© SUNGURA music giant Alick Macheso yesterday visited his old school Enterprise Primary School in Shamva where he pledged to construct an early childhood development (ECD) classroom block and pay school fees for over a hundred pupils. Macheso’s visit was met with wild cheers from children and parents in Shamva. [GoogleAd] The musician also gave…
© THE duties of a chief are enshrined in the Traditional Leaders Act chapter 29:17 which was enacted in 1998. As head of his or her chieftains the chief has to remain strictly neutral with respect to political matters, unable to vote or stand for election, however, the chief does have important ceremonial and formal…
© THE two-day 9th Annual Buy Local Summit set to take place on June 13, in Bulawayo has been postponed due the non-availability of guest of honour President Emmerson Mnangagwa. [GoogleAd] According to the event organisers, the summit, which will run under the theme ‘‘Enhancing Local Production, Preference and Market Access,’’ has been tentatively moved…
NYAWO Lwami team will this June conduct field visits to the Venda people in the southern border town of Beitbridge, and in Matabeleland North province of Zimbabwe, to St Mary’s Nambya community in Hwange, the Tonga Community in Siachilaba, Binga, and the Ndebele people of Lupane. [GoogleAd] The visits will be conducted by the…
© ZIMBABWEANS are feeling the pinch of the fast-decaying economy which has been precipitated by the bond note and RTSG$ loss of value on the parallel market. Ever since Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced that the bond note’s value was no longer at par with the United States dollar, everything has gone haywire. [Adz] Before…
© THE recent call by Zanu PF youth league political commissar Godfrey Tsenengamu for an all-inclusive dialogue is a breath of fresh air. Tsenengamu’s refreshingly candid view demonstrates that there are also people in the ruling party who want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to hold talks with the leader of the largest opposition party in the…
© ZIMBABWE Election Support Network (Zesn) held an Electoral Reforms Petition workshop to review the legal framework governing elections in light of the petition submitted to Parliament by the organisation on December 3, 2018. [GoogleAd] The workshop was attended by the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda and Members of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Justice,…
© LOCAL musicians continue to get inspiration from the late but popular traditional healer Ndunge. Born Charles Makuyana in Chipinge, Ndunge succumbed to diabetes on March 30. He was 87. Following his death, there was a rumour claiming the late traditional healer had ordered his clients to return the charms he had administered on them….
THE trial of former Energy minister Elton Mangoma and two Zesa Holdings bosses continued on Tuesday with the investigating officer insisting that they violated tender procedures. Mangoma, who is jointly charged with former Zesa chief executive officer Joseph Chifamba and Zesa Enterprises managing director Tererai Mutasa are accused of corruptly awarding a $3 million tender…
© GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) yesterday dispatched price monitors in Bulawayo, Harare and Mutare for the whole of this week to ascertain the model being used by retailers to price their basic commodities amid an outcry from consumers on unwarranted price increases. [GoogleAd] The move comes a month after Gmaz signed a Memorandum…
