THE battle for the MDC presidency begins in earnest in a fortnight with the party receiving nominations of candidates aspiring to challenge interim leader Thokozani Khupe, at an extra-ordinary congress. This comes as the Supreme Court directed that the party holds the congress that had been scheduled for July 31, but was put on hold…
ZIMBABWE is losing 33 hectares of forest owing to the excessive use of wood for fuel amid intermittent electricity supplies, National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda said yesterday. Speaking during a virtual workshop on capacity building and policy dialogue with Sadc parliamentarians responsible for gender and renewable energy, Mudenda said most rural women in Zimbabwe…
Precipitating the Inborn Drive: Practical Guidelines to Willpower in the Calls of Life, By Lucky Cherubim, Harare, Graphicate Marketing, 2020 29 Pages Reviewed By Eddie Zvinonzwa ONE of the very first branches of writing across the globe was Christian with the Bible ranking as one of those earliest works. Over the years, this branch of…
MUTARE-based gospel musician Blessing Shumba will launch his forthcoming studio album, Heal Our Land online on September 25. “The album will be launched on social media in line with the regulations of the national lockdown. It talks of God’s grace,” Shumba said. The album talks of healing, hope and faith. “This is my eighth album…
UGANDAN born televangelist Elvis Mbonye has called for the unconditional reopening of churches, describing worshipping as an essential service. With several countries, including Zimbabwe, moving to ease Covid-19 lockdown measures, the Harare domiciled preacher said churches must not be left out. Mbonye, who broadcasts his sermons on national broadcaster ZBC, urged preachers to speak with…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed Zanu PF bigwigs in three provinces that are being ravaged by ugly infighting ahead of the party’s District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections. Zanu PF national political commissar, Victor Matemadanda, pictured, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that the former liberation movement was probing the chaos consuming some of its provinces,…
SOUTH Africa is opening its borders to the world from the beginning of next month as the country moves to level 1, restoring most of the country’s economic activity from midnight on Sunday. President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday night the curfew will stay in place but will start at midnight and end at 4am,…
THE War Veterans Pressure Group is challenging in the High Court a US$3,5 billion deal that will result in the government paying compensation to white former commercial farmers who lost their land during the country’s agrarian reform at the turn of the millennium. The ex-combatants want the court to suspend the Global Compensation Deed sealed…
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on governments across the globe, including Zimbabwe, to address persistent threats to the health and safety of patients, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zimbabwe recently announced a new health restructuring strategy in a bid to resuscitate the country’s health sector which had been bedevilled by striking…
PARLIAMENT has enacted a new rule which bans legislators from singing in the chambers, the Daily News reports. Speaking in the Senate recently, Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, pictured, said the rule would bring order in the august House. “I move the motion standing in my name that Standing Order No. 79 of the Senate…
