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….
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…
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…
THE fight over where the remains of the late former president Robert Mugabe, pictured, should rest is escalating, with debates around Zimbabwe’s long-time ruler remaining as divisive after his death as was the case when he was alive. This is notwithstanding Friday’s surprise court decision to affirm a controversial Zvimba chief’s ruling in May which…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, says Zimbabwe is unstoppable after taking a broad development trajectory and dismissed the country’s critics for condemning the current administration. This comes as Mnangagwa last Thursday commissioned 50 new Zupco buses from China as the government seeks to end transport challenges in urban areas. “There are those both at home and abroad…
THE High Court has settled the long-standing battle for the control of the Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church after it dismissed an application filed last year by the church’s self-proclaimed leader Tonnie Sigauke. In her judgment, High Court judge, Justice Esther Muremba, said Sigauke had no legal authority to file the application on behalf of the…
ZANU PF factional wars are intensifying despite a recent stern warning by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to ambitious bigwigs who stand accused of inflaming divisions in the former liberation movement. So hot have the ruling party’s ructions become, that the infighting in Mnangagwa’s own home province of Midlands is increasingly said to be getting out of…
TEACHERS have expressed concern over the government’s decision to go ahead with Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (Cala) for this year’s examinations despite the Covid-19-induced inadequate preparations. This comes as the government has given schools up to November 30 to submit to the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) the full set of the Cala marks. It…
