Filabusi gold wars turn ugly: Villagers attacked, robbed by marauding gangs

Raymond Jaravaza, raymondjaravaza@gmail.com  IN a harrowing ordeal that shook Filabusi District, Prosper Ncube, a young miner, recently became a victim of a vicious assault. Under the cloak of night, he was ambushed and mercilessly beaten by a gang of illegal gold panners known as amakorokoza. Left for dead in an abandoned mine shaft, it was only […] …
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Three Goats and the Old Man’s Wisdom 

Source: Three Goats and the Old Man’s Wisdom – Cathy Buckle Dear Family and Friends, Only four villagers out of a hundred managed to grow a harvestable crop in my home area this season. The wet season is almost over in Zimbabwe. We’ve only had 16 inches of rain here and normally get around 34. […]
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AfDB, NMB Bank pen US$15m trade finance deal

Source: AfDB, NMB Bank pen US$15m trade finance deal -Newsday Zimbabwe THE African Development Bank (AfDB) and the NMB Bank Limited Zimbabwe (NMB) yesterday signed a US$15 million facility to boost trade finance. Delegates from both institutions graced the signing ceremony at the NMB Bank headquarters in Harare yesterday. Among them were AfDB country manager […]
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No money for food aid distribution: Govt

Source: No money for food aid distribution:Govt –Newsday Zimbabwe PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare deputy minister Mercy Dinha says the delivery of food aid to Zimbabweans has been delayed due to lack of funding. Speaking during Parliament’s question and answer session, Dinha said the grain distribution programme, initially intended to begin much earlier, is […]
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Man bans wife from WhatsApp 

Source: Man bans wife from WhatsApp –Newsday Zimbabwe A HARARE woman has sought a protection order against her husband of 25 years for domestic abuse which includes banning her from using social media for the past three years. Dennyse Banda told magistrate Johanna Mukwesha that her husband Taurai Banda was abusing her physically and mentally […]
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Chombo in court over US$100 000 legal fees debt

Source: Chombo in court over US$100 000 legal fees debt –Newsday Zimbabwe Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs minister Marian Chombo has been taken to court for allegedly failing to pay her lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa of Mtetwa and Nyambirai Legal Practitioners who represented her in the highly-publicised divorce proceedings with ex-husband, Ignatius. Mtetwa represented Chombo both at the […]
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