HARARE – Members of the Ninth Parliament were sworn in yesterday with former Finance minister Tendai Biti painting a gloomy picture of its prospects of success owing to what he termed a “crisis of legitimacy”. Speaking to the Daily News soon after taking oath yesterday, Biti insisted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa lost the July 30…
HARARE – ZANU PF and MDC Alliance supporters yesterday demonstrated a rare sign of political maturity when they gathered at Africa Unity Square to celebrate the swearing-in of their Members of Parliament (MPs). The two sets of supporters are traditionally sworn enemies especially during election periods amid accusations and counter accusations that they were authors…
MUTARE – The eastern border city of Mutare is soaked wet with sewage and sinking a borehole would, save for a few locations, most likely lead to people drinking sewage residue. For years on end, Mutare City Council (MCC) has not been replacing or upgrading its sewage network and it’s now rotten and in perpetual…
HARARE – Prosecuting duties of the Special Anti-Corruption Unit set by President Emmerson Mnangagwa have been challenged in court, this together with its independence and constitutionality. The challenge was made during the commencement of suspended University of Zimbabwe Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura’s trial who is being accused of fraudulently awarding former first lady Grace Mugabe…
HARARE – An incestuos lust has earned two relatives a combined 74 months in prison after the other failed to pay an amount of money that had been agreed on. Panashe Dhave, 21, who is alleged to have fallen in love with her uncle Pikitai Dhave, 29, was sentenced to an effective 400 hours of…
HARARE – A bruising legal and political wars could explode soon after it emerged yesterday that former Finance minister Tendai Biti and a number of well-known businesspeople are among a stellar list of individuals and companies which are being targeted for investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (Zacc). [Adz] [GoogleAd]
GABERONE – The carcasses of 87 elephants have been found near a wildlife sanctuary in Botswana, in what conservation group Elephants Without Borders called “the largest scale of elephant poaching to date”. The remains were discovered during an aerial survey near a protected elephant sanctuary, the group said on Facebook. Talking to the BBC, Mike…
NEW DELHI – India’s Supreme Court has struck down a colonial-era law criminalizing consensual gay sex, overturning more than 150 years of anti-LGBT legislation. The landmark decision Thursday by five Supreme Court judges to repeal the law and legalize gay sex between consenting adults comes as a major victory for India’s LGBT activists and supporters…
BULAWAYO – Controversial visual artiste Owen Maseko is back with another insightful exhibition and installation that is timely set on the just-ended disputed July 30 elections. Interestingly, the exhibition titled “Nyawo Ngibeletha (my foot carry me)” zooms into the recent shootings by the army which left six people dead in Harare. Bowing to pressure from…
HARARE – Rising musician Braveman Chizvino aka Baba Harare is making his name in the music industry and this has not escaped the eye of his former paymaster Jah Prayzah. Baba Harare, a former guitarist with Jah Prayzah’s Third Generation band has become a household name with his song The Reason Why which is known…
