Former leader of a South African opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), Mmusi Maimane was on Friday involved in a heated exchange with two top Zimbabwean government officials. Maimane initially reacted to an excerpt of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s statement at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly that …
Read More »Mmusi Maimane Takes On Charamba, Mangwana
Former leader of a South African opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), Mmusi Maimane was on Friday involved in a heated exchange with two top Zimbabwean government officials. Maimane initially reacted to an excerpt of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s statement at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly that …
Read More »Mnangagwa Forges Ahead With Controversial Constitution Amendments
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Thursday told the United Nations his administration was forging ahead with amendments to the national constitution, a process which has been dismissed by opponents as an attempt to entrench his rule. Addressing the UN General Assembly, the president said the amendments would strengthen the country’s Constitution. “New …
Read More »Zim Tourism Sector Lost US$1b During Covid-19 Lockdown
ZIMBABWE could have lost between US$500 million and US$1 billion during the closure of the tourism sector due to the devastating coronavirus lockdown, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has estimated. In an interview with NewZim TV’s Business Brief on NewZimbabwe.com, ZTA spokesperson Godfrey Koti said the pandemic had a crippling …
Read More »Defamation wrangle sucks in Jah Prayzah
A Netherlands embassy official, Harry Davies, is being sued for US$100 000 in damages after he allegedly defamed two real estate companies in comments posted on his Twitter handle. West Properties (Private) Limited and Pokugara Properties (Private) Limited claim to have been defamed by Davies on September 7 this year …
Read More »Man City, Liverpool and Villa advance in League Cup
Holders Manchester City needed a Phil Foden goal 15 minutes from time to see off Bournemouth 2-1 and reach the fourth round of the League Cup, while Liverpool ran riot in a 7-2 win at Lincoln on Thursday. City have won the competition for the past three years, but Pep …
Read More »Haye backs Chisora to beat Usyk
David Haye is “thankful” the coronavirus pandemic delayed Dereck Chisora’s heavyweight boxing fight against Oleksandr Usyk. He believes it will work out helping the Zimbabwe-born Briton to victory. The two were supposed to clash on May 23 at the O2 Arena in London, but the Covid-19 outbreak in the UK …
Read More »Bosso eye Marvelous Nakamba reward
HIGHLANDERS are about to reap rewards for the role they played in the development of Aston Villa midfielder Marvelous Nakamba and Turkey-based defender Teenage Hadebe about a decade ago. Nakamba turned out for Highlanders in 2007 and 2008, touring Durban, South Africa with Bosso as an Under-15 player in a …
Read More »CID Director arrested over corruption
CID director Commissioner Chrispen Charumbira was arrested this Thursday by the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) on allegations of accepting protection money from drug and gold dealers to stop criminal investigations. He was arrested after seven of his junior officers alleged he had been interfering with their duties by protecting drug …
Read More »Pupils to proceed to next grade
Pupils will proceed to the next grade next year despite limited learning this year, Senators heard yesterday. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said preventing pupils from going to the next grade would clog their streams. Minister Mutsvangwa, who is the new leader of Government business in Senate, …
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