IT IS heartbreaking to learn that school administrators have been compelled to postpone important activities as a result of the country’s worsening power crisis. It’s very unfortunate that the crisis is now affecting information and communication technology (ICT) and we urge the authorities to find a long-term solution. It is also unfortunate that some important…
SOUTH Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office has confirmed the resignation of deputy president David Mabuza as a member of parliament. The move…
FIDELITY gold refineries have recorded a decline in gold deliveries when compared to the same period last year in January mainly due to rising water tables owing to heavy rainfall activity this season. Addressing delegates at the 2023 gold mobilisation strategy conference in Harare yesterday, Fidelity Refineries general manager Peter Magaramombe said in a bid…
By Hazel Marimbiza and Regis Chingawo OPPOSITION stalwart and leader of the United Movement for Devolution (UMD), Lovemore Moyo, has warned that the ongoing disagreements over the country’s just gazetted delimitation report will likely once again lead to disputed polls this year. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the former MDC national chairperson and Speaker…
By Brandon Josphat A DIPLOMAT from the United States (US) expects that this year’s elections will be held in a peaceful and transparent manner. Speaking after landing at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday, US deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, Ambassador Robert Scott said the purpose of his trip was…
By Yvonne Ncube A POLICEMAN has appeared in court on charges of raping his friend’s niece after being invited to a birthday party. Farai Mzengeza, 34, was not asked to plead before Bulawayo regional magistrate Collet Ncube facing two counts of rape. State allegations are that sometime in 2020 at around 10pm during a party…
By Ashley Moyo ORGANISERS of the annual KB Kanyongo Sports Tournament have courted Zora music maestro Leonard Zhakata to spice up the event set for rural Mutoko later this year. The ever-growing tournament which has become a permanent feature on the local football calendar is held every year in honour of the late Kanyongo, father to the…
By Ketty Nyoni LOCAL districts in Harare will each get US$1 000 per week for the “Chenesa Harare” community-based waste management programme that the local authority has embarked on in an effort to restore the city’s Sunshine City status. Speaking at the launch of the programme yesterday, Harare mayor Jacob Mafume said he was hopeful…
By Emmanuel Marambe BIG-SPENDING Harare giants Dynamos will be among the favourites — at least on paper — to win the 2023 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League whose kick-off date was announced yesterday. According to the PSL, the 2023 campaign will kick off on March 18, exactly a week after the staging of the season…
THE continued haggling over the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission delimitation report threatens the quality of harmonised elections the country will have in the next couple of months. President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted the report on February 20 amid mixed concerns on whether he followed the Constitution or not with his critics arguing he did so out of…
