US plane impounded in Zimbabwe, body and cash found on board
Zimbabwean aviation authorities impounded a U.S.-registered cargo jet, a senior official said Monday, after a dead body later believed to be a stowaway and millions of South African rand were found on board. The Herald, a state-run newspaper, reported that the MD-11 trijet was traveling from Germany to South Africa “with millions of rands.” At […]
Trying to breathe with their brains
They looked at each other nervously then at the door long after their parents were gone. No one spoke. Each was engulfed in each other’s thoughts. They exchanged looks one more time, before they got up one after the other leaving. “Please do not DO THAT!” Jeremy Mhunga yelled at his wife as he swerved […]
Surrounded by Diamonds Yet Very Hungry: Zimbabwe Situation
Shylet Mutsago, a 63-year-old who lives near the diamond fields of Marange, cannot hide her anger over how mining in this gem-rich part of eastern Zimbabwe has failed to improve the lives of local people. From a distance she watches as companies turn the ground over in search of the alluvial diamonds, releasing clouds of […]
Jonathan Moyo says Chris Mutsvangwa stole female panties during the war
War Veterans minister Chris Mutsvangwa became a butt of jokes last week after Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo claimed he was notorious for stealing female combatants’ undergarments during the war for resale. The below-the- belt jibe was the climax of a bitter verbal war between the two ministers. On Friday Mutsvangwa (CM) spoke […]
Zimbabwe gorvenment to nationalise Impala Platinum, the world’s 2nd largest platinum mining firm
Experts at Johnson Matthey said last month that platinum is likely to post a bigger-than-expected supply deficit for 2015. And news this week suggests that platinum production could be hit even harder than these observers are predicting. That comes from the world’s number three platinum-producing nation, Zimbabwe. Where the government is making a strong move […]
A Coup d’etat Taking Place In Zimbabwe In Front Of Mugabe
Zanu PF insiders say President Robert Mugabe is in a pickle over how to handle and end the ruling party’s worsening factional and succession wars, hence his “tepid” statement when he returned from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Sunday, where he handed over the chairmanship of the African Union. Well-placed ruling party sources told the press […]
Zimbabweans Now Eating A Lot Of Rabbits: Rabbit Farming Now a Big Hit
Tichaona Muzariri, 44, a villager based at Range in Chivhu, a town 143 kilometers south of Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, quit his job as a teacher in 2009 to start a rabbit farm on a small scale with three does (female rabbits) and one buck (male). With around US$30 as capital, Muzariri waded into rabbit […]
Banning Child and Forced Marriages Is Gaining Traction in Africa
The Zimbabwean Constitutional Court has delivered a landmark decision outlawing all marriages below the age of 18. This includes customary marriages. Predictably, the move generated a great deal of comment and questions. There were even suggestions that the Zimbabwean decision was the first of its kind in Africa. Though inaccurate, the claim legitimately marks the […]
Four People Arrested Over Plotting To Bomb Mugabe’s Place in Zimbabwe
THE State has changed to treason, charges against two Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) corporals who allegedly connived with an opposition activists and an ex-army officer to bomb President Robert Mugabe’s Alpha Omega Dairies. Zimbabwe People’s Front leader Owen Kuchata, 34, ZNA corporals Borman Ngwenya, 30, Solomon Makumbe, 29, and an ex-soldier Silas Pfupa, 37, appeared […]
Zimbabwe’s Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana Arrested for Criminal Abuse of Office,
PROSECUTOR GENERAL (PG) Johannes Tomana Tuesday appeared in court answering to charges of criminal abuse of office, alternatively defeating the course of justice after he authorised the release of two suspects linked to an alleged attempt to bomb Gushungo dairies last month. He was granted $1 000 bail. Tomana released both Solomon Makumbe, attached to […]
