as he sought to flee from police officers who had …