At 93 years old, Zimbabwe's Mugabe remains a jet-setter
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's 93-year-old leader might be slowing down, but his busy foreign travels have led the opposition to call him the "non-resident president." President Robert Mugabe has...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Firm In Massive Staff Retrenchment Exercise
[Financial Gazette] JAPANESE paint and chemical products giant, Kansai Plascon Africa Group, has embarked on a massive staff retrenchment exercise at its Zimbabwe unit, Astra Industries, the Financial...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Tough Times Ahead for Women Politicians
[Financial Gazette] FOR years, Zimbabwe's women in politics offered much hope for their kind, but their voices have since died down. ......
View ArticleZimbabwe: Central Bank Should Act
[Financial Gazette] LAST week, we reported that international airlines flying into the country had nearly U.S.$30 million from air ticket sales locked in the country because banks could not raise...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Shareholders Must Demand Accountability
[Financial Gazette] DIRECTORS and executives remuneration is increasingly coming under scrutiny as shareholders demand accountability and full disclosures in an effort to strengthen good corporate...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Economy Punishes Property Owners
[Financial Gazette] COMMERCIAL property owners are feeling the pinch of increased tenants' defaults on lease obligations due to an unrelenting economic crisis in the country. ......
View ArticleZimbabwe: Country's Forests Face New Threat
[Financial Gazette] A HUGE, muscular man with a wide, pulpy face reclined next to a sky-scraping, indigenous musasa tree on the banks of Sengwa River, deep inside Mapfungautsi forest in Gokwe. ......
View ArticleZimbabwe: War Veterans Take Colleagues to Court
[Financial Gazette] A company owned by former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) combatants has approached the High Court seeking to evict three female war veterans who allegedly invaded...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Photo Of 'Scruffy' Dressed Mugabe Surfaces
There's an explanation for President Robert Mugabe's "scruffy" white shirt in Mauritius this week and it's not the one you're thinking of. The 93-year-old president was one of very few dignitaries at...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Aspiring Farmer Duped of U.S.$7 000
Zanu-PF provincial youth member for Mazowe District Jonathan Nhamburo has appeared in court for allegedly duping a land seeker of over $7 000 using Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Provincial...
View ArticleNathan Waller’s five-for leaves Tuskers on the ropes
Harare Metropolitan Eagles – 379 all out in 112 overs (Tino Mutombodzi 86, Joylord Gumbie 77, Sikandar Raza 37; John Nyumbu 4/101, Steve Chimhamhiwa 3/50, Luke Jongwe 2/50) Bulawayo Metropolitan...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Mugabe Bombing Suspects Mount Fresh Freedom Bid
Four men, including jailed Zimbabwe People's Front president Owen Kuchata, suspected of plotting to bomb the First Family's dairy farm in Mazowe, yesterday made a second application for their freedom....
View ArticleI’m tired says 93-year-old Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday admitted that his busy travelling schedule was now taking its toll on him because he only slept for two hours after arriving from Namibia before heading for Kutama...
View ArticleZimbabwe Govt, Millers Strike Grain Deal
GOVERNMENT has already secured funds to buy grain from farmers while millers have availed $8 million for the repair of damaged Grain Marketing Board silos. This was revealed by Vice President Emmerson...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Immigration Department Rejecting Bond Notes
THE immigration department is rejecting payments in bond notes at a time the government is threatening to prosecute retailers who are also refusing the surrogate currency or charging a premium for its...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Govt Mulls Command Agriculture for Livestock
Government is finalising a document to support livestock farmers under the Command Agriculture Scheme, with a draft of the policy now under Cabinet's consideration. This was said by Deputy Minister of...
View ArticleZimbabwe: State Security Minister Mohadi's Employee Acquitted of Murder
A game ranger employed at State Security Minister Kembo Mohadi's farm in Beitbridge who fatally shot a suspected poacher has been acquitted of murder. Onias Mahewu of Tongwe Village in Beitbridge and...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Retailers Charging Extra For Payments Made in Bond Notes, Mugabe...
Some retailers in cash-starved Zimbabwe are offering three different prices for goods depending on how customers can pay - and President Robert Mugabe's government isn't happy. "The last thing we want...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Is Biti Ready to Work With Tsvangirai Again?
Zimbabwe's fragile opposition could be on the verge of forging a formidable grand coalition against President Robert Mugabe ahead of next year's polls, as it emerges one of Morgan Tsvangira's nemesis...
View ArticleStop Blaming Sanctions and Surrender Leadership, War Vets Tell Nonagenarian...
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s government has failed to push Zimbabwe’s economic agenda forward and now hide behind sanctions and, for that, it must resign and hand over power to war veterans, Chris...
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