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AB Communications’ regional stations go live
AB Communication’s two regional stations have gone live. AB Communications was granted two local commercial broadcasting licences for Gweru and Masvingo by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe. Hevoi...
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NetOne in US$32m dodgy deals
A FORENSIC audit into the affairs of state-owned mobile phone operator NetOne has unearthed new evidence of mismanagement and corruption. Latest details show the company made shady payments totalling...
View ArticleMugabe, Khama battle intensifies
Botswana sends spy chief to Zimbabwe AS high-level political clashes between Zimbabwe and Botswana resurface and intensify, it has emerged President Ian Khama dispatched an intelligence delegation to...
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IMF aborts Zim visit
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has abandoned its much-awaited visit to Zimbabwe amid indications the country’s arrears clearance plan approved in Lima, Peru, last year has totally unravelled. By...
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‘Fuel retailers selling toxic fuel’
SOME leading fuel retailers in Zimbabwe, purportedly partly owned by Swiss companies, are allegedly importing contaminated diesel which contains high levels of sulphur content for bigger profits, a...
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#Tajamuka not scared of the regime — Mkwananzi
PROMISE Mkwananzi (PM), the spokesperson of Tajamuka/Sesijikile, a non-partisan citizens’ movement that has co-ordinated significant protests against President Robert Mugabe’s government, spent nearly...
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Zim stakeholders tackle crisis
A NATIONAL consultative meeting on the national crisis was held at Sapes on September 15, followed by a policy dialogue in the evening. The meeting brought together over 70 Zimbabwean citizens, drawn...
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US$1,3bn debt cripples power supply
WHILE Zimbabwe continues squandering money on the costly, corrupt and unsustainable US$250 million Dema Power Plant, the country is facing severe power cuts due to the Zimbabwe Energy Distribution and...
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Saudi King cuts once untouchable wage bill to save money
SAUDI Arabia canceled bonus payments for state employees and cut ministers’ salaries by 20%, steps that further spread the burden of shoring up public finances to a population accustomed to years of...
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Zimbabwe police fire teargas on street vendors
POLICE fired teargas at stone-throwing vendors resisting removal from city streets on Tuesday in the latest flare-up of protests against President Robert Mugabe’s 36-year rule. Army trucks and tankers...
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… power plant a health hazard
GOVERNMENT deliberately bypassed environmental management and energy regulations during the setting up of the dodgy US$498 million diesel-powered Dema Emergency Power Plant, posing a health hazard to...
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Massive Zimra corruption exposed
HEADS are expected to roll at the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) as the tax collector has completed a forensic audit that exposes massive corruption and fraudulent conduct by top executives. By...
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Mugabe son denied loan
A LOCAL bank has rejected President Robert Mugabe’s teenage son Bellarmine Chatunga’s predatory US$380 000 loan application to fund his obscure businesses and lavish lifestyle as it seeks to contain...
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World Bank ditches Zim
DESPITE recent indications that the World Bank was considering giving Zimbabwe US$300 million to settle part of its arrears to the multilateral lender, latest information shows that the plan has been...
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Zim troops deployment controversial
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF)’s deploymet of commandos and military intelligence servicemen to Equatorial Guinea to protect President Robert Mugabe’s counterpart Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo...
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Dema deal escalates to US$498m
THE cost of the corrupt Dema Emergency Power Plant has escalated alarmingly from US$249 million to US$498 million over three years, after the government directed the controversial project’s managers to...
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Mugabe snubs Khama invitation
In the aftermath of scathing criticism from Botswana’s President Ian Khama which frayed bilateral relations, President Robert Mugabe has snubbed an invitation to the neighbouring country’s 50th...
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Zanu PF women, bigwigs gun for VP Mnangagwa during assembly
THE Zanu PF Women’s League will today convene its national assembly ahead of the party’s December annual conference amid reports of a fresh push to bring back the women’s quota system aimed at ousting...
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Social media headache for Mugabe’s regime
In a WhatsApp video that has gone viral, a dreadlocked man satirically asks President Robert Mugabe how many pairs of spectacles he needs to see clearly that he is destroying the economy and the...
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Deja vu in Congo as President Kabila clings to power
ZAIRE’S President Mobutu Sese Seko shed a tear as he delivered a speech in April 1990 promising his people an end to one-party rule and a future without the man they knew as the Guide. “Understand my...
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