HARARE – Veteran musician Dickson “Cde Chinx” Chingaira, who has been unwell for the past three years, says he had to muster a lot of courage to perform at President Robert Mugabe’s birthday party held in Matobo. Cde Chinx, who performed with the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services Band, told the Daily News that he…
HARARE – Another victory over old foes Dynamos at the weekend has given CAPS United fresh impetus ahead of their David v Goliath clash with DRC’s TP Mazembe in the African Champions League final qualifying round next month. Makepekepe defeated Dynamos 3-1 in the semi-final of the ZNA Charities Commander Shield at the National Sports…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s largest cigarette manufacturer, British American Tobacco (BAT), is failing to pay over $5 million in dividend to its offshore major shareholder due to cash challenges. BAT finance director, Lucas Francisco, last week told the businessdaily that his company was negotiating with its major shareholder and local banks to salvage the situation. The…
EDITOR — Our Parliament can do much more to engage the public in activities of the House. First, Parliament needs an overhaul in order to restore its credibility before the public. If we still have a Parliament where legislators largely prioritise issues concerning their welfare rather than the public good, then how do we expect…
HARARE – Moved by a comment that the country’s most influential newspaper wrote in its edition of yesterday, regarding how Zanu PF is honouring him on his birthday, President Robert Mugabe yesterday thanked the popular daily for its “good message”. In the editorial, Zimbabwe’s leading newspaper encouraged those organising the 21st February Movement celebrations to…
HARARE – The Zanu PF youth league has warned that it will block any attempts within the warring ruling party to force President Robert Mugabe to retire — insisting that he should die in office despite the nonagenarian hinting at the weekend that the party could hold an extra-ordinary congress to choose his successor should…
HARARE – The chaos that is ravaging public hospitals is set to plumb new depths after nurses issued a notice yesterday to join medical doctors in striking over their poor working conditions. This comes as the strike by doctors enters its third week, forcing government to deploy army medics to try and mitigate the mayhem…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has come under fire for snacking on imported products that his government banned, with the opposition saying the move exposes the nonagenarian’s high level of hypocrisy. They said what further exposes his pretence is his penchant for using foreign hospitals and sending his children to study abroad while shunning local…
HARARE – A bridge which has spanned the Nkankezi River in the heart of the Zvishavane-Bulawayo highway for decades has been swept away by rampaging flood waters unleashed by Cyclone Dineo. The huge blocks which made up the bridge were washed downstream over the weekend — with witnesses reporting that the greater part of the…
HARARE – Government yesterday said there was no going back on urban tollgates, saying plans were at an advanced stage to erect the urban plazas. This comes amid an outcry from motorists who argue they were already overburdened with road taxes and highway toll fees. Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere told local councils and engineers…
