By Brighton Muronzereyi POLICE have launched a major operation in Harare starting today, in a bid to fl ush out criminals, while also specifically targeting unlicensed vehicles and vendors. At the same time, law enforcement agents say they fear that the operation could be derailed by solidarity and opportunistic protests by pro-democracy groups. In an…
By Brighton Muronzereyi ZANU PF has dismissed calls for next year’s general elections to be supervised by the United Nations (UN), saying the organisation only does so upon invitation by the government. This comes after the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party claimed recently that it had approached the world body to supervise next…
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration has created a fully-fledged procurement management unit and risk and loss control departments as part of aligning the institution to good corporate governance practices, the organisation’s chairperson George Manyaya has said. Zinara created a procurement management unit in 2020 from which the institution is operating under Class A and most…
By Cloud Fusire FC PLATINUM coach Norman Mapeza is not getting carried away despite the fact that his team is well placed to successfully defend the Castle Lager Premiership and Chibuku Super Cup titles. At the weekend, the platinum miners knocked out Harare giants Dynamos from the Chibuku Super Cup via a penalty shoot-out to…
By Dionne Kanyowa AN INCARCERATED bar owner, who was convicted by the High Court of murdering a drunken customer by strangling him with a shoe lace over rowdy behaviour, has taken his freedom bid to the Supreme Court. Talent Nyamombe, who was sentenced to 15 years in jail in June by Justice Moses Foroma, maintains…
By Rutendo Ngara MORE than 120 000 Zimbabweans died of various ailments in just one year, according to the latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) report. Announcing the 2022 population and housing census preliminary results on mortality and orphan-hood yesterday in Harare, Zimstat director general Taguma Mahonde said the deaths, which occurred between May 2021…
ROBBERS continue to terrorise the nation with a group of assailants pouncing on a Mt Pleasant, Harare, home and making away with US$56 000 and a Toyota Fortuner (GD6) vehicle on Sunday. The vehicle, which had foreign number plates, was later found dumped at an intersection and two cellphones were also recovered. The police have…
By Ashley Moyo SUCCEEDING like her second name Success, South Africa-based make-up artist Elinah Mangena is up for Best Make-up Artist of the Year gong at the Zikomo Africa Awards which will take place in Lusaka, Zambia this year. Born and raised in Zimbabwe, Mangena in her journey as a makeup artist has made it…
PHILANI Nyoni’s poetry film Pfamba has been selected to be part of Zebra Poetry Film Festival that will run from November 3 to 6 in Germany. Founded in 2002, the festival is one of the largest international arts platforms for short poetry films. “I enjoy my work a lot, seeing it presented in different spaces…
By Cloud Fusire DESPITE being kicked out of the Chibuku Super Cup by FC Platinum at the weekend, DeMbare coach Tonderai Ndiraya has refused tolet the disappointment of missing out on Zimbabwe’s premier knockout trophy derail the Harare giants’ premiership title fight. The Glamour Boys on Sunday squandered their only realistic silverware chance this season…
