After last year’s milestone in which the Troutbeck Africa Cup turned 11 years making it the longest running event in Africa, this year Triathlon Zimbabwe (TZ) are back with another first; the inaugural ATU Troutbeck Junior African Cup. The event was originally initiated as a competitive challenge between Triathlon South African Junior Academy athletes selected to…
JITTERY authorities are bracing for another mega protest by angry labour unions and the opposition — who fear that authorities are planning to tighten the country’s repressive laws to stop a repeat of last month’s violent mass actions which left at least 12 people dead and hundreds others seriously wounded. This comes as President Emmerson…
Rights groups have challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to immediately send the country’s soldiers back to their barracks, amid heart-rending claims of continuing savage beatings and harassment of innocent civilians. This comes as authorities are readying for a potential second wave of riots, which the government claims are being sponsored by the opposition and “hostile” Western governments….
JAILED former Zanu PF Bikita West MP Munyaradzi Kereke is set to lose his Mount Pleasant hospital to settle a $3 million debt owed to a local bank (name withheld), after the financial institution filed a High Court application seeking to attach the infirmary. Kereke’s company, Fairdrop Trading (Private) Limited, which trades as RMC Hospital,…
NORTON independent MP Temba Mliswa has dared Vice President Kembo Mohadi saying he is ready to meet him in court over recent Twitter utterances by the legislator. The fight between Mliswa and Mohadi started when the former Zanu PF Mashonaland West chairperson applauded President Emmerson Mnangagwa for dissolving the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission board saying he…
SECURITY agents, war veterans and Zanu PF youths are reportedly intimidating teachers ahead of their planned industrial action starting today in a move they allege is meant to cow them into submission, the Daily News can report. The country’s educators represented by two of the biggest teachers’ unions, the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)…
Heroes and Hooligans The Village Idiot is back with some thought provoking conversations. Zimbabwe’s biggest political question today according to this village idiot is ‘What do the urban, rural and diaspora masses do when their heroes transform to robbers of the country and people? “ The urban idiot has gone crazy into overdrive with their…
Harare City Council has begun construction of a recycling centre in Budiriro through a donation from Econet wireless. According to HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme, the recycling centre is being constructed at Budiriro 1 shopping centre and will cater for surrounding communities. The recycling centre comes as the city is struggling with containing the large amounts of garbage…
Gweru City Council has invited private contractors to bid for the collection of refuse in the city. In a notice yesterday, the council said they are seeking three refuse trucks to hire. “The City of Gweru invites bidders to participate in the following tender in terms of section 38 (2) of the Public Procurement and Disposal…
Zimbabweans from across the board are so angry over reports that soldiers raped women during the recent nationwide disturbances. The Daily News on Sunday spoke to a number of social and political analysts. Analyst Gladys Hlatywayo Such diabolic acts by the security forces are a clear indication that the current regime has dismally failed to run…
