Mugabe takes holiday roam to China
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has left his usual Singapore holiday retreat for China, his deputy confirmed Tuesday.Mugabe left Harare last month for his annual holiday in the Far East, leaving civil servants...
View ArticleFormer Nigerian leaders sing for peace
LAGOS: Former Nigerian rulers have banded together to sing a hymn for peace in their troubled nation, with some acknowledging they had a role in creating the "mess." Their video wish for 2017 is...
View ArticleGambia's election chief flees country
RELATIVES say Gambia's election chief has fled the country because of threats made after he declared longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh had lost last month's presidential election.Family members told The...
View ArticleGweru budget: Govt orders wage bill cut
THE ministry of local government, public works and national housing has approved Gweru City Council's $41 million standstill budget with calls to rationalise the salaries which government say are not...
View ArticleMillers protest govt's 15pct rice tax plan
LOCAL grain millers want the government to halt a plan to impose a 15 percent tax on rice imports, which vie with corn as the southern African nation’s staple food.Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa...
View ArticleHarare man sets pregnant wife on fire
HARARE: A 21-year-old local man allegedly drenched his pregnant wife with paraffin and set her on fire after she refused to go and help his grandmother weed her garden.Tafadzwa Tichareva of Waterfalls...
View ArticleJanet Jackson pops up baby at 50
OH, BABY! Janet Jackson and her husband, Wissam Al Mana, have welcomed their first child together, the singer's rep confirms to Us Weekly. The 50-year-old music icon gave birth to a son on Tuesday,...
View ArticleVienna-based Vusa Mkhaya Byo bound
Vusa Mkhaya is perhaps one of the most listened to Zimbabwean musicians based in the diaspora. His hit, Manyanyatha, is receiving positive reviews and limitless airplay. Here, he answers our (your?)...
View ArticleMashizha: If only there could be peace
WHEN we began this column I gave the undertaking that it would be a no-holds –barred affair. I am happy to say that that has largely been the case. For that reason, I would like to acknowledge all...
View ArticleNSSA boss nabbed for $8 million fraud
FORMER National Social Security Authority (NSSA) general manager, James Mwayiyapo, 59, was Wednesday dragged to court for allegedly misrepresenting the market value of a stand prejudicing the company...
View ArticleC/Justice row: MDC-T vows ‘crippling’ demo
MDC-T says it is mulling “crippling” demonstrations against the government’s decision to amend the Constitution to allow President Robert Mugabe to cherry pick the Chief Justice.The ministry of...
View ArticleOver 100 MPs, activists on trial in Jan alone
MORE than 100 Zimbabweans will in January stand trial on various charges related to staging protests against President Robert Mugabe’s administration over the deteriorating political and economic...
View ArticleTyphoid: Govt bans fruits, veg vendors
THOUSANDS of vendors and their families are likely to go hungry following the decision by government to ban the vending of fruits, vegetables and meat in an effort to fight the spread of typhoid which...
View ArticleVeteran Zim journalist Bill Saidi dies
VETEREN Zimbabwean journalist and author Sylvester William Saidi has died in Zambia.He was 79.News filtered through, Wednesday, that the former editor of various newspapers such as The Daily News and...
View ArticleCholera fears: Govt appeals to Magaya, NGOs
GOVERNMENT has appealed for financial support from prophets, the corporate world and the donor partners in the fight against typhoid amid fears of cholera outbreak.According to government, typhoid has...
View ArticleThe mug saga: Irate Mnangagwa speaks
VICE PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has lashed out at individuals whom he claimed sought to use his name to cause disharmony between him and President Robert Mugabe for the benefit of “hostile...
View ArticleUganda opposition asks ICC on killings
KAMPALA, Uganda : A group of opposition members in Uganda's parliament has petitioned the International Criminal Court to investigate the killing of dozens of people in clashes between a traditional...
View ArticleDRC crisis: Kabila backs Catholic role
KINSHASA: Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila gave the green light on Wednesday for the Catholic Church to pursue mediation to end the crisis sparked by his refusal to step down,...
View ArticleSeeking cash, Zim sells 35 elephants
HARARE: Zimbabwe's wildlife agency said Thursday it has sold 35 elephants to China to ease overpopulation and raise funds for conservation, amid criticism from animal welfare activists that such sales...
View ArticleSA: Zim nationals rescued from trafficker
POLOKWANE – Four Zimbabwe nationals were rescued and a 25-year-old man arrested for alleged human trafficking in Chebeng Village, near Seshego, on Monday.According to a statement issued by Hawks...
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