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MDC Alliance lies have short legs, indeed
In 2019, just a year after the harmonised elections, a 'dead protestor' appeared in the dock.Yes, a 'dead' one.The MDC Alliance and some non-governmental organisations played God and c...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Government decentralises Covid-19 testing
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has decentralised Covid-19 testing to ensure the services are closer to the people and has so far approved 58 laboratories. Twenty six of the labs are at ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Blessings Chidakwa
DDF tills fields in Matebeleland North
A 79-YEAR-OLD frail looking woman sheds tears of joy as she watches three tractors ploughing her one-hectare piece of land in Mahlabathini Village, Inyathi Matabeleland North. A widow, Mrs Pau...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Blessings Chidakwa
Zimstat gets $4bn for census
Treasury has allocated $4,4 billion to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) to carry out its activities that include conducting the 2021 population census, which is expected to culminate ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | | by Blessings Chidakwa
Prosecutor under probe over suspect's bail
Law officer Mr Douglas Chesa, who consented to bail for suspected armed robber Douglas Mutenda on December 8, is now under probe after detectives from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Blessings Chidakwa
More girls raped on Christmas, claims police
SEVERAL girls were raped in separate incidents countrywide while they were celebrating Christmas Day and Boxing Day holidays at parties and gatherings. Police expressed concern over such cases...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Monthly payouts for vulnerable increased
Humanitarian assistance allowances for vulnerable persons hit by Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown has been raised from $300 to $800 per month and another increase is planned for next month. ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | | by Blessings Chidakwa
Banned kombis devise new ways of operation
Banned kombis have devised new tricks and methods of illegally operating as they evade arrest in Harare and its satellite towns. The kombis compete for passengers with Zupco buses as transport...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:19hrs | 2 | by Blessings Chidakwa
MDC-led council show true colours
THE year2020 will go down in the history of the MDC-led Harare City Council as the worst under its leadership. The year exposed existing massive corruption, land scams, leadership crisis, arre...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Blessings Chidakwa
Will Chamisa fall?
The forthcoming MDC congress is critical as it will settle once and for all, the legitimacy question dogging the leadership of Nelson Chamisa, political analysts have said.Chamisa assumed the ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:30hrs | | by Blessings Mashaya
Of mute MPs and their mute brigade
Parliament offers its members many platforms to speak on diverse issues.A member can rise on the floor to table a petition, a private members' Bill, raise a matter of national importance, ask ...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:55hrs | 1 | by Blessings Mashaya
'Devolution excites but ....'
Before government could roll out devolution, it is critical for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to first embrace the initiative wholeheartedly.The Constitution provides for eight...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 12:31hrs | | by Blessings Mashaya
How intellectuals made history in Zimbabwe
The history of Zimbabwe has been revised in the service of the governing ZANU-PF party. A 'patriotic' version of history, disseminated by public intellectuals and state media, has distorted le...Published: 29 Nov 2017 at 13:00hrs | | by Dr Blessings-Miles Tendi
Should MDC-T look beyond Tsvangirai?
The succession issue has cost Zimbabwe a lot in the past few years within and without the ruling Zanu PF.There is no denying the fact that President Robert Mugabe - at the helm of the country ...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 14:20hrs | | by Eddie Zvinonzwa and Blessings Mashaya
Contradictions between Mugabe, Grace?
When the First Lady Grace Mugabe was dealing mercilessly with former vice president Joice Mujuru in 2014, many thought the powerful Zanu-PF women's league secretary did not have the blessing of her hu...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Blessings Mashaya
Lost and Found: Sinethemba Joy Mlotha's passport
Editor,Hello anyone who knows Sinethemba Joy Mlotha her passport was picked in Kempton park. Please help011 044 5364 or 078 278 7472 Blessing or Facebook Oristan Dube....Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Blessings
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