Will Mnangagwa Suffer Joice Mujuru’s Fate?
Radio VOP By Sij Ncube 16 February 2016 Harare, February 16, 2016 – VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa appears to be trudging towards the same fate that visited his predecessor Joice Mujuru but analysts are quick to so-nicknamed Crocodile is made of sterner stuff. Mujuru, the former Zanu PF and Zimbabwe vice president, was summarily fired
O & A’Level high-flyers spark debate
The Standard By Phyllis Mbanje 14 February 2016 The release of Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced Level 2015 examination results has seen proud parents and guardians of students who produced a string of A grades taking to social media to flaunt their children’s achievements. Some candidates scored as many as 30 points
Zimbabwe dithers as hunger stalks
Zimbabwe Independent By Hazel Ndebele 12 February 2016 ZIMBABWE risks losing out on international relief assistance after government’s late declaration of a state of disaster in the wake of the El Nino induced drought, which has left nearly three million people requiring urgent food aid. This comes amid indications that most international relief agencies have
Teachers Need Motivation, Minister
Financial Gazette 4 February 2016 By Andrew Kunambura WHEN Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Lazarus Dokora, is in the news, you bet he has opened his mouth yet again to say something provocative. It looks like the man really loves the limelight and will grab it at all cost, notwithstanding the damage it inflicts on
Controversial run out ignites Twitter storm
The Star (Jamaica) 3 February 2016 The West Indies Under-19 team ignited a Twitter storm in the wee hours of yesterday morning (Jamaica time) during their Under-19 Cricket World Cup group match against Zimbabwe in Chittagong, Bangladesh. West Indies Under-19 won the match in controversial fashion by two runs after pacer Keemo Paul, during his
Bottled water is ‘the new gold’ in drought-hit Harare
Reuters By Ray Mwareya 2 February 2016 The joke in Harare these days is that more people per square metre are drinking bottled water here – in the drought-hit capital of Zimbabwe – than in wealthy Manhattan. Harare has developed a huge appetite for bottled water. An estimated 300,000 litres change hands daily in this
Don’t heed Mugabe’s call, African countries told
News 24 1 February 2016 Harare – Zimbabwean opposition parties have reportedly described as “absurd” President Robert Mugabe’s anti-UN and West speech at the just-ended African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mugabe told delegates at the AU’s 26th ordinary summit over the weekend that African countries would not hesitate to pull out of the
Mugabe’s spin doctors in public spat
News24 Correspondent 1 February 2016 Harare – “The gloves are off,” tweeted one prominent Zimbabwe opposition official. Said another: “I’m enjoying every bit.” Zimbabweans, not just those in the ranks of the Movement for Democratic Change, have been watching with something approaching glee as President Robert Mugabe’s spokesman and his ex-information minister tear into each
Opposition Parties Dismiss Mugabe’s Anti-West Rant As Absurd, Say Zim Strongman Not Fit to Accuse Others
New Zimbabwe.com 31 January 2016 OPPOSITION parties have dismissed President Robert Mugabe’s rant aimed at western nations particularly the United Nations Security Council composition, saying the veteran leader had better look at himself in the mirror first. Addressing the 26th African Union summit in Ethiopia at the weekend, Mugabe lashed out at the west, saying
Four Arrested in Zimbabwe Bomb Plot
News24 Wire 26 January 2016 Police in Zimbabwe have arrested four men, including two soldiers, on charges of plotting to bomb President Robert Mugabe’s dairy outside Harare, according to reports on Tuesday. The four appeared under heavy police guard at the Harare Magistrates’ Court on Monday on charges of “possession of weaponry for sabotage and