The Meteorological service Department (MSD) yesterday warned that heavy rains accompanied by violent storms will hit the country starting tomorrow until December 30, 2023. In a statement, MSD said there were risks of flooding in low-lying areas. “Thunder and lightning accompanied by hailstones, and strong damaging winds are anticipated across …

By Daniel Kachere News Editor In what appears to be a circus within the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leadership in Harare Metropolitan, lawyer and councillor Jacob Mafume has been re-elected Harare Mayor. Mafume’s term came to an end before the August harmonised elections paving way for Ian Makone. …

By Gilbert Munetsi recently in Lusaka, Zambia A four-member Zimbabwean boxing contingent that traveled to Zambia last weekend for champion boxer Charles Manyuchi’s Lusaka edition of the Grand Finale achieved a 100 percent record as they managed to beat their opponents in all contests participated in. Manyuchi (34) who has …

Harare High Court judge Esther Muremba has sentenced Pius Jamba Mukandi to 30 years in prison after his conviction for murdering Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Moreblessing Ali. Ali’s mutilated body was recovered in a well at Plot number 321 Denota Farm, Beatrice, on June 11 last year after …

By Staff ReporterZimbabwe’s Tsapo Group of Companies recently acquired a distributorship licence from India’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturing giant Ashok Leyland, Nhau/Indaba has established. The deal availed last week at Tsapo offices in Hatfield, Harare has been chided as an indicator of growing relations between India and Zimbabwe as Ashok …

It is another hot weekend where Zimbabwe’s talented artists promise fireworks at various local joints and beyond our borders. Take time out with family and friends for an experience of what they always do. Here is what to look forward to: Barn Yard Sundays As usual, it will be burning …

Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced a Z$59.5 trillion budget for 2024 on Thursday, raising the price of services and attempting to widen the tax base to shore up the government’s finances. The main opposition labelled his budget “anti-people” after he increased toll gate fees by 150 percent and also nearly …

President Mnangagwa left Harare last night for Dubai where he is expected to join nearly 100 000 delegates including Heads of State and Government at COP28, to try and find lasting solutions to climate change. The number of delegates make this year’s conference easily the biggest such conference in a …

Zimbabwe is facing a surge in domestic violence cases, with more men coming forward to report abuse by women. The country recorded 18,907 cases from January to October this year, an increase of 9.6% from the same period last year, according to police statistics. The police data shows that women …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired Industry and Commerce deputy minister Roy Bhila from government, hardly three months after he was elevated to the lofty job. This was announced in a statement Thursday by Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Martin Rushwaya. “His Excellency, the President of the Republic of …