HARARE – Zimbabwe’s oral history as narrated by Chief Chiduku is full of rich inheritance in terms of wisdom, indigenous knowledge and real wealth for the people of Zimbabwe. Mambo Chiduku is the direct descendant of Munhumutapa, the founder of the present day Zimbabwe. It is Munhumutapa who gave birth to the expansion of the…
HARARE – Ex-prime Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai faces the prospect of leaving office without a retirement package, following the scuttling of talks with President Robert Mugabe to define his benefits. Government is also yet to assent to the evaluation of Tsvangirai’s Highlands mansion. “The government has not evaluated the house and as such the onus…
HARARE – Embattled businessman Philip Chiyangwa faces another hefty charge and bill in his “dramatic divorce” from wife Elizabeth after the plaintiff’s lawyer demanded a $350 000 fee from him. The development comes as the tycoon’s camp has gone all out to query Isaiah Mureriwa’s legal status and claim to practice as both an advocate,…
HARARE – Members of Parliament have called for the relocation of Parliament to Bulawayo. The lawmakers made the proposal after complaining of lack of sitting space in the Parliament building as male and female MPs are squashed uncomfortably in the august house during parliamentary debates. Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga moved the motion. She was supported by MDC…
HARARE – The national standing committee for Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC will today convene at its Harvest House headquarters in Harare to decide the fate of its rebellious mayors and councillors, suspended on allegations of voting for Zanu PF candidates during mayoral elections. The party has received a report from a four-member disciplinary committee comprising former…
HARARE – Fred Samupindi, the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) advertising manager, pictured, has died after a long career as an advertising executive. Samupindi died at a local hospital after a short illness. ANZ, publishers of the Daily News and its sister weekly, the Daily News on Sunday, said it had learnt with shock the…
MASVINGO – The Zimbabwean government has pleaded with the United States administration to increase funding for HIV programmes. Robert Mudyiradima, Masvingo provincial medical director, begged US ambassador, Bruce Wharton, to increase the amount of funding they offer to the country to help the ailing health sector. “We appreciate the assistance in terms of funding and…
HARARE – Children continue to die from diarrhoeal diseases, latest statistics from the ministry of Health and Child Care reveal. According to the Weekly Disease Surveillance System (WDSS) statistics, diarrhoea cases reported in the week ending November 24, scaled to 11 224 cases and there were 12 deaths. “Of the reported cases 5 464 (48,7…
HARARE – A war veteran was killed in a horror crash during a police car chase in Harare’s central business district early yesterday morning. A minibus full of passengers was reversing at high speed as police charged to smash the windscreen and the kombi hit war veteran Raphael Mbanje of Tafara at the corner of…
BULAWAYO – Retired High Court judge Justice Nicholas Ndou yesterday postponed hearing the application for discharge by Matabeleland Liberation Front (MLF) leaders at the close of the State’s case. Justice Ndou was expected to deliver the ruling yesterday but postponed the matter to this Thursday on the basis that the ruling was not ready. The…
