adminHire scandal plunges Airzim into $20m debt •Airline charged $200k monthly since 2012 •Aircraft grounded in South Africa
Lloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter— Air Zimbabwe has been leasing two airbuses at $200 000 each per month since 2012 from a Chinese company, Sonangol, which has seen the national airline accruing…
Corruption: Make the fight real (this time)
Tichaona Zindoga Political Editor Let’s face it: corruption in Zimbabwe has reached distressingly high levels that no other factor can mask as the driver of national misery and disgruntlement.
Museveni echoes President’s take on ICC
Munyaradzi Huni recently in Kampala, Uganda UGANDAN President Yoweri Museveni yesterday branded the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a “bunch of useless people who should not be taken seriously.” His sentiments…
Airzim boss’ body arrives
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter The body of Air Zimbabwe public relations executive Mrs Shingai Dhliwayo, who was murdered in Botswana, arrived in Harare yesterday morning. She will be buried in Norton tomorrow.…
Pope to have women’s rights examined
VATICAN CITY. -Pope Francis has agreed to set up a commission into whether women could serve as deacons, local media reported yesterday, a potentially historic move that could end male…
Millers set maize price at $335 per ton
Conrad Mwanawashe : Business Reporter “At its last meeting, the millers and grain traders agreed to buy local maize at prices circa $335,00 per metric tonne.” PRIVATE grain traders and millers have…
Cash for white former farmers
George Maponga Masvingo Bureau White former commercial farmers who lost land after Government embarked on the fast-track land reform programme in 2000 have started receiving compensation, Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister…
Zim starlet makes waves in England
Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor ZIMBABWE teenage football sensation, Tristan Nydam, (pictured) could be on the verge of making a huge leap in his fledgling career after he was singled out…
Mr Speaker Sir: Of controversial MPs, ministers
Lloyd Gumbo This column has for the past two-and-a-half years that it has been in existence religiously focused on policy issues and ignored human interest goings on among our Parliamentarians,…
Chief Charumbira lands top PAP post
George Maponga Masvingo Bureau Zimbabwe Chiefs’ Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira has landed a top post at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) after he was elected to chair the continental body’s Committee…