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NZ photojournalist freed from Zimbabwe prison
By Ralph Mutema at May 13, 2012 | 5:32 PM | 0 Comment
A photojournalist from New Zealand who was arrested in Zimbabwe has been released after spending 25 days in the country's jails, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported. Robin Hammond, 36, who works for the newspaper, was arrested on April 16 near the South African border as he was reporting without accreditation on refugees fleeing across the border from more...
Mugabe back home ‘fit as a fiddle’
By Ralph Mutema at April 12, 2012 | 2:47 PM | 1 Comments
Mugabe arrives PRESIDENT Mugabe and the First Lady Grace Mugabe have returned from Singapore where they had gone for the Easter holiday. They were met at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Joice Mujuru, ministers Webster Shamu, Sydney Sekeramai, Nicholas Goche, Saviour Kasukuwere, senior government officials and service chiefs. The president is more...
Zanu-PF briefs Sadc ahead of summit
By Ralph Mutema at May 17, 2011 | 11:34 PM | 0 Comment
ZANU-PF says it will use the forthcoming Sadc extraordinary summit slated for Windhoek, Namibia, this week to appraise it on the developments in the inclusive Government and dispel MDC-T claims about violence in the country. President Mugabe in the last few weeks sent envoys across the region to explain the true Zimbabwean story. The Government says Zimbabwe's more...
Anti-sanctions drive gathers momentum
By Ralph Mutema at May 17, 2011 | 11:12 PM | 0 Comment
ZIMBABWE will soon launch a programme of action against sanctions after collecting over 2.5 million signatures from citizens. President Mugabe in March this year launched the anti-sanctions campaign that was followed by provincial and district launches across the country. The programme saw Zimbabweans across the country voluntarily signing the National more...
Street kids drive off, smash Mercedes
By Ralph Mutema at May 16, 2011 | 3:57 AM | 0 Comment
TWO street kids caused a stir in Harare's CBD last night when they sped off with a car they had been instructed to watch over. The “joyride” or “theft” ended in sorrow after the car, a Mercedes A160 rammed into a parked Mazda Demio at the corner of Sam Nujoma and Jason Moyo Avenue in the capital. The owner of the Merc, an unidentified lady, was last night more...
Zimbabwe Culture Week kicks off
By Ralph Mutema at May 16, 2011 | 3:48 AM | 0 Comment
THE National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ), which coordinates the annual Culture Week commemorations around Zimbabwe, is inviting individuals, government and private organisations to support Zimbabwean artists during this year’s celebrations which run from 14 – 21 May 2011. In 2011 and beyond the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, is calling on artists, corporate more...
Mugabe slams bogus pastors, gay marriages
By Ralph Mutema at May 16, 2011 | 3:34 AM | 1 Comments
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday warned Zimbabweans against some fly-by-night pastors and churches that are turning Christianity into money-spinning ventures for their personal enrichment. Addressing a gathering at a wedding ceremony for Gushungo Dairy Farm manager Stanley Nhari's daughter in Harare yesterday, President Mugabe bemoaned the proliferation of some dubious more...
Sadc Tribunal, a lame duck organisation: ministers
By Ralph Mutema at May 16, 2011 | 3:18 AM | 0 Comment
JUSTICE ministers from Southern Africa have said that the Sadc Tribunal's decisions are null and void as it was not ratified by two-thirds of the member countries. The ministers, who met in Swakopmund, Namibia, last month ahead of the Heads of State and Government meeting later this month, also agreed that the legal instruments under which the tribunal was constituted more...
Gvt reviewing car import ban
By Ralph Mutema at May 11, 2011 | 3:03 AM | 0 Comment
TRANSPORT, Communication and Infrastructure Development Minister Nicholas Goche yesterday indicated that the Government was reviewing the June 30 deadline set by Government to ban the importation of vehicles over five- years-old. This announcement comes as congestion builds at Beitbridge Border Post following a sudden influx of used vehicle imports, mainly from Japan, more...
Indigenisation, a win-win situation: Kasukuwere
By Ralph Mutema at May 5, 2011 | 1:09 PM | 0 Comment
THE National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board has now taken over all negotiations pertaining to compliance with the indigenisation law particularly in the mining sector as Government moves to consolidate the programme. In an interview on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on Africa, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister, more...
