HISTORY was made last night when independent television channel,3Ktv, became the first private station to be launched since the era of Southern Rhodesia….
Rumbidzai Ngwenya PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, has called on the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to scale up its defence and security mechanisms to fight terrorism in the region. This comes as the Sadc region is currently grappling with Islamist insurgents wreaking havoc in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province. Addressing delegates at the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission in…
Andile Tshuma CONCERN has been raised over the alleged emergence of counterfeit products which are said to be flooding Bulawayo’s informal market. Consumer rights groups have raised a red flag on the flooding of fake products amid fears that residents’ lives were potentially at risk as the products were not certified by the Standards Association…
LEGISLATORS want the country’s former colonial master, Britain, to pay reparations for the loss Zimbabwe incurred when it was under foreign rule. Raising a motion in the National Assembly on Thursday, Zanu PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi said Zimbabweans needed to be compensated, particularly because their forefathers had been disposed of their assets. “This disadvantaged…
EX-MINES ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga has been slapped with a two-and-a-half year effective jail sentence. He was convicted of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer after he solely sat as a full board for the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and received board fees and sitting allowances to the tune of…
SOUTH African hip-hop giant Cassper Nyovest is headlining “Sunday Summer Big Boys Party” on Sunday at Hockey Stadium in Bulawayo. He will be supported by King98, Naak Musiq and P.O.Y. Victor Kunonga back at Theatre in the Park AFROJAZZ musician Victor Kunonga is back at the Theatre in the Park in Harare tonight. He will…
FIFA yesterday banned Zimbabwe from global football until further notice over government interference in the running of the country’s football federation. This comes after the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) in November last year, suspended the entire Zifa board over “several incidents of gross incompetence” that the commission described as “contrary to the national interest”….
GOSPEL musician Trymore Bande yesterday appeared in court on allegations of stealing a Mercedes Benz he had taken from a car sale pretending that he wanted to buy it. Bande was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda and he was remanded out of custody to April…
HEALTH workers have declared incapacitation and accused the government of reluctance in improving their conditions of service, including the demand for an increase in their Covid-19 risk allowances, among others. In a letter dated February 18 to the Health Service Board (HSB) acting executive director, Angelbert Mbengwa, Health Apex Council team leader Tapiwanashe Kusotera said…
Parties go flat-out for important polls. . . as ED, Chamisa stump for March by-elections in Midlands
THE battle for supremacy in the hugely-significant March by-elections is hotting up, with the Midlands playing host to both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa this weekend. This prompted police to warn yesterday that they would be deploying large teams in the province as from today, in a bid to try and ensure that the…
