© AT THE weekend, former MDC long-serving deputy president Thokozani Khupe accepted a High Court ruling which catapulted her to the leadership of the country’s largest opposition party. [GoogleAd] Khupe is now leader of the MDC — taking over from popular and charismatic Nelson Chamisa — who has been stripped of his party’s presidency by…
© May 2019 marks the anniversary of the publication of “12 Years Without an Execution: Is Zimbabwe Ready for Abolition?”, an independent survey of public attitudes towards capital punishment commissioned and published by the Death Penalty Project, in association with Veritas. [GoogleAd] Since the release of the report, there appears to have been further progress…
© EDITOR — When you mention Zimbabwe all the time, what comes into the minds of the people is plenty of fresh water, Victoria Falls, sunshine, fear, uncertainty and corruption. Zimbabweans are going through harsh economic conditions. Our countrymen thrive by all means to make a living. [GoogleAd] Recently, I was disturbed when I witnessed…
© EDITOR — Nelson Mandela once said , “education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” and have a better life. This is absolutely true. Think about where everyone is educated or has knowledge; we would not be racists or tribalists. [GoogleAd] We would not hate fellow human beings…
© ZB Bank has partnered with Emergination Africa (EA) to come up with the National Business Case Competition which seeks to nurture young business talent across Zimbabwe. The competition, which kicked off in April and will run until the beginning of next month, is meant for secondary school learners. [GoogleAd] “The competition provides a national…
© RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya and Indian ambassador Rungsung Masakui are expected at a smartech symposium to be held next month in Harare aimed at driving economic growth through various new technologies. [GoogleAd] Global Renaissance Investment (GRI), which is organising the event, said the conference will come up with ways to harness…
© FIDELITY Printers and Refiners (FPR) has introduced an incentive for gold producers in the form of an inflated price to enhance deliveries, which have been subdued of late. This comes as government has set a gold production target of 40 tonnes for 2019 after FPR last year collected 33 tonnes. [GoogleAd] And even though…
© IN AN unusually frank admission, and as Zimbabwe’s economic crisis bites harder, the ruling Zanu PF says it is scared stiff of the possibility of mass uprisings — similar to those which have ravaged countries such as Sudan, Algeria, Libya and Venezeula — the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] As a result, President Emmerson…
© BOTH serving and former Cabinet ministers are feeling the heat from the country’s power utility, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), which is increasingly turning to the courts in a desperate bid to recover millions of dollars owed to it by politicians. [GoogleAd] Among these bigwigs is former Foreign Affairs minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, who…
© THE main opposition MDC has retained Mutasa ward 10 in a by election held on Saturday. [GoogleAd] Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) conducted the election after councillor Frank Chitembwe was convicted and jailed for three years for participating in the January violent protests. MDC’s Tanyaradzwa Rose Mukodza won the vote after polling 801 votes ahead…
