Zvamaida Murwira Online Writer OPPOSITION CCC councillors were yesterday sworn-in in local authorities around the country with the party’s legislators also set to take oath of office today, signalling the party’s endorsement of the recently held harmonised elections. Analysts said the CCC hypocrisy stinks to high heavens as their leader cannot concede defeat in the […] …
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Monthly Archives: September 2023
Legislators take oaths today
Farirai Machivenyika Online Reporter Newly elected legislators from the National Assembly and Senate will be sworn-in today and also choose the presiding officers for the two houses. First to take their oaths will be Members of the National Assembly beginning at 10am while the senators will take theirs in the afternoon from 2.30pm. After […] …
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Zim poll crisis hogs global limelight… as SA, Namibian presidents roasted
Source: Zim poll crisis hogs global limelight… as SA, Namibian presidents roasted –Newsday Zimbabwe CONTROVERSY over Zimbabwe’s disputed elections continues to hog the global limelight as foreign Parliaments debate the polls which saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa being declared winner last month. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Namibian counterpart, Hage Geingob, were this week […] …
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Mutoko CEO, cllr in cemetery stand ‘scandal’
Source: Mutoko CEO, cllr in cemetery stand ‘scandal’ –Newsday Zimbabwe MUTOKO Rural District Council (RDC) chief executive officer Reason Makore and a former councillor, Robson Jembere, have been implicated in a scandal involving construction of a commercial building in a cemetery. Jembere was the local councillor before Batsirayi Chitiyo assumed office. Chief Mutoko told NewsDay […] …
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Heads turn over G40 kingpins’ presence at ED’s inauguration
Source: Heads turn over G40 kingpins’ presence at ED’s inauguration -Newsday Zimbabwe PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa invited his former Zanu PF rivals to his inauguration in a calculated move to give a semblance of legitimacy to his disputed win as well as pacify them in the process, some political observers have opined. On Monday, Mnangagwa invited […] …
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Bitterness of sugar will soon spoil the party
Source: Bitterness of sugar will soon spoil the party –Newsday Zimbabwe THE turf war between the country’s two major producers of carbonated drinks has brought sweetness to many Zimbabweans, but the same sweetness will sooner rather than later manifest in the bitterness of a long list of health conditions that result from the overconsumption of […] …
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Zim’s cotton production up 67%
Source: Zim’s cotton production up 67% –Newsday Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE’S cotton production increased by 67% to 89,6 million kilogrammes during the 2022/23 farming season, statistics from the Agricultural Marketing Authority (Ama) show. In terms of value, the white gold generated US$29,7 million and ZWL$24,1 billion. State-run Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) absorbed 76,84% of the total […] …
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Teen killed in gold turf war
Online Reporter A TEENAGER from Chirumhanzu District in Midlands province was on Monday allegedly fatally stoned by six gold panners in a gold turf war at Wonderer mine in Shurugwi. Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the incident. “A 19-year-old Chirumhanzu teenager lost his life after being stoned and assaulted by six unknown […] …
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Pakistan and Bangladesh pay respects to Streak
Brandon Moyo, Brandonmalvin9@gmail.com PAKISTAN and Bangladesh cricket teams observed a minute of silence for the late Zimbabwe Cricket legend, Heath Streak who succumbed to cancer on Sunday morning at his family farm at Enthokozweni in Inyathi. Streak was 49 at the time of his death. Before the start of the Super Four Asia Cup encounter […] …
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Accomplished engineer Andrew Siwela-Mpala dies
Chronicle Writer VETERAN engineer and former senior civil servant, Engineer Andrew Siwela-Mpala has died. He was 82. Eng Mpala died in Harare on Tuesday after a long illness, his eldest son, Eng Tamsanqa Mpala, confirmed, and said the family was devastated. “Dad has left a huge legacy to the Mpala family, one on which we […] …
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