By Staff Reporter HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume was Wednesday arrested by police on charges which were not immediately clear to the media. His party, MDC Alliance announced the arrest in a statement. “In yet another case of persecution and weaponisation of the law against MDC Alliance members, Harare Mayor [Jacob Mafume] has been arrested by
Mailonline Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60 after suffering a cardiac arrest, according to multiple reports. The football legend had a heart attack at his home just two weeks after leaving hospital where he underwent surgery on a blot clot in his brain. Maradona, regarded as one of the greatest footballers of
BBC The Duchess of Sussex has revealed she had a miscarriage in July, writing in an article of feeling “an almost unbearable grief”. “I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second,” Meghan said in a piece for the New York Times. She went on to describe how she watched
Herald The Ministry of Health and Child Care has with immediate effect closed Chinhoyi High School to non-examination day scholars, while Covid-19 positive and negative candidates will write examinations in separate rooms after 57 students tested positive on Monday. While the school has been cordoned off to outside learners, examination candidates will be allowed to
By Anna Chibamu GOVERNMENT is set to intensify enforcement on the country’s lockdown measures after cases of Covid-19 have surged in the recent past. This was announced at a post-cabinet media briefing in Harare Tuesday by the acting chairperson Tourism Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu. Ndlovu reiterated the country’s lockdown and curfew measures still existed adding
By Costa Nkomo STAUNCH Dynamos Football Club fan Freddy Mugadza was finally laid to rest at Harare’s Glen Forest cemetery Tuesday, seven months after his death in the United States of America. Mugadza, affectionately known as Pasuwa after the former Dembare gaffer, died on April 11, 2020 after a heart attack. He was 42. Following
By Staff Reporter THERE was drama at SAPES Trust Tuesday when a group of suspected Zanu PF activists tried to disrupt MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti’s State of The Economy address at the event. The group members are well known for belonging to Citizens Forum, a lobby group linked to the ruling party. SAPES
By Robert Tapfumaneyi CABINET has approved the Roadmap to a US$8 billion Industrial and Commercial sector, which outlines the plan to raise the manufacturing and commercial sector contribution to GDP from the current US$7.16 billion to US$8.03 billion by 2023, through the sector’s diversified 94 sub-sectors. In the in the interim, according to Cabinet, the
By Sports Reporter WARRIORS midfielder Ovidy Karuru is closing in on a move back to the South African Premiership after being spotted at Black Leopards training where he is trying to win himself a contract. The 31-year-old Zimbabwe international has not been attached since being discarded by fellow Dstv Premiership side Stellenbosch at the end
By Alois Vinga RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) allotments to industry Tuesday rose, further reaching a new high of US$32.9 million coupled with the official exchange rate stability. The auction first reached the peak in September this year after allotting US$31.6 million to industry. A fortnight ago, the auction reached the second highest figure of
BBC US President-elect Joe Biden will formally introduce the first people he has chosen for his cabinet later, as the transition of power gathers pace. Many of the choices, already announced, are Mr Biden’s colleagues from his years in the Obama administration. John Kerry will be climate envoy, while foreign policy veteran Antony Blinken is
By Robert Tapfumaneyi AUDIT obtained data on goods in transit for the period 2015 to 2018 for trucks that entered the country has shown that trucks were taking up to 586 days awaiting border clearance. Delays in clearing goods in transit had resulted in some goods being illegally offloaded into the country, Mildred Chiri said
By Staff Reporter VICTORIA FALLS has seen a spate of streets lights solar panels and battery thefts with the town’s mayor saying this has affected the local authority’s operations. The municipality says about 60 percent of the town’s street lights have been affected. In an interview with New Zimbabwe.com, mayor, Somvelo Dlamini expressed concern over
By Mary Taruvinga HIGH Court judge, Pisirayi Kwenda has reserved his judgement in a case in which mother to the late fitness model, Mitchell ‘Moana’ Amuli is seeking involvement in the burial process of her daughter. Moana died in tragic circumstances 8 November when late businessman and socialite Genius ‘Ginimbi’ Kadungure collided with a Honda
Mailonline President-elect Joe Biden is bringing back Secretary of State John Kerry as part of a cabinet that is high on former Obama Administration officials as well as racial and ethnic diversity. Kerry, who served as secretary of state under Obama and the Democratic Party nominee in 2004, is to be Biden’s climate czar. The
By Sports Reporter Dynamos’ preparations for the new football season received a major boost following the unveiling of new kit sponsorship deal with the England-based sportswear provider On the Ball (OTB) Looks Sportswear on Monday. The kit sponsorship deal, which is worth US$ 300 000, will see OTB Looks Sportswear, who are aiming to penetrate
By Sports Reporter CONFEDERATION of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad has been banned for five years after being found to have breached various codes of ethics. BREAKING: Ahmad banned by Fifa for FIVE years. The @CAF_Online boss has been found to have breached various codes of ethics. -Duty of loyalty-Offering and accepting gifts or other
News24 THE South Africa National Editors Forum (SANEF), Southern African Editor’s Forum, and African Editors Forum have called for charges to be dropped against Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin’ono. They also reiterated their appeal to President Cyril Ramaphosa to use the means at his disposal as African Union chairperson to help secure his release. Chin’ono was
By Mary Taruvinga A HARARE lawyer, who is also a disability rights activist has approached the High Court demanding to know the total amount of debt that Zimbabwe owes to internal and external creditors. The activist, Abraham Mateta wants the information to be made public arguing that it is unlawful for government to hide the
By Bulawayo Correspondent THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has described the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ)’s issuance of six commercial television broadcasting licences as a façade as the beneficiaries have been exposed as Zanu PF sympathisers. BAZ Friday awarded six national commercial television station licences to operate in the country, breaking ZBC’s 40-year
