Standard Chartered eyes more Zimbabwe private equity deals
Standard Chartered's private equity arm is looking for more deals in Zimbabwe, a senior executive told Reuters on Monday, betting on a rise in consumer spending after years of hyperinflation.The Brit...
View ArticleZanu-PF re-calls green bombers
Fresh clashes are set to emerge within the coalition government after revelations that provincial governors have been mandated to recruit thousands of youths into the prisons service ahead of this yea...
View ArticleZimbabwe must relax immigration laws
Zimbabwe needs to change its immigration policies and relax its visa requirements to allow more visitors and investors to come into the country without hassles ahead of the United Nations World Touris...
View ArticleZim girl raped while crossing Beit Bridge border
A 13-year-old Zimbabwean girl has been raped while trying to cross the Beit Bridge border in Limpopo.South African police say she was walking with her mother who has a passport. The mother advised her...
View ArticleHome Affairs employee loses car to bogus police officers
THREE daring robbers masquerading as policemen allegedly robbed a man employed by Masvingo District Registrar’s office of his vehicle before leaving him in the bush tied to a tree with a rope, polic...
View ArticleBosso prepare for Bob 89 Super Cup final without head coach
HIGHLANDERS FC are set to be without their head coach Kelvin Kaindu for a second consecutive week as the Zambian expatriate is travelling for a Premiership refresher coaching course which starts today...
View ArticleZim tourism industry rebounds
Africa Albida Tourism says the country's tourism industry is "turning a very positive corner" and the growing optimism is encouraging the group to continue investing in new and upgraded products. AAT ...
View ArticleMan bashes wife over sex
BINGA magistrate Stephen Ndlovu yesterday lashed out at a 69-year-old man who beat up his 58-year-old wife for refusing to sleep with him.The magistrate told Dickson Mumpande he was too old to fight f...
View ArticleKasukuwere ups ante against Gono
Indigenisation minister Saviour Kasukuwere has said his bid to win majority control of foreign owned banks was facing resistance from technocrats linked to Zanu-PF. In thinly veiled remarks targeted a...
View ArticleZimstats adopts new CPI formula
Zimbabwe Statistics Agency has adopted a new Consumer Price Index (CPI) formula, with new weights and classifications in line with international guidelines. The new CPI takes effect from January, 2013...
View ArticleThokozani Khupe gives up Makokoba
MDC-T deputy president Thokozani Khupe is unlikely to stand in her faction-riddled Makokoba constituency in Bulawayo following indications that the party wants her to take one of the seats reserved ...
View ArticleMDC-T says no media reforms, no elections
MDC-T says it has set conditions for participating in elections slated for this year.The party, led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, said media reforms were part of the conditions without which t...
View ArticleZanu-PF moots 'super fund' for Mugabe
ZANU-PF is planning a consolidated fund to bankroll its campaign for national elections so as to ensure candidates also campaign for President Robert Mugabe.Party insiders said the plan is to bar all...
View ArticleWar vets demand $1 billion in gratuities
Zimbabwean war veterans-often seen as rowdy and President Mugabe's shock troopers in any election-have demanded $1 billion in fresh gratuities and diamond mining claims in Marange, it emerged yesterda...
View ArticleWoza activist strips at police station
A WOMEN of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) activist, who allegedly stripped naked in front of police officers at Bulawayo Central Police Station yesterday appeared in court charged with indecent exposure.She wa...
View ArticleMLF treason trialist seeks $500 help
Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) activist Charles Thomas, who is awaiting judgment in a treason case at the Bulawayo High Court, is appealing for $500 to undergo treatment for head injuries he claims ...
View ArticleStar FM's DJ steals work mate's wallet
Star FM sports presenter Beverly Harry has been suspended for allegedly stealing a workmate's wallet, which contained US$530 last Wednesday. Bev has since been served with a suspension letter pending ...
View ArticleTeacher 'turns into a goat'
Pupils at a Bulawayo college ran out of class during a lesson after a teacher started making goat sounds while teaching.The teacher is employed at a college (name withheld) in Bulawayo city centre. ...
View ArticleIzibongo zakoMthwakazi
Indaba ilele endleleni isizwe sikaMthwakazi siyandlondlobala namhlanje, ngokunjalo iyanda imbuzo edinga ingcazelo. Isizwe sakithi sakhiwe ngendimi ezinengi kakhulu kanye lezibongo zakhona. Kuloludaba ...
View ArticleMugabe, Tsvangirai agree on army generals
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said he had agreed with President Robert Mugabe on a code of conduct for security forces.Addressing a Press conference in Harare after their traditional Mon...
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