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Zim to Reduce Data Charges
ZIMBABWE'S high broadband charges could be reduced as more people take up broadband internet usage, experts say. This follows a 2012 Freedom House report which indicated Zimbabwe faces a number of practical obstacles that hindered citizens' access to internet services, including high prices and limited infrastructure. Freedom House said the rates charged for pre-paid mobile web ...
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Police Ban Political Parties From Door-to-Door Campaigns
OFFICER Commanding Harare Suburban District, Chief Superintendent Reggies Chitekwe, this week summoned the main political parties to Harare Central police station to announce the ban of door-to-door campaigns to curb political violence which might increase as the country heads for general elections this year. The announcement by Chitekwe comes after the MDC-T launched a door-to-door campaign ...
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Zimbabwe to Pay Off Nampower $40 Million Debt
ZIMBABWE is expected to have more than 100 megawatts (MW) additional power on its supply grid by November this year after Zesa Holdings (Zesa) has expunged a US$40 million debt owed to Namibian state-owned electricity company NamPower, Energy minister Elton Mangoma said. The US$40 million is in respect of a February 2007 deal in which NamPower gave Zesa a loan to refurbish its Hwange Thermal ...
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Resources Graft and Africas Curse
AFRICAN countries have often been accused of turning conferences into talk shops which fail to come up with meaningful policy proposals and resolutions to tackle the myriad of problems bedevilling the continent, including poverty, disease and human rights abuses. Throughout the year, different countries on the continent play host to various international gatherings -- from the African Union ...
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Trevor Ncube Deplores Media Repression
ALPHA Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube has deplored the continuing state of media repression and restrictions in Zimbabwe, saying this is inimical to the free flow of information and sharing of vibrant ideas necessary to drive forward development in the country. Speaking at a Sapes Trust policy dialogue forum on Media Freedom in Harare last night, Ncube said it was deplorable that the ...
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Frontier Markets Need to Cease the Moment
Global recession has led to slow growth in most developed economies. Leading economies as the US, Japan and the Eurozone are still to recover fully from a meltdown that began with a financial sector crisis in 2008. Developed economy central banks have responded with aggressive monetary policy tools. Central banks have been increasing money supply in the hope that cheaper, more abundant money ...
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Zimbabwe Zanu-PF Infighting Now Vicious Cycle
ZANU PF factionalism is now increasingly becoming a vicious cycle - those recently appointed to investigate renewed infighting have become entangled in the problem as they now also stand accused of fanning the internal strife. Following the eruption of fresh clashes in Bulawayo and Manicaland, the Zanu PF politburo appointed a team comprising party national chairperson Simon Khaya Moyo, ...
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Zimbabwe Zimbabwe - Election Dynamics and Scenarios
As the Global Political Agreement (GPA) staggers to an end, continued violations of the agreement, reform deficits, limited institutional credibility and the rejection of a UN election needs assessment mission underscore the continued absence of conditions for peaceful and credible elections despite the new constitution adopted in March 2013. President Robert Mugabe has been forced to step back ...
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RBZ Demands Microfinance Bill Should Be Amended
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and registered microfinance institutions (MFIs) have called on parliament's budget and finance committee to support on a host of amendments to policies governing operations of microfinance institutions aimed at protecting the public. This follows a series of incidences which saw members of the public losing their cash to unscrupulous MFIs who were taking ...
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Stockbrokers Express Concern Over Bill
Stockbrokers have expressed concern with a clause in the new Securities Amendment Bill, passed in the lower house of parliament this week, relating to the corpus of the investor protection fund amid fears it could increase operating costs. The bill was passed on Tuesday without amendments but stockbrokers felt there was still need to consult further on this particular clause relating to the ...
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Zimbabwe National Food Policy Launched
THE national nutrition situation is of major concern to Government as one in three children is chronically malnourished, President Mugabe has said. Officially launching the Food and Nutrition Security Policy and its implementation plan in Harare yesterday, the President attributed the situation to several exogenous factors, among them recurrent and intermittent droughts and the effects of the ...
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Zimbabwe Gono Battles to Rescue Kingdom Bank
THE RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono this week met Spiritage Group CEO Zachary Wazara and Kingdom bank founder Nigel Chanakira and key officials from the companies in a bid to resolve an escalating fight between the parties to avoid the collapse of AfrAsia Kingdom Bank. Sources privy to the Monday meeting held at the central bank's Samora Machel office said Gono called ...
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MDC-T Earmarks U.S. $1 Million to Stem Voter Apathy
MDC-T has admitted to widespread voter apathy in its strongholds and plans to spend US$1 million to try to get its supporters interested in voting. The admission, which is contained in the party's election strategy document titled "Priority Activities Ahead of 2013 Elections," lies at the heart ofthe party's recent demands for new voter registration and calls for a ...
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Masvingo Probe Not Witch Hunt
Masvingo Bureau - The Zanu-PF team that arrives in Masvingo province today is not a witch hunt but a mission to ensure that the party gets a resounding electoral victory in the forthcoming polls. Team leader and party national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo said the team, which also includes Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Cde Didymus Mutasa and Political Commissar Cde Webster Shamu was ...
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David Whitehead Survives Liquidation
TEXTILE company, David Whitehead Limited has survived liquidation after the majority of creditors and shareholders voted for the final judicial management, minutes away from the High Court drama. Provisional judicial manager Mr Winsley Militala had recommended the company be placed in liquidation because he had failed to raise working capital to revive operations and secure strategic ...
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Zimbabwe PMs party unveils post-election plan
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai party's will on Friday unveil plans to win back foreign investors and clip the security services' wings if it wins upcoming elections, party officials said. The proposed government platform aims to remake the economy and trim the size of the security forces, while introducing new standards of professionalism. "We are in the last mile to ...
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War Collaborators March in Support of President
Chinhoyi Bureau - WAR collaborators in Mashonaland West province yesterday marched along the streets of Chinhoyi expressing their support for President Mugabe's candidature in the forthcoming elections. They also handed a solidarity message to Governor and Resident Minister Faber Chidarikire. The message, which highlighted challenges they are facing, was for onward transmission to ...
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Zanu-PF Vows to Reclaim Manicaland
Tendai Mugabe - Zanu-PF's new leadership in Manicaland has vowed to work around the clock and ensure a resounding victory in the harmonised elections due by June 29. The party recently appointed Ambassador John Mvundura and Retired Lieutenant General Mike Nyambuya as Manicaland provincial chairperson and deputy chairperson respectively. This followed the suspension of Cdes Mike Madiro and ...
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Khaya Moyo Talks Tough
Zanu-PF National Chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday said Government-initiated empowerment programmes should benefit the youths than a few "big fish". He made the remarks while launching a youth mass mobilisation exercise involving 58 youth organisations affiliated to Zanu-PF at the party headquarters in Harare yesterday. "We want you to benefit from the empowerment ...
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Zim CEOs for Japan Summit
Zimbabwean business leaders are being invited to attend the Africa-Leaders and Chief Executive Officers summit to be held in Yokohama, Japan, on May 31. In a statement, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa said the summit was a follow-up to recommendations made during the eighth Comesa Business Forum which emphasised the need for acceleration of growth in Africa. "There is a ...
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City Runs Dry - Mayor Speaks Out
Harare needs more than US$2,5 billion to start its proposed water augmentation programme that will ensure that residents have uninterrupted supplies as the city spent the past week without supplies to most suburbs. The city is producing an average of 600 mega litres of water per day against a daily demand of 1 400 mega litres. Harare Mayor Mr Muchadeyi Masunda said council would like to ...
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MDC-T Officials Case Further Postponed
The trial of four MDC-T officials accused of compiling illegal dockets against Government officials has been further postponed after the lawyers representing them successfully applied for a delay. Tabani Mpofu, Felix Matsinde and Mehluli Tshuma, all former public prosecutors, and Warship Dumba, a former Harare city councillor, are facing charges of impersonating the police, possessing articles ...
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Police Arrest 2 With Explosive Devices in Manicaland
POLICE have arrested two men in Manicaland province after they were found in possession of explosive devices and an assortment of weapons which they allegedly intended to use in committing acts of political violence. The two were arrested at the 18km peg along the Mount Selinda-Chipinge Road early Monday morning. Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba ...
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SA to Play Zim Cricket Women
Mbachi Mutukula - ZIMBABWE'S women cricketers will get a good platform to prepare for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup when they host South Africa in a preparatory series next week. The series is expected to get underway from Thursday next week to the following Tuesday at two venues in Harare. Zimbabwe Cricket women's co-ordinator Caroline Nyamande said the games will be played at ...
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Five-a-Side President Mabhonzo Dies
FIVE-A-Side Soccer league president, Joseph Mabhonzo, has died. He was 44. Mabhonzo died at Parirenyatwa Hospital in the early hours yesterday after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday. According to his son, Ridley, Mabhonzo, who suffered from high blood pressure, was rushed to the hospital after collapsing three days ago. "My father had high blood pressure. He was doing some ...
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