Zimbabwe has been asked to settle a US$70 million debt after it lost an international arbitration case over canceled nickel and platinum ventures between a private company and the state miner more than a decade ago. Companies linked to the British Virgin Islands-registered Amari Platinum Mauritius Limited (Amaplat) in 2019 …
Read More »Govt Sets Up Crack Teams To Nab Illegal Miners Degrading The Environment
Provincial Ministers of State and Devolution have been assigned to assemble crack teams that deal with the menace of illegal miners carrying out their activities in ecological sensitive ecosystems, Nhau has learnt. The teams will be comprising of members of the security sector, the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) and other …
Read More »The Making & Then Breaking Of South Africa’s Robben Island Museum
In our recently launched book, Robben Island Rainbow Dreams, we map out the making and breaking of an institution, with hard lessons and truths about the early years. We hope our insights can be some use to the future of the museum. And more broadly to the country. For almost …
Read More »R. Kelly’s Victims React To Jury’s Verdict
Prosecutors and attorneys are praising several victims of R. Kelly for testifying at his trial. After the singer was found guilty Monday of federal crimes that could land him in prison for decades, some of those victims were speaking out again. Jerhonda Pace, the first victim to testify, posted a statement to …
Read More »Federal Jury Convicts Singing Star R. Kelly Of Racketeering & Sex Trafficking
Jurors have found R&B singer R. Kelly guilty of racketeering, including acts of bribery and sexual exploitation of a child, along with separate charges of sex trafficking. In this federal case in the Eastern District of New York, Kelly faced a total of nine counts — one count of racketeering, with 14 …
Read More »Zimbabwe Counts Cost Of Rise In ‘Highly Addictive’ Illicit Alcohol Use
It is 7 pm and inside the shebeen, or unlicensed bar, in Harare, men and women clutch small bottles of “whisky” and talk animatedly as they dance to loud music. One man staggers and falls over, to the amusement of other drinkers. He mumbles inaudible words as he drifts into sleep. …
Read More »‘Zim Govt Should Respect Constitution & Hold By-Elections’ US Insists
The United States (US) continues to take a firm stand against Harare’s delay in holding by-elections, reiterating President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration should respect the Constitution and should urgently conduct outstanding local council and parliamentary by-elections. Mnangagwa last year ordered the suspension of all by-elections as part of measures to control …
Read More »Govt Regulations To Outlaw NGOs ‘Dabbling’ In Politics
Zimbabwe is crafting regulations that would outlaw Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) suspected to be funding or campaigning for politicians in any election in the country. According to the state-controlled Sunday Mail newspaper, the proposed amendments to the Private Voluntary Organizations Act would include the shutting down of some PVOs and …
Read More »Shoko, Intwasa Light Up Showbiz Scene
The country’s top festivals Shoko and Intwasa Arts Festival KoBulawayo ignited the spark that had gone off for long on the showbiz scene due to the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. After five days of festivity, the curtains came down on Saturday for the festivals held in Harare and Bulawayo respectively. Shoko …
Read More »“Change Your Mindset, Deliver Your Mandate’: ED Begs Civil Servants
CIVIL servants should change their mindsets and be drivers of devolution and decentralisation to ensure that every citizen has access to basic services such as clean water and well-resourced schools, President Mnangagwa said. Speaking at the burial of the former Public Service Commission chairperson, Dr Mariyawanda Nzuwah, at the National …
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