September 5, 2020 Bacela Mbete By Jane Mlambo| The South African delegation from the African National Congress is expected in Harare on Tuesday next week following resolution by the party to meet with Zanu PF leaders and other key political stakeholders in the country. This was revealed by South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) reporter Sophie [...]
Read More »‘Ex-farmers would take financial compensation as opposed to govt land offer’
4th September 2020 A WHITE former Zimbabwean commercial farmer says most landowners who were dispossessed of their farms during the country’s violent land grab programme post-2000 would prefer financial compensation as opposed to land offers by government. Government recently inked a US$3,5 deal with farmer representative groups in what would see the use of [...]
Read More »Phillip Chiyangwa faces Zanu PF central committee ouster
4 Sep 2020 A COTERIE of Zanu PF activists is fighting for the removal of maverick businessman-cum-politician Phillip Chiyangwa from the party’s central committee. The real estate mogul, who was elevated to the central committee on the basis that he represented Makonde district, is now Zvimba South legislator. The decision to recall Chiyangwa was made [...]
Read More »Pfugari’s son elbows sibling sister off late father’s estate
4th September 2020 HIGH Court judge, Siyabona Paul Masithu Thursday removed from the court roll, an application by late businessman Eddies Pfugari’s daughter, Henrietta in which she was seeking an order declaring her a 50% shareholder in her late father’s flagship company, E. Pfugari Properties (Private Limited). Henrietta is one of the late property mogul’s [...]
Read More »MDC wants govt compensation extended to former farm workers
4th September 2020 MDC Alliance says government should extend its new compensation policy on farm workers who also lost property during the country’s chaotic land grab period initially targeted at a tiny minority white landowners in the past two decades. Speaking at a press conference in Harare Thursday, party spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere said there were [...]
Read More »Hands off Judiciary — Government
04 Sep, 2020 THE Second Republic under President Mnangagwa values the independence of the Judiciary and will never interfere in court processes as is being suggested by some oppositional forces and foreign governments, Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said. This comes as United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Brian Nichols and [...]
Read More »Schools declare readiness to resume classes
4 Sep 2020 ADEQUATE measures informed by World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines have been put in place to ensure schools and colleges reopen safely in the proposed phases without risking a spike in Covid-19 infections. This was corroborated yesterday by school heads who said they were not expecting any major challenges with the handling [...]
Read More »Tourism reopens
4 Sep 2020 THE entire tourism sector has been reopened, with immediate effect, as the Government’s gradual easing of lockdown measures continues following notable success in containing the spread of Covid-19. This was announced by Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu yesterday. Tourism is one of the sectors worst affected by the pandemic after [...]
Read More »Elderly couple murdered in beautiful village home
03 Sep, 2020 A PROMINENT elderly couple from Mangwe District in Matabeleland South was gruesomely murdered by suspected robbers who raided their homestead on Tuesday night before burning their bodies in the house they were sleeping in, and making off with an undisclosed amount of cash. An 83-year-old Mr Nicholas Nleya, who had partially lost [...]
Read More »Hefty exit packages rile NRZ workers
03 Sep, 2020 National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) workers have expressed concern over “hefty” exit packages reportedly being demanded by ex-general manager Engineer Lewis Mukwada and three other directors. The other three directors are Mr Misheck Matanhire (director corporate services), Mr Samson Bhuza (director operations) and Mr Elector Mafunga (director marketing). Transport and [...]
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