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Chamisa pooh-poohs MDC unity talks
THE ongoing dramatic attempts by MDC youths to end the party's wars suffered a potentially fatal blow yesterday after Nelson Chamisa pooh-poohed the need to participate in intra-party unity talks. ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 309 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa appear ready to ditch suicidal factional battles
AFTER years of engaging in futile internal wars, MDC leaders now appear ready to ditch their suicidal factional battles and work together in the interest of the party. Yesterday, the party's i...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:29hrs | 6466 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC should take government threats seriously'
ANALYSTS and rights groups have advised MDC leaders to beware after authorities said the party was linked to a plot aimed at overthrowing President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the government from power. ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:23hrs | 3551 | by Staff reporter
Teachers demand meeting with government
TEACHERS' unions have demanded to meet government in order to resolve the current impasse between the two parties. This comes as most teachers across the country boycotted the reopening of pub...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:22hrs | 1870 | by Staff reporter
Zim Parliament barking up wrong tree on auction system
An all too familiar joke that has been doing the rounds ever since Zimbabwe's economy hit turbulence is that every citizen of this country has become an economist of sorts. This places the burden of f...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:47hrs | 1683 | by Dr Tim Rainhard
Chamisa, Khupe in reunification talks?
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe held a hastily arranged meeting of the party's standing committee, which officials said was meant to clear the ground for reunification talks with Nelson Chamisa. ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 07:49hrs | 9736 | by Staff reporter
Mobile money set to bridge the financial divide, says Potraz
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has urged the government to allow greater use of mobile money platforms in the country as a way to bridge the financial divi...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2220 | by Agencies
Govt rules out holding by-elections this year
THE government has ruled out the holding of by-elections this year due to coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions. This comes as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has set December 5 as ...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 08:11hrs | 2960 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa slammed for not putting Zimbabwe first in their fights
AS THE vicious factional wars that are tearing apart Zimbabwe's main opposition plumb new lows with each passing day, political analysts say the MDC may have reached the end of the road in its current...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 17:20hrs | 3155 | by Staff reporter
MDC is not only falling apart, it has actually fallen apart
THE Daily News has been a lone voice over the past few months in highlighting the folly of the country's opposition engaging in self-immolation, and taking counsel from dubious characters.For ...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 17:16hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Mass demonstration for deportation of foreigners in South Africa set for 16 October
A certain section of South Africans under the banner of #PutSouthAfricansFirst will stage a demonstration in Pretoria calling for the immediate deportation of foreigners from the Southern neighbouring...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 15:15hrs | 3989 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Urgent Funding Appeal for Bulawayo Boreholes Drilling Project
The 1893 Mthwakazi Human Rights Restoration Movement (1893 MHRRM) hereby makes an urgent public funding appeal via Gofun...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 19:26hrs | 755 | by 1893 Bayethe Board of Directors
Sikhala exhibiting leadership Chamisa is lacking
FIREBRAND MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, says the struggle for a just and better Zimbabwe for all will never be derailed by the alleged persecution of individuals like h...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 17:54hrs | 5258 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe wrangling hits rock bottom
THE suicidal bloodletting consuming the main opposition MDC is now stomping towards its funereal end, with the party's interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe now planning to recall about 38 more le...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:01hrs | 7868 | by Staff reporter
Nakamba stares Villa exit
WARRIORS midfielder Marvelous Nakamba's future at Aston Villa has been thrown into further doubt after it emerged that the Premier League side is looking to sign either Ross Barkley or Rueben Loftus f...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | 3715 | by Staff reporter
Fashion and fabric: African history told through printed wax clothing
A mainstay of African fashion, "ankara," "wax hollandais "or "kitenge" fabric holds up a mirror to history In most West and Central African main market...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:12hrs | 146 | by Franck Kuwonu
Mnangagwa's Zanu PF wary of G40 resurgence
ZANU PF has once again had to rope in the party's security department to deal with the unabating ructions in the former liberation movement, which are threatening elections to choose members of its re...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:55hrs | 4577 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records 27 new Covid-19 cases
TWENTY-SEVEN new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Thursday while 36 people recovered from the virus as the cumulative figure rose to 7752.Bulawayo had the highest number of new infections after...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:53hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
SA tightens screws on cross-border trading
SOUTH Africa's Border Management Authority Act 2 of 2020 enacted on July 21, 2020 could severely restrict Zimbabwe's cross-border traders as the neighbouring country prepares to open its borders start...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3973 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi District Council withdraws order to suspend CEO
NKAYI Rural District Council (RDC) has withdrawn its application at the High Court in which it sought an order interdicting its suspended chief executive officer Mr Zimbabwe Ndlovu from accessing coun...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:51hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told that courts aren't the answer
EXILED former Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has advised MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa against perennially resorting to the courts to settle political problems rocking the oppositi...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:39hrs | 9407 | by Staff reporter
George Charamba called to order
STAKEHOLDERS in the media industry yesterday warned government against threatening media organisations and interfering in editorial policies of independent newspapers as it posed serious danger to Pre...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 11006 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implored to unite Zanu-PF
ONE of the founders of Zanu-PF and former Cabinet minister, Rugare Gumbo has reiterated that it is in the best interest of Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party for unity to prev...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 22:28hrs | 1880 | by Staff reporter
Hubby torches property in infidelity row
A GWANDA woman has been left stranded after her husband set their property on fire on Sunday morning following a dispute over alleged infidelity. The man, Amos Phiri (37) from Matshetsheni are...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa meet clerics
THERE is renewed hope that the much-needed and much-talked about national dialogue could happen soon, after top clerics met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa sep...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | 5736 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga pledges to improve the working conditions of health workers
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga who is also the country's Health Minister has pledged to improve the working conditions of public sector health workers.This comes as the Health Apex Counci...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | 1752 | by Staff reporter
Church says 'it's time for Zimbabwe to come together'
WITH the country and its two major political parties - Zanu-PF and the MDC - continuing to contend with serious challenges, the church has renewed its calls for all Zimbabweans to come together in the...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 19:15hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
What are the best trading strategies?
Understanding the basics of the stock trading process might look like a complicated thing to do, especially, if you are a beginner at trading. However, with a little bit of extra effort, everything wi...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 10:27hrs | 1039 | by Staff Writer
Sikhala's daily life at Chikurubi
TODAY as you read this article, Job Sikhala would have woken up at 5:30am from the cold concrete floor that he has been sleeping on since his persecution and incarceration at Chikurubi Maximum Securit...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:51hrs | 3094 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Zanu-PF factions hold key to ending Zimbabwe problems
FORTHRIGHT former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, says the push by South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ruling African National Congress (ANC) to end Zimbabwe's decades-long political and ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:28hrs | 3889 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa thunders, Zanu-PF's attitude hardens
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday that he would not seek outside intervention to hold dialogue with the opposition and other interest groups in the country. At the same time, a ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:26hrs | 4731 | by Staff reporter
Race For Khupe's Position Resumes
THE battle for the MDC presidency begins in earnest in a fortnight with the party receiving nominations of candidates aspiring to challenge interim leader Thokozani Khupe, at an extra-ordinary congres...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:23hrs | 5459 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa still to decide on Beitbridge Border Post re-opening
THE Government is still deliberating on whether to re-open its land borders especially Beitbridge Border Post to international travellers following an announcement by South Africa that it will re-open...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:35hrs | 4517 | by Staff reporter
Mastering art of 'villagising' cities
In Bishop Lazi's village, there lived this super-reclusive chap who, after a quarrel with his father over witchcraft, decided to build his own hut a spitting distance from the family homestead....Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 417 | by Bishop Lazarus
Parliament wants daily forex auctions
PARLIAMENT says the central bank must hold foreign currency auctions daily rather than weekly to ensure the stability of the Zimbabwe dollar.Over the last three weeks, the local unit has margi...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:55hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Government and kombi operators in crunch talks
The Government and private commuter omnibus operators are this week expected to hold crunch talks as the latter angle for a return to intra-city operations after a six-month ban.The discussion...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:47hrs | 922 | by Staff Reporter
No more singing in Zimbabwe Parliament
PARLIAMENT has enacted a new rule which bans legislators from singing in the chambers, the Daily News reports.Speaking in the Senate recently, Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, pictu...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:09hrs | 1550 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's age-old factionalism burns hot
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed Zanu-PF bigwigs in three provinces that are being ravaged by ugly infighting ahead of the party's District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections.Zan...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:09hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Investors wary of Vic Falls bourse
EXPERTS say the success of the impending Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFSE) will depend on whether foreign investors will be allowed to easily repatriate their investments.In July, Finance m...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns brawling Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a stern warning to party members who are brawling ahead of the ruling party's District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections. This comes as Zanu-PF has...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:04hrs | 4293 | by Staff reporter
Khupe barred from Polad
THE MDC has directed its interim president Thokozani Khupe to stop being part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) until she gets the mandate from the party's congress....Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:03hrs | 14230 | by Staff reporter
MDC divisions plumb new lows
NOTWITHSTANDING the internal damage that the MDC's infighting is causing, the party's senseless wars are escalating - amid growing fears that the once formidable movement could soon implode altogether...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:02hrs | 2583 | by Staff reporter
Khupe out thinking Chamisa?
NOTWITHSTANDING the internal damage that the MDC's infighting is causing, the party's senseless wars are escalating - amid growing fears that the once formidable movement could soon implode altogether...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:11hrs | 8983 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mafume puts on brave face
NEWLY-ELECTED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume is putting on a brave face, saying the city's operations will not be affected significantly by the recent recall of 21 councillors as they will be replaced soon...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:09hrs | 1994 | by Staff reporter
ANC bullish on Zimbabwe crisis
SOUTH Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) said yesterday that it was hopeful that it could help end Zimbabwe's decades-long political and economic crises. In addition, the ANC heap...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:07hrs | 2343 | by Staff reporter
What does it mean searching hymen inside an 18-yr-old daughter's vaginal opening? Hon Priscilla Mishihairabwi-Mushonga I need an
Much as we would like to believe that our societies and families are holier than thou: far from it. We are worse off today, yesterday and a century ago. Violence against women and girl-children is pre...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 14:17hrs | 3913 | by Nomazulu Thata
Inter-city bus services resume
Inter-city public transport will now resume under strict health guidelines following the reopening of examination classes in schools and the resumption of domestic tourism, but operators of long-dista...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | 2429 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa feud escalates
THE senseless blood-letting in the MDC continues with interim president Thokozani Khupe wielding the axe on 11 more councillors in Harare, including deputy mayor Enock Mupamawonde. This c...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:48hrs | 4723 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's CIOs still pursuing activists linked to #31JulyProtests
SOME of the people linked to the foiled July 31 mass demonstrations claimed yesterday that they were still being trailed by suspected State security agents despite being recently cleared by the police...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:47hrs | 1460 | by Staff reporter
ZimThrive donates to Parirenyatwa hospital to help fight Covid-19 in Zimbabwe
ZimThrive, in collaboration with Covid-19 Zimbabwe, has donated $5900 USD to Parirenyatwa hospital to support the welfare of frontline health workers.The rise in cases in Zimbabwe has led to a...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | 309 | by ZimThrive
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