The United Nations has hailed Zimbabwe for posting successes in reducing transmission of the HIV virus that causes Aids from mothers to babies. The UN Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) placed Zimbabwe on number three out of 23 focus countries in the sub-region frantically moving to eliminate the transmission of HIV from mother to child. Zimbabwe was…
DESPITE dominating some of the country’s biggest municipalities, analysts say the MDC has little to show in terms of achievements since its formation in 1999.They argue that the MDC leadership from the late Morgan Tsvangirai to Nelson Chamisa have failed to give councils direction, adding that both have failed to make devolution a priority. Political…
HARARE- In a surprise move which betrays anxiety about President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s safety, authorities have once again reshuffled his personal security team while also expanding it to include Air Force personnel, the Daily News on Sunday can report. This comes as investigations into last year’s Bulawayo bombing — in which Mnangagwa narrowly escaped an apparent…
Victoria Falls- President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday cancelled his planned trip to attend the CEO Africa Roundtable in Victoria Falls, amid a worsening economic crisis stirring resentment to his rule. He cited a meeting with diplomats held in Harare on Thursday as the reason and also attributed the cancellation to the ongoing formation of a Presidential Advisory…
ROSE Vambe’s story is a source of inspiration. Vambe owns one of the largest upmarket African attire outlets in the country — a dream come true judging from her humble beginnings. She hails from a poor village in Murewa called Chitowa and started horning her fashion skills at a very young age until she broke…
Is there no end to the circus obtaining in our country? We read from the usual sources — the State-owned rags — that the Pfeesident and a passel of other losing presidential pretenders in last year’s harmonised election met at State House under the auspices of what is being mischievously referred to as the national dialogue,…
HARARE – Newly- appointed Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi, pictured, has an unenviable task before him. He has landed the top post when the rot in the country has reached alarming proportions with Zimbabwe being ranked the 160th most corrupt nation out of 175 countries surveyed by Transparency International in 2018. [GoogleAd] As the new broom at…
MUTARE- A member of a notorious gang of machete robbers which terrorised Mutare’s leafy eastern suburbs between October and December 2018 making off with property worth over $24 000 has been jailed 56 years. Kudakwashe Agustinyu Chirara, 31, of Chirara village in Magunje confessed to seven robberies, one break-in and illegally skipping the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border…
MASVINGO- President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, is set to hold a “thank you rally” today in Masvingo Province, one of Zanu PF’s strongholds, barely a month after he snubbed another gathering in Mashonaland Central’s Mt Darwin, under unclear circumstances. Explaining his absence at the rally, Mnangagwa said he was meeting envoys from other countries to brief them on…
HARARE- The government has charged Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) ministries for breaching Value Added Tax (VAT) regulations on nearly $29 million which the State says was generated from the sale of church wares over four years. PHD is led by popular cleric Walter Magaya, pictured, who was absent from the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday where the…
