A CHIVHU woman, Emelda Marizani — who killed her four daughters in cold blood in 2020 — has been sentenced to four life terms in prison. Marizani was convicted of the gruesome murder of her children last Friday, after she poisoned them, slit their throats and then set the house that they were in on…
YOUTH across Zimbabwe’s 10 districts accounted for 76 percent of political violence in the last three months, according to a study conducted by the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC). This comes amid growing concerns that political violence could mar this year’s harmonised elections.The study titled the “Zimbabwe National Pulse Report” sought to analyse Zimbabwe’s political…
By Ketty Nyoni HARARE City Council (HCC) has expressed fears that it might not be able to contain cholera should there be an outbreak owing to its deteriorating Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) situation. This comes as the local authority has so far recorded its first suspected cholera case since the disease was reported in…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES have urged the public to remain vigilant and to get used to living with Covid, as the respiratory disease is still a major threat that is likely here to stay. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, the chief coordinator for the…
THE first of Al Jazeera’s four-episode documentary on alleged rampant money laundering and gold smuggling in Zimbabwe aired yesterday. This came a day after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) ordered a probe into the allegations against businessman Ewan Macmillan and preacher Uebert Mudzanire, popularly known as Uebert Angel. Macmillan and Angel featured prominently in…
By Ketty Nyoni THE government says it is most likely going to miss its target of being able to provide clean water and sanitation to all by 2030 owing to increased demand for the precious liquid. Speaking on behalf of President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the United Nations 2023 water conference in New York on Wednesday,…
BUSINESS and ordinary consumers are reeling under worsening power cuts as Zesa has in recent days enforced punishing 15-hour daily outages across the country due to low power generation. According to daily updates by the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), a Zesa subsidiary, the power utility on Wednesday produced 361 megawatts (MW) and 810MW yesterday against…
By Ketty Nyoni INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa has urged women to lead by example and exercise their right to vote regardless of which party they support as this year’s elections fast approach. Addressing female journalists at the Zimbabwe Wan-IFRA Women in News Alums skills Building and Networking Conference held in Harare yesterday, Mutsvangwa said there…
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) is escalating its engagements with political parties, the police and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to ensure that peace prevails before, during and after this year’s national polls. Speaking in Harare yesterday, during a meeting with Zanu PF, the MDC, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), the police…
By Brandon Josphat ZANU PF will conduct its primary polls on Saturday to elect its parliamentary and council elections candidates for this year’s harmonised polls. The primaries were postponed last week after thousands of would-be MPs and councillors submitted their curriculum vitae (CVs) to contest in the polls initially pencilled for last Saturday. Zanu PF’s…
