HARARE – In Zimbabwe, the month of November is revered by most cultures and in traditionally considered as a sacred month. So scared is the month that traditional rituals and rain making ceremonies are suspended and no marriages are supposed to take place as it is believed ancestors will be taking a break. “There is…
HARARE – As part of activities marking the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence — a campaign to galvanise action to end violence against women and girls around the world —Zimbabwean campaigners have joined those around the world to challenge attitudes on violence against women and girls. The campaign began on International Day for…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is undergoing bond notes substitution and progressive unofficial dollarisation, economists have said. This comes as more citizens are shunning the national currency in favour of the historically more stable US dollar. Zimbabwe abandoned its inflation-ravaged Zimdollar in 2009 and adopted a basket of foreign currencies. Since then, the US dollar has been…
HARARE – Doctors have threatened to unfurl a crippling strike citing unfavourable economic conditions that have virtually wiped off their salaries. Mxolisi Ngwenya, spokesperson of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctor’ Association (ZHDA), told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that the doctors are not happy with a number of issues that include unfulfilled promises, as well…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has said Elliot Piki — who was allegedly abducted from his home last Sunday afternoon and suddenly pitched up at the official probe looking into the August 1 killings on Tuesday — was not a retired army colonel but a senior officer dishonourably discharged from the army for…
HARARE – Fifteen people were yesterday injured when an Intercape bus enroute to Malawi overturned along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the bus was coming from South Africa with 47 passengers on board. Nyathi said the incident occurred in the early hours of yesterday morning in an area called Nyanda which…
HARARE – The Daily News on Sunday will be on the market next week with a new look and riveting content that meets the expectations of the Zimbabwean reader. Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) Editor-in-Chief Hama Saburi said the revamp of the weekly is in response to readers’ demands. “We listened to our readers and…
HARARE – Flamboyant businessman and socialite Genius Kadungure was yesterday acquitted of fraud in a matter he was accused of duping Chegutu West Zanu PF legislator Dexter Nduna of more than R1 million. Ginimbi, as he is popularly known, allegedly also duped Kwekwe-based brothers Enock and Evon Gatawa. He had protested his innocence and pleaded…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday did the official ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of new Parliament in Mt Hampden. Construction of the Chinese-funded new bicameral Parliament building will take 32 months. Speaking at the ceremony, Mnangagwa said the country received a grant from China to construct the new Parliament, a pointer to the good…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has re-assured under-fire vice president Elias Mudzuri that his position is secure even after being booed off stage by opposition supporters at a Harare rally on Thursday. Mudzuri was forced to abort his address, as tempers flared over his recent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the president’s offices…
