HARARE – Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo yesterday stunned journalists when he revealed that influential First Lady Grace Mugabe has pressured government to build a state-of-the-art university to be named after her husband at a cost of $1 billion. The Robert Gabriel Mugabe University would be established at the First Lady’s Manzou Farm…
HARARE – Miss World Zimbabwe 2017 Chiedza Lorraine Mhosva will not be driving a swankie car but has every reason to celebrate after she was presented with a brand new Kia Picanto and a cash prize of $20 000 at a colourful prize-giving ceremony held in Harare yesterday. Just like the previous queen, Miss Zimbabwe…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday cancelled a crucial standing committee meeting meant to discuss the bloody spate of intra-party violence in Bulawayo that saw deputy president Thokozani Khupe assaulted by party youths. Khupe and some party leaders from the main opposition’s stronghold Matabeleland provinces are said to be not happy with the way…
HARARE – A prisoner doing time for rape in Harare Central Prison was convicted yesterday on charges of indecent exposure for masturbating on a colleague in his cell. Farai Makuyana, who has completed eight years of his 10-year jail term, was found guilty by Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba of sexually assaulting a cell mate. He…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s inflation is forecast to rise to around two to three percent at the end of this year, before accelerating sharply in 2018 due to election spending. The annual inflation rate, which had been in deflation since September 2014, moved into positive territory from -0,65 percent in January 2017 to 0,31 percent in…
MUTASA Central MDC legislator Trevor Saruwaka is fretting over Zanu PF Nyanga South MP Supa Mandiwanzira’s campaign posters that are pasted all over a construction vehicle repairing roads in his constituency. The earth mover — owned by Fuel Africa (Pvt) Ltd — was hired to maintain the Jombe Road in Saruwaka’s constituency. Saruwaka said he…
HARARE – On Saturday Morgan Tsvangirai was endorsed as the leader of an MDC Alliance comprising six other political parties in a development lauded as historic by multitudes fed up with President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF rule which they blame for their troubles. But hardly had the celebrations cooled, did suspected MDC thugs cause…
HARARE – South Africa socialite Zodwa Wabantu is heading for Harare after an exciting dance with Bulawayo fans at Club Connect a week ago. In a previous interview with the Daily News in Bulawayo, the entertainer had promised to visit Harare and yes, she will be at Private Lounge in Harare on September 8. Private…
HARARE – Mining sector growth is expected to be subdued this year in the absence of fundamental reforms within the sector, a local securities group has said. In its Portfolio Manager’s Digest for the second quarter for 2017, Old Mutual Securities (OM Securities) said old mines must be resuscitated by increasing installed capacity, while new…
HARARE – The combination of upcoming, potentially watershed elections and deadly infighting within the ruling Zanu PF party should make for exciting times for journalists. Not in Zimbabwe. At a time when news reporting should be at its most exciting, the trade has become a hazard as powerful and wealthy politicians sharpen the tools to…
