A NON-governmental organisation, Sivio Institute (Sivio), has implored the government to put in place clear and transparent measures to protect the poor,…
THE City of Harare is targeting to have vaccinated at least 950 000 of its 1,5 million people against the Covid-19 virus as the capital pushes to reach herd immunity by year-end. At least 120 000 people have since received their first jab, while 40 000 got their second, in a development that has given…
FEMALE artistes from different genres joined hands to celebrate Mothers’ Day at the weekend by staging a clean-up campaign and mini gig at the National Art Gallery in the capital. At least 32 artistes under the banner of Divas In Action came together for the memorable event that reminded people of the good old days…
ZIMBABWE’S Cultural Heritage ministry continues to explore and cement mutually-beneficial ties with the French government through its Harare Embassy, with the planned facelift of the infrastructure at Great Zimbabwe Monument being the latest area of cooperation. During his courtesy visit to Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe in Harare yesterday, French ambassador to Zimbabwe Laurent Chevallier…
THE government must move with speed to ensure Zimbabwe also eats the piece of the cake in the global cannabis economy which is expected to reach US$28 billion by 2027. Since time immemorial, hemp has been an integral part of the social fabric of Zimbabwean culture. But in all that time, marijuana has largely been…
THERE was drama in Parliament yesterday as legislators brawled after disagreeing on whether or not businessman Wicknell Chivayo should appear before a portfolio committee over a US$5 million solar tender he was awarded by Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC). Things came to a head when Independent Norton MP Temba Mliswa insisted that the parliamentary portfolio committee…
Following the 2018 harmonised elections, the Zimbabwe election support network (Zesn) compiled a compendium of election observers’ recommendations. The compendium reviews the…
THE opposition’s senseless infighting is continuing unabated, with MDC factions once again engaging in violent clashes in Harare at the weekend, which left at least five people injured. The latest MDC-MDC Alliance factional wars come two weeks after groups paying allegiance to the two feuding cliques also savaged each other in Bindura, where the main…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry, who is facing assault charges, was yesterday remanded to June 29 while in a private hospital bed due to ill-health. Marry was supposed to appear before the court on allegations of assaulting Chiwenga’s maid, Delight Munyoro, but could not do so because she was in hospital for treatment….
SOUTH Africa yesterday named Tashinga Nyasha Masinire as the 33-year-old Zimbabwe man arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle 23 pieces of gold worth R11 million into South Africa at the weekend. Masinire appeared in court yesterday and was granted R100 000 bail. National spokesperson for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) in South Africa,…
