© FORMER president Robert Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao yesterday triggered a storm after posting the deposed former strongman’s portrait with a message suggesting that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to run the country. Mugabe who was deposed in November 2017 and replaced by Mnangagwa following a military aided operation is blamed for most of the…
VICTORIA Falls Recycling, launched about a year ago by hospitality group Africa Albida Tourism (AAT), has received international recognition by winning an award at leading travel show We Are Africa in Cape Town, last week. The We are Africa Innovation Awards celebrate the best in independently minded, brilliantly executed travel ideas, and Victoria Falls Recycling won…
© VETERAN liberation war icon Dumiso Dabengwa, who succumbed to a liver-related ailment on Thursday, is likely to be declared a national hero. Though the Zapu leader’s disaffection with the ruling party is a matter of public record, sources told the Daily News yesterday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party are not keen…
NURSES in public hospitals are threatening to down tools over poor salaries, heaping more worries on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration which has been hopping from one crisis to the other. The Zimbabwe Nurses Association (Zina) revealed to its members on Thursday that it has given its employer a 14-day notice to deal with its concerns,…
© FIVE human rights activists who were arrested as they arrived in the country from training in Maldives have challenged the lawfulness of their arrest and further placement on remand. George Makoni, Tatenda Mombeyarara, Gamuchirai Mukura, Nyasha Mpahlo and Farirai Gumbonzvanda were charged with treason after the State alleged that they received training on mobilising…
A HARARE magistrate yesterday acquitted National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm) acting general manager Newman Madzikwa in a case where he was accused of corruptly awarding a $10 million tender to a Danish medicines supplier. Senior regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya acquitted Madzikwa of the charge at the close of the State’s case. In handing down the ruling,…
© FORMER Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an order to compel the Harare Magistrates Courts clerk to release his passport. Chombo, who is facing a slew of graft charges after magistrate Lazini Ncube last week dismissed Chombo’s application where he sought to compel the clerk…
© A MARGINAL tremor hit Chipinge a few days ago, the Meteorological Services Department (Met Department) has said. “On Saturday, there was a slight tremor in Chipinge beacon area but there were no major effects,” meteorologist, James Ngoma told the Daily News yesterday. Most earthquakes that occur in the region are due to natural plate…
© IN A clear sign of desperation, Dynamos leadership has since resorted to banning the media from covering their team’s open training sessions. It seems the DeMbare hierarchy is not happy with the team’s scrutiny from the media following the appalling start to the season in which they have managed just 10 points from eight…
© SABLES prop Cleopas Kundiona is excited with the life-changing move to South Africa after he was named in the Sharks Currie Cup side for the forthcoming season. Kundiona will now join the legendary Zimbabwe-born Springbok star Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira, who has been with the KwaZulu Natal-based franchise since 2006. [GoogleAd] The deal to take…
