WAR Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has berated some former fighters who challenged his liberation war credentials, saying he cannot be vetted in the streets.Matemadanda was reacting to cl...
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, not once but twice, last week, ruled out forming a government of national unity (GNU) with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.On the other hand, Chamisa continues to push f...
AT last, the long-awaited Cabinet is here. And it's full of shocks and surprises, with heavyweights falling by the wayside and lightweights making it to the much leaner list of President Emmerson Mnan...
The harmonised elections are barely a month away and aspirants of all persuasions are out in full force hugging babies, giving to the needy, officially opening bins and promising everything to everyon...
Leader of the 1980 Freedom Movement Francis Danha who was arrested after staging a protest during a peace pledge in Harare on Tuesday is contesting his prosecution over disorderly conduct charges argu...
A TOTAL of 23 candidates successfully filed their nomination papers last week enabling them to run in the presidential elections to be held on July 30, although it is self-evident the real race will b...
HEALTH and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa was yesterday elected the World health Organisation (WHO) 71st Assembly president, a position he will hold until next year.Dr Parirenyatwa takes ov...
The place is Durban.The weather is curiously autumnal for a city that knows not winter. Not as we know it anyway.A man with a clean shaven head and bright multi-coloured scarf beckons me excitedly. He...
THE World Health Organisation has banned industrially produced chips and other fatty fried foods from the global food supply to eliminate the risk of non communicable diseases that are killing million...
The Zanu PF primaries have come and gone, but the lingering worry for me is the number of people that have either criminal records or have been implicated in something dodgy that took part in the elec...
GAIN Cash and Carry is fast gaining a significant share of Zimbabwe's wholesale market, which was traditionally dominated by giants such as Mahomed Mussa. The company says its rapid penetration of the...
MDC-T president Nelson Chamisa said he was increasingly becoming "impatient" with his deputy Thokhozani Khupe and threatened to expel her from the party for refusing to recognize him as a legitimate l...
The opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), has found itself in a quandary yet again. It is a crisis symptomatic of the post-2013 general election which splintered the MDC and gave ...
BULAWAYO-BASED wholesaler, Fortwell Wholesale has set sights on expanding its product range next year as it forges ahead to become a one-stop-shop for consumers.Fortwell Wholesale general manager corp...
FOR those not familiar with the semiotics and nomenclature of Zimbabwean language and politics, "2008" represents a "time of great suffering" - something between the suffering of God's people in Bibli...
Theresa May took over as prime minister on Wednesday and has set about appointing her first cabinet.The key questions are how far she will go to stamp her own mark on the top team by bringing in fresh...
LAST Wednesday's closure of Bhadella Wholesalers in Mutare, which had been operating in the eastern border city for more than eight decades, has been met with mixed feelings by customers and various s...
Delta Corporation has renewed hostilities with beverage wholesalers amid allegations that the beverage manufacturer is demanding payment within three days despite holding security from customers.Whol...
The Zimbabwe Microfinance Wholesale Facility has disbursed loans worth at least $2,5 million to Micro Finance Institutions for on-lending to small businesses and the economically active poor since i...
In the last decade, good governance and sensible policy-making have been in short supply in Harare. But in 2009, at least one good decision was made: to scrap the failed Zimbabwean dollar in favour of...
Washington - The White House has assembled a short list of candidates to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, a source familiar with the process said last week, and US Treasury Secretary Jac...