January 2026

Takudzwa Dhambu THERE is every chance that the country’s next leader after the 2028 national elections will not have liberation struggle credentials if Zanu PF’s 2030 campaign does not come to fruition. So says prominent businessman, economist and presiden­tial biographer, Eddie Cross, who further posits that should that turn out to be the case, the…

POLITICAL EDITOR ZIMBABWE has declined to join the escalating dispute between the United States (US) and Ven­ezuela, maintaining a “business as usual” stance. The position follows the administration of US President Donald Trump’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife during armed assaults on civilian and military targets in Caracas on Saturday, subsequently…

THE National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) will launch a new campaign today to replenish its severely depleted blood stocks. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper— NBSZ blood supply execu­tive, Menard Mutenherwa, said yesterday that the drive was targeting to harvest more than 2 500 units of blood, to stabilise…

BULAWAYO authori­ties are calling for bold structural reforms to solve the water crisis, warning that funding alone is insufficient. The call comes at a time when the council has secured US$93 million for the long-awaited Glass­block Dam project, which remains outstanding decades after it was first proposed. Despite the funding break­through, authorities acknowledged that progress…

Yvonne Ncube in Bulawayo A 19-YEAR-OLD Bula­wayo man died after being electrocuted by a fallen power cable near the Khami River Bridge. Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Nomalanga Mse­bele yesterday said the incident occurred on January 3 at around 8pm. “Police in Bulawayo confirm receiving a report of sudden death by electrocution, which occurred along Solusi…