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By Fungi Kwaramba and Mugove Tafirenyika Former Zanu PF women’s league bigwigs, Eunice Sandi Moyo and Sarah Mahoka, have thrown down the gauntlet at powerful First Lady Grace Mugabe to provide the evidence that shows that the duo misappropriated funds donated to the wing by well-wishers. Until the two women’s fall from grace, Mahoka — […]
By Fungi Kwaramba Bullish opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has vowed to finish off President Robert Mugabe and his warring ruling Zanu PF in next year’s make-or-break national elections — adding that he stands ready to lead the planned grand coalition. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Daily News yesterday, the fit again former prime […]
By Gift Phiri Hard-pressed President Robert Mugabe’s government is issuing Treasury Bills (TBs) in a desperate move to raise money to pay restive civil servants’ 2016 bonuses, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa told the National Assembly last week. This comes as government buckled under pressure from the agitated public workers, who turned down government’s residential stands […]
The decision by President Robert Mugabe’s stone-broke government to implement a five percent health levy on airtime and mobile data will hit hard long-suffering ordinary Zimbabweans who are reeling from multiple effects of a dying economy, experts say. This comes as two weeks ago, government enacted the new tax into law through the Finance Act […]
By Tarisai Machakaire Jailed Independent End Time Message founder Robert Martin Gumbura’s fresh rape charge has been dropped. Had he been convicted, his current 40-year jail term — imposed in 2013 over four counts of rape — could have been lengthened. He was removed from remand on the fresh rape charge yesterday that emerged following […]
By Fungi Kwaramba Zanu PF has warned opposition parties that they will face a rout of epic proportions in the much-anticipated watershed elections next year in which they are expected to participate as a coalition. Speaking to the Daily News after retaining the Mwenezi East constituency at the weekend, fit-again Zanu PF spokesperson, Simon Khaya […]
By Farayi Machamire Students studying towards medical degrees at the University of Zimbabwe’s College Of Health Sciences now qualify to secure licences to practice in California after they graduate, University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has said. This follows a long-standing collaborative partnership between UZ and University of California which was established in 1994. “In a most […]
Arsenal’s hopes of finishing in the Premier League top-four suffered a huge blow as they suffered a humiliating 3-0 defeat at relegation-threatened Crystal Palace on Monday. Palace, winners of four of their previous five league games, started in confident fashion and opened the scoring when former Tottenham Hotspur winger Andros Townsend swept the ball home […]
By Takura Zhangazha Analysing Zimbabwe’s opposition political parties is to arrive at a precarious opinion and position. Especially if one attempts to shed a bit of bias and seeks to contextually hold the opposition to the highest political standards or measurements. The main reason why the opposition political parties do not take kindly to criticism […]
Former Zimbabwe international Alois Bunjira has challenged the Premiership players to breach the 15-goal mark in the race for the Golden Boot this season. The 1996 Golden Boot winner criticised the opening week of the Premiership campaign after 10 goals were scored in nine games, with five of them coming from one team. But the […]