HARARE – After a year and some months’ hiatus, the Warriors resume their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying campaign when they take on Congo in Brazzaville this afternoon. Kick-off is 4:30pm local time at the Stade Alphonse Massamba Debat. Zimbabwe began their 2019 Afcon group G qualifying journey back in June 2017 when…
HARARE – Highlanders and Dynamos resume their rivalry this afternoon when they clash in a rescheduled Castle Lager Premiership match at Barbourfields Stadium. With log leaders FC Platinum and second-placed Ngezi Platinum Stars turning the title race into a duopoly, Bosso and DeMbare are fighting only for pride in this encounter. For many years, this…
HARARE – September is the first month of spring in Zimbabwe. The jacaranda trees that line Harare’s avenues will soon flower into a sea of purple. Last November, their blossom formed the backdrop to the people taking to the streets and demanding change. This year, following our democratic election in July, it shall welcome a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe, in particular its metropolis Harare, should not be struggling with diseases of the mould of cholera and typhoid if communities start doing the right thing. Of course, in the urban setup, infrastructural issues that have to be addressed by local authorities play a pivotal role in the containment of the deadly water-borne…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new Cabinet has raised fresh hopes among long-suffering Zimbabweans that his administration could finally end the misery and despondency that characterised life under former leader Robert Mugabe’s decades of ruinous rule. At the same time, business leaders and political analysts alike yesterday urged Mnangagwa to give his warmly-received new Finance…
HARARE – Zimbabwe needs up to $4 billion to avert a looming currency crisis that could unleash economic havoc, with the new Cabinet urged to take tough decisions to increase confidence in the economy. President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday appointed former banker Mthuli Ncube as Finance minister and retained Winston Chitando in the key mining…
BULAWAYO – Police are still to make inroads in their investigations into the White City Stadium bomb blast in June in spite of claims by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that the suspects are now known. Police sources told the Daily News on Sunday last week that the probe was still inconclusive despite the bold official claims,…
HARARE – The death toll from a major cholera outbreak in Harare has risen to 10, the city’s director of health said yesterday, with an appeal for more help to put an end to the epidemic. This comes as Zimbabwe’s capital city has been devastated by a breakdown in water and sanitation infrastructure, making it…
MASVINGO – Acute water shortages have raised fears of disease outbreaks in parched Masvingo as the city grapples with strict water rationing. Households across the ancient city have had no water for three weeks, with the taps turned off every other day and irrigation banned by the local municipality. This comes as the death toll…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s newly-assembled Cabinet which has been warmly received by a large cross-section of Zimbabweans, including some of the youthful opposition leader’s supporters. This comes as former leader Robert Mugabe and once MDC legislator for Bulawayo South and secretary for economic affairs, Eddie Cross, last…
