STAFF WRITERS AS THE country waves good-bye to a horrific 2020 today, the Daily News once again brings you its much-anticipated end of year ratings of the work of the president and his Cabinet ministers during the year. To say 2020 was a ginormous “annus horribilis”, an unspeakably horrible year, is probably an understatement. What with Zimbabweans…
THE continued increase in road accidents needlessly claiming people’s lives has become a worrying trend during this festive season, which the Zimbabwe Republic Police must deal with decisively. On Sunday, 18 people perished near Mutoko Business Centre in a head-on collision. We have and will continue to write in this column against road carnage…
By Emmerson Njanjamangezi and Blessings Mashaya NEWLY-ELECTED MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora, said yesterday that he was ready to work with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF to resolve Zimbabwe’s decades-long myriad challenges. At the same time, Mwonzora also extended an olive branch to some of his MDC rivals — including Thokozani Khupe and Elias Mudzuri…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday demanded loyalty from the party’s newly-elected District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members ahead of the 2023 elections. Speaking before yesterday’s central committee meeting, Mnangagwa said the DCC elections were over and the party must be united. “Now that those elections (DCCs) are behind us, both elected leaders and unsuccessful candidates must recommit…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO HWANGE will this year play host to Matabeleland North’s annual mobile Shangano Arts Festival. The arts fiesta which is being hosted by Hwange based Shangano Arts Trust will run for two days kicking off on December 29 and end the following day. According to the organisers, the event will be separated…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw POLITICAL analysts say the deepening rifts in the country’s seemingly voodooed opposition will once again gift the ruling Zanu PF an easy victory in the 2023 national elections. The analysts also told the Daily News yesterday that neither the MDC’s new leader Douglas Mwonzora nor his predecessor Thokozani Khupe could change…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw APOSTOLIC Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) president Johannes Ndanga says member sects will accept Covid-19 vaccines if they are offered to them. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Ndanga said some members have expressed concerns around the anti-Christ allegations surrounding the vaccines as well as fears about the side…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has again appealed to the public to register to vote to avoid having their constituencies cut in the next delimitation exercise. This comes as Zimbabwe awaits the next delimitation exercise meant to create new constituencies ahead of the 2023 general elections. Zec Bulawayo provincial elections officer Innocent Ncube appealed to…
Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw MDC Alliance and Nelson Chamisa’s lawyer Thabani Mpofu was yesterday arrested and later released for allegedly obstructing the course of justice in police investigations into alleged fake abductions of the opposition party’s youth leaders. The lawyer was advised he would soon be summoned to court to answer to the…
FORMER Warriors and Highlanders midfielder Richard Choruma, has died at the age of 42. Choruma passed away early yesterday morning in a South African hospital, Tembisa, where he had reportedly been admitted on Christmas eve after complaining of stomach complications. The talented and skilful Choruma made his senior national team debut against Malawi on March…
