By Sports Reporter WARRIORS coach Zdravko Logarusic has cast his net far and wide in search for upcoming players after including US-Based Zimbabwean midfielder Nyasha Dube in his new look squad ahead of the COSAFA Cup tournament in South Africa next month. The 24-year-old Hwange born attacking midfielder who plays for American fourth tier side
By Paidashe Mandivengere RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has thrown its employees captured sharing an intimate moment at its building under the bus after receiving backlash on social media. This comes after social media was awash with images of a ‘couple’ hugging on one of the Central Bank’s floors creating insinuations that the two were
By Mary Taruvinga A HARARE lawyer, Lawman Chimuriwo is facing deregistration after he allegedly misappropriated trust funds amounting over US$100 000. Chimuriwo was found guilty of unethical conduct by a tribunal chaired by High court judge Justice Felistus Chatukuta. He has been in practice since 2012 when he opened Lawman Chimuriwo Attorneys soon after he
By Ndatenda Njanike GOVERNMENT has moved to dispel social media claims local schools opening dates for the second term have been deferred as a result of surging Covid-19 new infections. Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana Tuesday took to his Twitter handle to put the record straight. “We have taken note of messages circulating on the WhatsApp
By Alois Vinga THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has thrown weight behind the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe foreign exchange auction system amid calls to consolidate the current gains and accelerate reforms. Marking the end of the institution’s virtual staff visit with the Zimbabwe authorities between June 1 and 15 June, 2021 to discuss recent economic
By Mary Taruvinga APOSTOLIC Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) headed by Amon Madawo has gone after suspended church pastor, Panganayi Makarichi demanding return of a top of the range vehicle the cleric was given by the church before the split. Makarichi allegedly got dismissed on allegations of plotting a coup against Madawo. Madawo was declared
By Costa Nkomo MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora has mocked Human Rights NGO Forum executive director Musa Kika for challenging the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s term of office by another five years saying the top judge will serve his new tenure without further disturbance. Mwonzora, a lawyer, was speaking in an interview with a
By Staff Reporter THE Confederation of Industries (CZI) has urged government to be clearer in its de-dollarization agenda amid growing concerns the recent introduction of Statutory Instrument 127 has brought unease within the country’s troubled economy. CZI was reacting to government’s unpopular policy stance which was imposed without consulting stakeholders. “The path to de-dollarisation must
By Paidashe Mandivengerei LOCAL comedienne, Madam Boss has broadened her work profile after inking an ambassadorial contract with Rwanda airline, RwandAir. The socialite will make features in the airline’s promotions and marketing within Zimbabwe and abroad. An elated Madam Boss, real name Tyra Chikocho, took to Facebook to post images of the official contract signing
By Mary Taruvinga LATE former President Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simbarashe Mutsahuni-Chikore has been cleared of wrongdoing by the courts in a matter in which the then Air Zimbabwe chief operations officer was being accused of signing a memorandum with Safeguard Security Services without going to tender. Chikore was acquitted by Harare magistrate Ngonj Nduna following
SABC News Zambia’s government has announced that the funeral service and burial for founding President Kenneth Kaunda will take place next month. The 97-year-old died from pneumonia last week in a Lusaka hospital. The 21 days mourning period, which began on Thursday, will include Kaunda’s body traveling across the country and lying in state in
By Sports Reporter ZIMBABWE will not be represented by any team at the Tokyo Olympic Games which get underway in Japan next month after the national rugby sevens side failed to book the remaining ticket to the global sporting showcase during the final qualifying tournament held in Monaco at the weekend. Playing in their first
Daily Maverick A REPORT written by the private consultancy Africa Risk Consulting (ARC) promises to reignite questions about the capture of Zimbabwe’s economy by cartels and politicians that were raised in the report on Cartel Dynamics published by Maverick Citizen earlier this year. The nearly 50-page report, titled Zimbabwe Political Economy Stakeholder Map, was published in
By Alois Vinga PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will Wednesday officially open the Online Mining Investment Conference aimed at attracting the international investment community to invest in Zimbabwe. The high-level function will showcase existing and planned projects as well as the vast investment opportunities in Zimbabwe’s mining sector from investors. “In addition, participants will hear from government
By Staff Reporter UNNAMED government officials have been accused of stealing Gukurahundi memorial plaques in Matabeleland South and Midlands provinces. Gukurahundi plaques erected by the Bulawayo-based pressure group, Ibhetshu Likazulu, in memory of villagers killed during the massacres by a government-back army in the early 1980s, have been stolen by unidentified people ahead of memorial
By Mary Taruvinga THE trial of Harare businessman and property developer Georgios Katsimberis, in which he is facing fraud allegations of nearly US$1 million, commenced at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts Friday. Katsimberis is accused of duping Pokugara Properties close to US$1 million in a joint venture to build cluster houses in the upmarket Borrowdale suburb.
TimesLIVE THE Hawks say they have no knowledge of fugitive pastor Shepherd Bushiri having been in SA in the past few months. This follows a City Press report which claimed Bushiri managed to again to flee from authorities in the country. According to City Press, Bushiri was in SA in April and managed to flee before
Reuters UGANDA’S president Yoweri Museveni on Friday introduced sweeping new anti-coronavirus measures including a ban on all vehicular movement except for essential workers to help curb a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic gripping the nation. The east African country, like most other African peers had been left relatively unscathed by the first wave. It
By Anna Chibamu AMID a spat of politically motivated attacks, the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has reasserted its obligation to defend the rule of law, protect the integrity of the legal profession and independence of the judiciary. In a statement Saturday, the legal profession’s regulator accused unnamed characters of seeking political gain by besmirching
By Staff Reporter IBHETSHU Likazulu Secretary-General, Mbuso Fuzwayo says people from Midlands, particularly victims of the Gukurahundi massacres, should be afforded an opportunity to speak about the atrocities and bring closure, some 35 years after the disturbances ended. Gukurahundi upheavals happened in the early 1980s when a ruthless Zimbabwe military unit killed over 20 000
