EDITOR — President Emmerson Mnangagwa tried hard to impress at the just-ended 48th World Economic Forum, but a few mistakes that he made could work against him. The biggest error he made was to answer a question on whether the Zimbabweans living in the Diaspora were going to vote. He gave the impression that there were…
HARARE – A self-confessed hit man has testified to the police alleging a senior government official issued him an assassination order to take out former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi. Read full story in today’s paper. [GoogleAd]
MUTARE – Surrey Abattoirs are the winners of the inaugural Zifa Eastern Region Division One League Diamond Super Cup after edging Tenax 2-1 in an exciting duel at Sakubva Stadium on Sunday. Surrey and Tenax had dumped Mucheke Pirates and Buffaloes respectively by identical 3-2 score lines in the semi-finals on Saturday. The tournament is…
HARARE – A surveyor at Mining Promotion Corporation (MPC) reportedly manipulated his employer’s bank accounts and converted $380 000 towards construction of his house and other luxuries, a court heard. When Isaac Sinosi, 69, reported for work on January 26 this year, he discovered that the offence had been unearthed and immediately made a dramatic…
HARARE – State-owned television channel ZTV has turned to old popular vernacular dramas such as Mukadota Family, Paraffin, Mutirowafanza and Thuz Mas’khethela in a bid to stem the tide of viewers dumping it for DSTV and Kwese TV. The old dramas have been on rotation on national television since late last year with some critics…
BULAWAYO – South African artiste Lebo Sekgobela delighted gospel lovers at the My Zimbabwe gospel concert held on Saturday at the Large City Hall in the City of Kings. Lebo, well-known for the hit Lion of Judah, on which she sang in English Sotho and Shona, performed in the City of Kings at a concert…
HARARE – A bumpercrowd — probably the biggest one they have attracted in Harare — thronged New Ambassador Hotel in Harare on Saturday night to witness Afrofusion group Mokoomba’s first gig of the year. The multi-racial crowd could not have enough of Mokoomba’s enthralling music which is embedded in Tonga rhythms. For many in the…
EDITOR — President Emmerson Mnangagwa must realise that to achieve remarkable rates of economic development is not a stroll in the park. It is not just about carrying a begging bowl all over the world as there is nothing for nothing in the international world. Zimbabweans must have been ashamed of Mnangagwa who showed high…
HARARE – The African Medallion Group (AMG) says it has mobilised Rand 1 billion worth of gold assets, which can be leveraged to jump-start Zimbabwe’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF). This also comes as the Johannesburg-based yellow metal processor’s founder Frank Buyanga has reiterated his call for a reform of local parastatals, saying such a development…
HARARE – The MDC’s election preparations are in disarray due to lack of funding as donors continue to give the party a wide berth. The Daily News can report that plans by the MDC to hold primary elections to choose candidates who will represent the party in parliamentary and local government polls are up in…
