South Africa-based Zimbabwean gospel musician Hope Kondo has taken advantage of the digital space to launch her second single titled ‘I am on the heart of God’. The single follows Ndidzidziseyiwo Kunamata which was produced 10 months ago and has received favourable airplay and reviews locally and South Africa. “I …
Read More »Chiwenga Checks Into Private Harare Hospital
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was admitted to a hospital in Harare on Thursday for what sources described as a “long-planned procedure”. The 65-year-old retired army general arrived at the Trauma Centre in Borrowdale just before 3PM in a six-vehicle convoy flashing blue lights, with sirens turned off. Chiwenga walked into …
Read More »UN Issues Nuclear Appeal To Russia & Ukraine
Risking damage to Ukraine’s Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is “unacceptable,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated on Thursday. Kiev and Moscow must negotiate on making it off-limits for any military action, he emphasized. “I urge the parties to withdraw any military personnel and equipment from the plant and refrain from any …
Read More »Switzerland No Longer A Neutral State: Moscow
Switzerland cannot represent Ukraine’s diplomatic interests in Russia as it has given up its neutral status by joining anti-Russia sanctions, Moscow said on Thursday. Russian Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman Ivan Nechayev explained that Bern has asked whether it can represent Ukraine in Russia and vice versa, and that in response, …
Read More »Kenya Electorate Anxious As Tight Presidential Election Results Trickle In
–Opposition leader Raila Odinga faces Deputy Pres. William Ruto-Kenyans anxious for updates on close vote-Previous elections marred by violence, claims of rigging Two days after Kenya’s general election, officials had yet to announce who is leading the presidential race in East Africa’s regional powerhouse, as confused citizens struggled to make …
Read More »City Life Now A Burden For Many Zim Urbanites
“AT one point I even thought of going back home to stay with my parents because I could no longer afford city life,” said Thabeth Mlilo recalling her predicament at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. As the COVID-19 tight lockdowns condemned her indoors in Harare’s low-density suburb …
Read More »ZEP Crisis: Zim Ready To Receive Citizens Back From SA
Zimbabwe and South Africa will work together to find a common solution on the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP that are due to expire at the end of this year. This emerged yesterday during the mid-term review meeting of the third session of the Bi-National Commission (BNC) between Zimbabwe and South …
Read More »Dongo Lifts Lid On Liberation War Sex Abuses
War veteran Margaret Dongo says the story of sexual abuse of women ex-combatants by their commanders during the armed struggle in the military camps is yet to be told fully. Dongo lifted the lid on the sexual abuses during an interview with Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) chairman Trevor Ncube on …
Read More »Scandals Dog Biotechnology Authority
A state-owned research institute run by the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry continues to be dogged by reports of graft, maladministration and corporate mis-governance amid claims that officials from the country’s anti-corruption unit paid a blind eye to the case after being bribed. In 2021, senior management at the National …
Read More »Fear As Lions Stray From Porous National Parks
Last month, three stray lions pounced on cattle in Mwenezi district in Zimbabwe’s Masvingo province, wasting no time as they devoured three cows belonging to a local businessman popularly known as Mawombera. The dreaded kings of the jungle went on for two more kills — two cows that belonged to …
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