THIS year’s Cosafa Cup set for next month in Eastern Cape, South Africa will be played in a biologically safe environment (bio-bubble) in an effort to ensure safety for players and officials from the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). The development means all teams and officials who will be involved in the matches will be in a…
FIVE former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) MPs, who were recalled from Parliament in March, have dragged speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda to the High Court, demanding their reinstatement to the august House. In the application, Kucaca Ivumile Phulu, Settlement Chikwinya, Willias Madzimure, Regai Tsunga and Chelesile Mhlanga, cited Mudenda and the Parliament of…
ZIMBABWEANS have re-ignited the demand for the diaspora vote in the 2023 elections and have since written to the Parliament, making the request. In a petition being fronted by the Patriotic Zimbabwe Party, Zimbabweans in different parts of the world said all citizens must be given a chance to elect the country’s leadership of their…
THE Health ministry utilised one percent of its 2019 budget of over $100 million leading to the non-implementation of key programmes including the purchase of ambulances and medicines, an auditor general’s report has revealed. The auditor-general Mildred Chiri’s 2019 audit report tabled before Parliament last week attributed the development to Treasury’s failure to release funds…
ZIMBABWE’S most influential national newspapers, the Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday, continue to perform strongly both in print and…
ONE of the country’s leading seed manufacturing firms, Seed Co, yesterday launched new vegetable seed hybrid varieties it hopes will provide a cost-effective production solution for farmers. The company launched two new cabbage seed varieties — SCV Dephine F1 and SCV Majesty F1 — at their Stapleford Farm headquarters in Mt Hampden. New tomato and…
THE case of three people who recently died in an inferno in Msasa Park in Harare brings to the fore the power challenges that the country is facing and is a big indictment on the government to swiftly act on the problem. Over the past few weeks, Zimbabwe has been experiencing serious power cuts, which…
ALICK Macheso’s daughter Stacy is back with a new single Amai set to be released this Friday. This comes after the upcoming afro-fusion songstress announced her arrival on the music scene mid last year with single Ingozi.The song, aimed at softening the hearts of mothers so their children may be showered with blessings, will be…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Jeffery Muvundisi THE ructions consuming the MDC Alliance and its structures around the country are escalating, with Bulawayo Province becoming the latest to witness ugly infighting that has seen regional chairperson James Sithole being put on notice by a rival faction. So bad is the ruckus in the second city, that…
A HARARE magistrate has thrown out charges against the late former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law Simba Chikore after he was accused of abuse of office stemming from the time he was the Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) chief operations officer. Regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna ruled that there are four judgments by the superior courts which stated that…
