A Mushumbi Pools man (25) killed his father (59) with a hammer after accusing him of causing his mental illness and lack of marriage

A Mushumbi Pools man (25) killed his  father (59) with a  hammer after accusing him of causing his mental illness and lack of marriage

A 25-YEAR-OLD Mushumbi Pools man was arraigned before a Guruve magistrate yesterday facing charges of killing his father with a hammer over a ritual.Clive Jimmy of Bandayi village under Chief Chisunga was not asked to plead when he appeared before resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro, who remanded him in custody to April 24 .Prosecutors said on April 4, Bandayi had a misunderstanding with his father, Idaek Jimmy Bandayi (59), after accusing him of casting a spell…

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SAKUNDA’S INFLUENCE IS AKIN TO “STATE CAPTURE” -says Christopher Mutsvangwa, a senior Zanu-PF figure

SAKUNDA’S INFLUENCE IS AKIN TO  “STATE CAPTURE” -says Christopher Mutsvangwa, a senior Zanu-PF figure

Trafigura, the global commodities trader, is facing accusations that it used a partner’s connections to Zanu-PF to gain an unfair advantage in the supply of fuel to the southern African nation.The Swiss-based trader is alleged to have benefited from favourable terms that its partner, Sakunda, enjoys over the use of a vital state-owned pipeline that supplies most ofthe country’s fuel needs.Trafigura, which is a big supplier of fuel to Zimbabwe, has been criticised by politicians…

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RACISM: BLACK & MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) WORKERS ARE BULLIED, MISTREATED AND EXPLOITED IN BRITAIN, cut out of steady work and a fair deal- TUC analysis finds an ethnicity pay gap

RACISM: BLACK & MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) WORKERS ARE BULLIED, MISTREATED AND EXPLOITED IN BRITAIN,  cut out of steady work and a fair deal- TUC analysis finds an ethnicity pay gap

RACISM: BLACK & MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) WORKERS ARE BULLIED, MISTREATED AND EXPLOITED IN BRITAIN, cut out of steady work and a fair deal- TUC analysis finds an ethnicity pay gapBLACK and minority ethnic (BME) workers are far more likely to be trapped in temporary and insecure work, according to new TUC analysis published today at the start of its annual Black Workers Conference.The union warned Britain’s labour market “is discriminating against BME workers” and called…

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‘Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 -sanctions to remain after the UK leaves the EU’- Brexit says British government

‘Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 -sanctions to remain after the UK leaves the EU’- Brexit says British government

Britain is ready to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe when it leaves the European Union.In readiness for its exit from the EU, which now appears to have been pushed back until October, Britain has published the Zimbabwe (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 which will define its new foreign policy on Zimbabwe.The EU, with former colonial power Britain in the lead, has maintained sanctions on Zimbabwe since 2002 – comprising individual sanctions, trade restrictions on certain entities…

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WHITE FARMERS demand compensation for land not just developments,..hmn same black land their ancestors stole from blacks never compensated?

WHITE FARMERS demand compensation for land not just developments,..hmn same black land their ancestors stole from blacks never compensated?

Zimbabwe government has been driven into a tight corner over compensation of white former commercial farmers who lost land during the country’s fast-track land reform programme after the former farmers tabled stringent demands that include cost of land, over and above the improvements done on the farms.Finance minister Mthuli Ncibe has set aside ZWR$53 million for the compensation of the over 4 000 white former farmers, who lost their land at the turn of the…

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‘Europe’s biggest budget airline, Ryanair cuts UK domestic routes, in response to global grounding of Boeing 737 Max’

‘Europe’s biggest budget airline, Ryanair cuts UK domestic routes,  in response to  global grounding of Boeing 737 Max’

Ryanair had planned to reduce its frequent daily links from Belfast International and Edinburgh to London Stansted from the end of the summer schedules in October.Between the Scottish and English capitals, the service averaging four flights a day is being cut to just four a week – with none on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.Ryanair is also cutting back its Stansted-Belfast service from three a day to two a week.These are two of the relatively few…

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Zimbabwe white farmers offered RTGS$53m (R238m) compensation , black communal farmers zilch for land lost through colonisation

Zimbabwe white farmers offered RTGS$53m (R238m) compensation , black communal farmers zilch for land lost through colonisation

Former white commercial farmers in Zimbabwe who had their land expropriated under the fast track land reform programme in the early 2000’s have accepted government’s offer of an interim payment of RTGS$53m (R238m at current exchange rates).In 2000 Zimbabwe expropriated land from white commercial farmers without compensation and distributed it to landless black people and the connected elite, who now own multiple farms.The country budgeted RTGS$53m in its 2019 national budget as compensation to the…

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RIOT police and municipality cops in running battles with vendors and kombi drivers resisting vacating Harare’s central business district (CBD).

RIOT police and municipality cops in running battles with vendors and kombi drivers  resisting vacating Harare’s central business district (CBD).

RIOT police and municipality cops in running battles with vendors and kombi drivers resisting vacating Harare’s central business district (CBD).RIOT police and municipality police officers are fighting running battles with vendors and kombi drivers who are resisting vacating Harare’s central business district (CBD).A survey conducted by NewsDay Weekender in Harare yesterday showed that riot police in full gear were mounted in most parts of the CBD.Since the beginning of the week, municipal police officers and…

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PHILLIP CHIYANGWA bought a brand new Mazda gift for Monalisa Charity Mutindivari after faling to buy a laptop she asked for after she took him out for lunch.

PHILLIP CHIYANGWA bought a brand new Mazda gift for Monalisa Charity Mutindivari after faling to buy a laptop she asked for after she took him out for lunch.

PHILLIP CHIYANGWA bought a brand new Mazda gift for Monalisa Charity Mutindivari after faling to buy alaptop she asked for after she took him out for lunch. The Harare businessman, cum politician Phillip Chiyangwa Posting posted on Facebook Chiyangwa , “It’s your lucky day today my good new friend Monalisa Charity Mutindivari unemoyo wakanaka dear thanks for taking me to lunch two weeks ago. “You asked for a laptop to use at school, sorry I…

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ZINARA PAYS US$589k TO NON EXISTENT FIRM, owned by politically connected individuals, Kasukuwere, Nduna and Eric Gumbie

ZINARA PAYS US$589k TO NON EXISTENT FIRM, owned by politically connected individuals, Kasukuwere, Nduna and  Eric Gumbie

The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) paid out over half a million United States dollars to a non-existent company between 2012 and 2013 under its “special projects arrangement”, investigations have revealed.An audit by Grant Thornton shows that cumulatively, Zinara paid Bermipools US$589 748, 94 in two years.Grant Thornton also established that Bermipools is one of the companies that were used by Twalumba Holdings to get a contract from Zinara.Twalumba Holdings was once investigated by the…

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