ZIMBABWEAN actors, Tendaiishe Chitima and Edmore Sandifolo, flew the country’s flag high last Sunday after winning prestigious individual gongs at the United Kingdom’s Will Tell International Film Festival. Chitima — who starred in Gonarezhou The Movie , Cook Off — bagged The Best Lead actress award while Sandifolo won The Rising Star gong. “… while…
HUMAN rights activist, Alice Kuvheya, has filed a High Court application challenging the legality of Statutory Instrument (SI) 95 of 2021, which allows the government to monitor and record citizens’ mobile communication data, among other things. In her application, Kuvheya cited Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, and the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)…
ENVIRONMENT minister Mangaliso Ndlovu says Covid-19 has battered the tourism industry after arrivals declined by 1, 7 million last year compared to the 2019 statistics. Speaking during the 2021 World Tourism Day Symposium at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) in Masvingo yesterday, Ndlovu said the numbers had dropped to figures recorded in 1991. “This year’s commemorations…
THE MDC faction led by Nelson Chamisa — which is on the verge of losing control of the MDC Alliance to opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora’s group — is ramping up its efforts to form a new coalition with other opposition parties ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 elections. On Wednesday, Chamisa met in Harare with the…
THE trial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo accused of paying a US$10 000 bribe to former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) boss Stanley Kazhanje to win a Gwanda solar project has been deferred to next Thursday. This was after his lawyer Lewis Uriri could not attend the hearing as he was engaged in another matter. Chivayo, who…
Shamaine Chirimujiri WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni, says gender-based violence (GBV) has become a national crisis with women bearing the brunt of the scourge especially during the Covid-19-induced national lockdowns. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Nyoni said GBV had now become a widespread problem, adding that her ministry was also trying to reach…
WAR veterans have demanded that government improve their welfare by increasing their monthly pensions and paying off their children’s school fees on time. Speaking in Harare South after a meeting between war veterans and war collaborators, the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) national political commissar, Joel Mureremba, said government must look into their…
A 34-YEAR-OLD Gokwe man will spend the next 26 months in jail after he was found guilty of illegally possessing nearly 3kg of dagga. Bigboy Munyanyi, who appeared before Gokwe provincial magistrate, Musaiwona Shotgame, was convicted on his plea of guilty. Shotgame, who bemoaned the rise in drug abuse in the Midlands province, initially jailed…
Melisa Chatikobo PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, yesterday commissioned Seed Co’s US$12,7 million seed drying plant at the company’s headquarters in Mt Hampden, Harare. Mnangagwa said that the initiative, which was carried out with the assistance of the French government, had the potential to save the much-needed foreign currency, create jobs and empower local communities. Seed Co’s…
BARELY a week after parting ways with chief executive officer Jonathan Mashingaidze under unclear circumstances, Dynamos communications manager Yvonne Mangunda has resigned in a huff. This comes as it appears the club’s infighting among the executive members is escalating leading to the resignation of Mangunda, who is thought to have been frustrated less than a…
