Politics

Mashonaland Central’s Chief Chipuriro, born Clever Mashiki has called on his subjects to welcome all legal investors that would want to work in his chiefdom without considering colour, creed or race. This follows the recent onslaught against the Chinese by Chief Chiweshe, born Matthew Chitemamuswe. Chief Chipuriro has given his …

anet Banana, the widow of Zimbabwe’s first president Canaan Banana died aged 83 on Thursday, her family announced. She died at Bulawayo’s Mater Dei Hospital from a kidney ailment, according to her niece Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga. “She has been battling a kidney ailment for quite sometime. She went into hospital on …

The Freedom of Information Act has been hailed as a progressive law which will amplify and complement other human rights. Children’s rights activists in Hwange have revealed that the new Act is also a tool for the promotion of children’s rights. Children’s rights activist, Mr Calvin Manika, who is the …

By Mercy Mungoriwo An upsurge of Covid-19 infections in the country has sent the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) into shutting down all its offices countrywide. This will be for a period of 14 days. ZEC follows another bold act by State entity, TelOne, which has sent all its unvaccinated employees …

A week of violence that has engulfed South Africa slowly began to ebb on Thursday, and people counted the cost of an orgy of arson and looting that has destroyed hundreds of businesses and killed at least 70 people. Looting continued in parts of the eastern port city of Durban, …

The Zimbabwean economy will lose up to 25 million US dollars if the ongoing riots in South Africa continue for another week. This is according to Takunda Mugaga, president of the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC). Speaking to the SABC in Harare, Mugaga said disruptions of routes into Zimbabwe …

Former president Jacob Zuma is guilty of contempt of court for failure to comply with an order of the Constitutional Court to honour a summons to appear before the state capture commission, the apex court found on Tuesday. Handing down the court’s decision on behalf of the majority, justice Sisi …

Strive Masiyiwa, the Zimbabwean telecommunications billionaire tasked with helping the African Union (AU) secure Covid-19 vaccines, said the shortage of doses on the continent was a consequence of deliberate action by the world’s richest nations. While the US has fully vaccinated 45 percent of its people, the UK 47 percent and the European Union 29 percent, Africa …

Heroic Roman Catholic Priest, Father Emmanuel Ribeiro has died. The government spokesperson, Nick Mangwana confirmed the death saying Father Ribeiro died Thursday morning at St. Anne’s Hospital in Harare.  “It is sad to learn that Father Emmanuel Ribeiro has passed on in the early hours of this morning. Father Ribeiro …

The Supreme Court has acquitted Movement for Democratic Change activists Last Maengahama and Tungamirai Madzorera on murder charges, Nhau has learnt. The duo had been incarcerated at Chikurubi Maximum prison for the past eight years after being convicted of murdering police Inspector Petros Mutedza in 2011. This was after Insp …