SAVANFRIQ, a female Zimbabwean musical duo formed in 2017 by Savannah Esther Nsompa and Ephricah Linda Munemo, has bounced back with a…
THE senseless bloodletting in the opposition continues unabated this time with the MDC Bulawayo provincial structures appealing to opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora to rein in his deputy Thokozani Khupe on allegations of creating parallel structures. Khupe, who is currently in the city, has for the past week been holding meetings in wards, something which is…
THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Corporation (ZCDC) says its failure to account for related party debts and investments was mainly a result of legacy debts it inherited from previous diamond mining companies. This comes as the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines demanded responses from ZCDC on allegations raised in the 2019 auditor-general’s report that was recently…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assigned Zanu PF co-vice president Kembo Mohadi, pictured, to lead efforts to try and unite brawling ruling party bigwigs…
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga, has approached the Constitutional Court to help settle his long-running battle for custody and parental control of his son with ex-girlfriend Chantelle Muteswa. Buyanga is fighting against a Supreme Court decision which overturned a High Court decision which granted him parental control through joint custody with Muteswa. Through his lawyers Rubaya and…
AT LEAST 60 officials, including doctors and nurses, at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo have tested positive for Covid-19, the institution’s acting chief executive Solwayo Ngwenya has confirmed. “Yes, it’s true, but we are coping well for now,” Ngwenya said in a terse response. It could not be ascertained as to how many doctors and nurses…
AUDITOR General (AG) Mildred Chiri says the ball is in the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc)’s court to further probe corruption allegations as they submit all their audit reports to the anti-graft body after completing their inquiries. Speaking before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts held virtually yesterday, Chiri said their reports were a precursor…
MDC Alliance officials, including secretary-general Chalton Hwende, have received praise from many Zimbabweans for finally publicly embracing the country’s national coronavirus vaccination programme. This comes after the alliance snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s invitation in March this year to take part in the country’s launch of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in the resort town of Victoria…
THE Coca-Cola’s Women’s Linc Zimbabwe Chapter yesterday handed over items worth over $500 000 to help resuscitate a much-needed poultry project at Mutemwa Leprosy Centre in Mutoko District of Mashonaland East. The items donated to the centre include 300 point of lay chicken, one and a half tonnes of feed, nine 12-litre waterfronts, nine ribbed tube…
A KEY witness in the case in which businessman Farai Jere is accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3million in a smart meters’ supply deal in connivance with the parastatal’s employees has absolved the defendants of any wrongdoing. Julius Mapipi, who was part of the entourage that travelled…
