ZIMBABWE has in the past few years seen cancer cases almost double with over 10 000 cancer deaths recorded in 2020 alone. Dr Nothando Mutizira, head of Parirenyatwa Radiotherapy Centre Consultant Clinical and Radiation Oncologist at Parirenyatwa Hospital told the Health Portfolio Parly Committee that cancer cases were now high, with new cases expected. This […]
Members of Parliament have accused the Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube of absconding National Assembly sessions while turning down calls to come and present a ministerial statement over the deepening economic crisis. Speaking during a Parliamentary session on Tuesday, Kuwadzana East MP Charlton Hwende, said Ncube has a case to answer over […]
ZIMBABWEAN Olympian Donata Katai is set to continue her promising swimming career in the US after securing a scholarship with Princeton University. Princeton women’s swimming and diving team, who are popularly known as the Princeton Tigers are the defending Ivy League champions. Katai is one of the two new international swimmers in their roster alongside […]
PARLIAMENT morphed into chaos as opposition legislators demanded Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube’s appearance before the National Assembly as the economy continues on a downward spiral. Zimbabwe’s economy is faltering; prices of goods and basic necessities are soaring, the local currency is fast losing value against the greenback, bringing back memories of the hyper inflationary […]
ZIMBABWE Republic Police had to intervene after fading opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) members caused commotion, baying for Morgen Komichi’s blood as he announced a splinter group. There appears to be an insatiable appetite for power within MDC as tussles to salvage what is left of a once formidable political party continues. Komichi, Wednesday, […]
ZIMBABWE international striker Tino Kadewere has been linked with a move to French topflight league side Montpellier after the completion of his loan spell at Spanish outfit Real Mallorca. Kadewere will return to his parent club Olympique Lyon, with whom he still has a year remaining on his contract, after spending last season on loan […]
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Harare North Allan ‘Rusty’ Markham stormed out of the national assembly after Zanu PF legislator, Joseph Chinotimba, hurled racial slurs him. This is a latest episode of racial discrimination against Markham who earlier this week was described as vasina mabvi by fellow opposition member, Tendai Biti. Biti and […]
Tobacco sales conducted so far have raked in a total US$793,2 million , a figure which is 54% up compared to the total sum realized in the same period last year, the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) revealed this week. According to the latest update, 262,6 million kgs of tobacco has been sold to date […]
Robert Mugabe Junior, son of late former President has been hit with fresh criminal charges of assault. In February he was dragged to court accused of malicious damage to property after he smashed his friend, Simbiso Nkatazo’s vehicle. This time, Mugabe is accused of assaulting Nkatazo’s relative, Robert Karimbika. He was served with summons this […]
Zimbabwe spent a total US$125,4 million on diesel and petrol imports in March 2023, revealing an increase from the year’s first two months, Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) data has revealed. The data shows that in March 2023, US$83,8 million was spent on diesel imports with petrol imports chewing up US$41,6 million to give a […]
Incarcerated Zengeza West legislator, Job Sikhala has penned a heartfelt letter from Chikurubi Maximum Prison reflecting on his one year of pre-trial detention on allegations of inciting public violence. Sikhala is accused of inciting public violence in the wake of slain CCC activist Moreblessing Ali’s funeral in Chitungwiza’s Nyatsime area last year. The letter, filled […]
Harare — East Member of Parliament Tendai Biti has called for a raft of measures including stripping the central bank’s Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) of its sole right to buy gold as part of efforts to curb minerals smuggling Speaking in parliament, Biti also called for the immediate amendment of the Gold Act to […]
FORMER Zanu PF political commissar and 2023 presidential aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere has narrated, in a yet-to-be-published book, how he survived 15 minutes of massive gunfire during the 2017 coup that toppled late President Robert Mugabe. Kasukuwere was one of those within Zanu PF’s G40 faction put on top of the military’s ‘hit-list’ at the height […]
LEARNING institutions with large numbers of students have become breeding spaces for rampant indiscipline, drug and substance abuse due to difficulty in monitoring individual learners, a senior official in the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said. Makonde District Schools Inspector (DSI), Solomon Katoma said by virtue of such large numbers, keeping learners under […]
As the economy continues to tumble, some rural communities have resorted to harbouring illegal miners and traders from authorities in exchange for cash to help cushion themselves against poverty, a report has revealed. The report titled ‘Illicit Trading In Minerals and Mineral Leakages’ was presented in Parliament by the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs […]
England-based Zimbabwean midfielder Munashe Sundire has completed a move to English side Slough Town Football Club following his departure from St Albans City. Nicknamed “The Rebels”, Slough Town competes in the National League South, which is the sixth tier of English football, following promotion from the Southern League at the end of the 2017-18 season […]
Spread This News PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has blamed the opposition for allegedly roping in Western allies to destroy the local currency under a well-orchestrated scheme aimed at causing civil unrest. This follows the massive depreciation of the local currency on both the formal and official exchange rate markets. US$1 is currently trading at a high […]
Spread This News PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred the late ZANU founding leader Ndabaningi Chandiwana Sithole with national hero status over two decades after his death. Sithole, an African nationalist was honoured at a ceremony in Mt Selinda, Chipinge on Saturday where his remains are interred. Mnangagwa did not attend the event and was represented […]