WITH President Emmerson Mnangagwa keeping his cards close to his chest as to who he will appoint to replace three ministers who recently died from coronaviruslinked complications, analysts say his challenge is compounded by the fact that the world’s eyes are on his choice for the key Foreign Affairs post. This comes as Mnangagwa has…
IT HAS been painful to watch over the past few days the desperation with which the small cast of know-it-alls, that is contributing so much to the country’s toxic politics, has been attacking talk about the urgent need for national dialogue in the country. Our hope, in this regard, is that the intended beneficiaries of…
TAMARY CHIKIWA in Bulawayo chikiwak@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw A TRIP around the eastern suburbs in Bulawayo leaves one wondering if people still depend on council water. Almost every house has a water tank and at the gate it is inscribed boldly that “borehole water here”. It appears that residents in these affluent suburbs have long given up on…
By Black Edward THIS time the politicians have been honest about our crises. Their recent speeches emphasised substituting discord for dialogue as a way of tackling our country’s unstable political and economic environment. They seem to be facing up to the realities of the harsh Zimbabwean landscape. It appears it’s now sinking in, for…
IT IS a common cause that the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) is currently grappling with the Islamic insurrection in northern Mozambique. Thousands of Mozambicans have been displaced, while hundreds have been killed by the Islamic fundamentalists, forcing Maputo to appeal to Sadc for assistance to quell the insurgency. Sadc, through its organ on politics,…
NASH MKOKWAYARIRA in PLUMTREE PATIENTS in Plumtree can finally get X-rays done locally after a well-wisher purchased a licence for the district hospital’s machine which had been lying idle for the past two years. All along, those needing to have an X-ray taken had to travel to Bulawayo since Plumtree District Hospital had no resources…
BUSINESSMAN Ali Mohamad has been allowed to travel to South Africa for business meetings with a view to convince investors to invest in the country’s mining industry, with the court agreeing to release his passport for a period of two weeks. Mohamad, who is the director of Ali Japan (PVT) (LTD) is on $100 000…
THE government is appealing for assistance in raising funds to procure Covid-19 vaccines and has opened the door to the corporate world, citizens and other well-wishers to chip ion. This comes at a time that health experts have warned that the country faces a third wave of the novel coronavirus unless a vaccine is quickly…
A SCIENCE supply teacher has been charged with terror offences over speeches shared on his Facebook page. William Chinyanga, 50, who was born in Zimbabwe, was charged with four counts of encouraging terrorism on January 13. The charges relate to speeches allegedly shared by the teacher— who lives in Archway, north London — on Facebook…
AARON NHAU Sports Writer NEW Dynamos signing Frank Makarati says there was no way he was going to turn down the Harare giants despite interest from several local and foreign clubs. Makarati completed his transfer to DeMbare last week when he signed for the Glamour Boys together with four other new arrivals — Tinashe Makanda,…
