Matter of fact
In an article headlined “Nation awaits setting up of peace, reconciliation body” published April 17 2015 on page 12, we erroneously stated that Dr Golden Chekenyere was dragged to court by his...
View ArticleZanu PF begs firms to fund ZITF exhibition
RULING party Zanu PF has once again extended its familiar begging bowl to companies to fund a “very special” exhibition in honour of President Robert Mugabe’s “astute and impeccable leadership” at the...
View ArticleCabinet divided over bonus issue
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s cabinet is now deeply divided over the issue of awarding bonuses to civil servants following the veteran leader’s unexpected outburst against Finance minister Patrick...
View ArticleLatest ministers reshuffle, sacking looms
Reportedly unimpressed by the mediocre performance of some of his ministers, President Robert Mugabe is set to soon reshuffle his cabinet, in a move which could see ministers such as Patrick Chinamasa,...
View ArticleZuma faces grilling at Sadc summit
SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma is likely to come under intense pressure when he attends the Sadc Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in Harare next Wednesday as Sadc leaders are...
View ArticleDebt paralyses MDC-T
THE MDC-T is caught up in a vicious debt cycle as it owes more than US$2 million which senior party officials say is crippling the opposition party’s operations and attempts to rejuvenate itself ahead...
View ArticleMzembi caught in suspicions web over UNWTO funds,vehicles
TOURISM minister Walter Mzembi is reportedly under investigation for allegedly abusing funds and cars bought for the hosting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly,...
View ArticleCouncils tackle ‘obscene’ salaries
DEPUTY mayors and other senior executives of Zimbabwe’s rural and urban councils this week converged on the border town of Beitbridge for a four-day capacity skills building workshop aimed at improving...
View ArticleIllegal Zanu PF road signs pulled down
DOCTOR Grace Mugabe Way and other roads in the city illegally named by Zanu PF in the run up to its congress last December have been pulled down following representations by Harare City Council...
View ArticleZITF reflects flea-market economy
THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) — which used to attract dozens of international exhibitors showcasing new products, technology and ideas — now resembles a huge flea market, basically...
View ArticleWorkers’ Day rendered meaningless
FIFTY-TWO year old Gift Mavondo woke up to the devastating news on February 24 that AfrAsia Bank, where he worked, had been shut down. The post Workers’ Day rendered meaningless appeared first on The...
View ArticleImmigrants vow to go back to SA
AFTER near-death experiences in Durban during the recent wave of xenophobic attacks which claimed at least seven lives, it would be reasonable to assume none of the survivors would ever want to set...
View ArticleSanctions case to cost Zim US$10m
THE dismissal of an appeal by Zimbabwe’s Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana and 122 other people, including top police and army officers as well as 11 companies “with costs”, could cost the country...
View ArticleChombo pushes for merger of councils
LOCAL Government minister Ignatius Chombo last week stepped up plans to merge urban and local councils’ representative bodies with the creation of a 14-member interim executive committee for the new...
View Article…Move ‘a ploy to seize MDC strongholds’
The MDC-T is resisting Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo’s decision to amalgamate representative bodies of rural and urban councils as it sees the move as a Zanu PF ploy to penetrate and...
View ArticleNssa flushes US$2m down the drain
MORE than US$2 million of taxpayers’ funds could have been flushed down the drain by the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) after it paid for a wetland with the intention of developing...
View ArticleZim: Sadc island of economic rot
WHILE Sadc leaders met in Harare on Wednesday to discuss a regional industrialisation strategy and roadmap, Zimbabwe continues on a path of de-industrialisation with company closures and job loses...
View ArticleZuma, Khama corner Mugabe
PRESIDENTS Jacob Zuma of South Africa and Botswana’s Ian Khama angrily clashed with their Zimbabwean counterpart, President Robert Mugabe over xenophobia in South Africa, with the two demanding that...
View ArticleGloomy Press Freedom Day for Zimbabwean journalists
ZIMBABWEAN journalists will commemorate this year’s World Press Freedom Day on Sunday in a gloomy atmosphere where media houses are struggling for survival in a harsh economic climate and changes in...
View ArticleMoyo shuts stable door after horse has bolted
What is it about President Mugabe that he has terrible difficulty saying the right thing. The post Moyo shuts stable door after horse has bolted appeared first on The Zimbabwe Independent.
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