CLOUD FUSIRE Senior Sports Writer GWERU-BASED TelOne have made a statement of intent by acquiring half a dozen players with proven premiership experience ahead of the upcoming Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season. After losing their prized asset — 2025 Soccer of the Year and last year’s premiership top goal scorer Washington Navaya to Hardrock…
ANESU MIRISAWU AND ASHLEY MOYO Senior Entertainment Writers SUNGURA musician Mark Ngwazi, celebrated for his powerful vocals, says he is using his customary January break to take stock of his career while concentrating on alternative income-generating ventures, particularly farming. Ngwazi revealed that his first performance of the year is scheduled for January 24, officially ushering…
THE political prognosis for the country’s opposition has rarely looked more terminal than it does today. Split by internal fractures, weakened by strategic recalls, and facing a ruling party currently emboldened by its “2030 agenda,” the democratic alternative in Zimbabwe is at a crossroads. It is against this backdrop of fragmentation that MDC president Douglas…
KUDZANAI GEREDE THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) should clearly articulate its long-term strategy for adopting the local currency as the sole medium of exchange in order to enhance its credibility, market analysts FBC Securities has said. This follows the central bank’s recent announcement that it will shift from a “tight to a prudent monetary…
TAPIWA CHIRUME MORE than two million entries were recorded in the Gain Cash and Carry Christmas promotion, with 27 lucky customers walking away with prizes during the grand draw held in Harare on Friday. Speaking at the event, Gain Cash and Carry head of marketing Carl Kusada said the overwhelming response underscored the popularity of…
TAKUDZWA DHAMBU THE recent completion by bureaucrats of the draft Bill meant to facilitate the extension of a reluctant President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s stay in power beyond 2028 does not mean that the push is a done deal. So says respected lawyer and MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora, who has warned anew that Zanu PF continues to…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has opened prime land to high-value local and international investors as part of efforts to stimulate urban renewal and economic growth. BCC town clerk Christopher Dube yesterday said the city was seeking investors to develop medical facilities, office parks, hotels, lodges, petroleum service stations, and townhouses under a lease-rental arrangement…
RUTENDO NGARA Senior Staff Writer THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) yesterday said Chief Justice Luke Malaba will retire from the bench on May 15. His retirement would mark the end of a distinguished judicial career spanning 45 years. The JSC confirmed that his departure would be in strict “accordance with Section 186(1) of the Constitution…
BRANDON JOSPHAT Chief Writer THE government says the National Health Insurance Bill is ready for tabling in Parliament when the House resumes sitting next month, in a move expected to transform the country’s health financing framework and accelerate progress towards universal health coverage. This comes after worried legislators last year wanted President Emmerson Mnangagwa to…
RUTENDO NGARA Senior Staff Writer THE cold, grey walls of Zimbabwe’s correctional facilities are designed to keep people in, but they are also remarkably effective at keeping the outside world—and the fundamental human intimacy that defines it—out. For years, the debate surrounding the provision of conjugal rights for inmates has simmered in legal circles and…
