EXILED former Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister, Mandiitawepi Chimene, has confirmed that she now wants to work harmoniously with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF. The once outspoken former freedom fighter and arch-critic of Mnangagwa also told the Daily News last week that she regretted embarrassing and spewing bile against the current Zanu PF leader at…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it will engage private players to construct shelters at bus termini, in a move aimed at protecting travellers from bad weather. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa, while commissioning 50 new Zimbabwe United Passenger Company buses last week, said the shelters will be repaired before the next rainy season….
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, yesterday said fellow opposition leader Nelson Chamisa must stop insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga if national dialogue is to be realised. This comes as Mwonzora has written to Mnangagwa requesting to engage in an inclusive national dialogue to help resolve the country’s decades-long political and economic challenges….
ZIMBABWE music superstar Jah Prayzah has attributed his success to the life changing Pacific Cigarettes sponsorship that catapulted him to international stardom….
ZIMBABWE is bracing for more electricity load shedding as Zesa Holdings’ subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), says it is experiencing power shortages. In a statement yesterday, ZETDC said the power shortages were being caused by generation constraints at Hwange Power Station and also due to rehabilitation works at Kariba Dam. The…
A HARARE City Council projects superintendent has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court over a US$2 million road rehabilitation scam. Asiyo Mkombeze, 59, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje last Friday on criminal abuse of duty charges and will be back in court today for bail ruling. According to court papers, in 2017, the city…
WARREN Edward Buffett, an American business magnate, once wrote that “someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago”. There seems to be a paucity of such wisdom in politicians in Zimbabwe, both from the ruling Zanu PF and the opposition MDC in its multiplicity of shades. If…
ALL eyes are now on the Zifa board as they converge this morning in the capital to act on the future of under-fire Warriors coach Zdravko “Loga” Logarusic in the wake of the national team’s dismal performances in the World Cup qualifiers. There is no doubt the board will be under pressure from the domestic…
THERE has been serious bloodletting in the opposition MDC since the death of the founding president of the party, Morgan Tsvangirai, in February 2018. The party he left is in chaos. The Daily News on Sunday caught up with one of the founding fathers of the party and now one of the three vice presidents…
THE government is tomorrow set to begin issuing birth certificates and identification cards to members of the San community in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North province. This comes as people in Tsholotsho and Bulilima have been struggling to obtain the registration documents, making it difficult for them to acquire formal education and voting rights. Information minister Monica…
