adminVoters roll out by April: ZEC
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) expects the provisional voters’ roll to be out by early April and is cleaning up the data collected during the registration blitz to weed out double registrants and ensuring the correct allocation of polling stations to prospective voters.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Ex-president must not rewrite history
MANY Zimbabweans wished former President Robert Mugabe well when he retired near the end of November last year, under pressure from his own political party and hoped that not only would he have a dignified retirement, but that as passions cooled the record of his own legacy would highlight the successes of his long spell in power rather than the failures, and in a long public life there must be both.
Tsvangirai nurse found dead
THE Zimbabwean nurse working in a South African hospital, who caused a stir when a picture of her posing next to the late MDC-T president Mr Morgan Tsvangirai during his final days went viral on social media, has died, amid fears she could have been murdered.
Harare water set for automation
THE City of Harare will have its water distribution control equipment automated with state of the art remote control equipment as part of efforts to improve distribution efficiency to water consumers, under a $36 million donor facility managed by the African Development Bank (AFDB).
ZPC completes Kariba extension
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) will today start an around the clock seven-day test run for unit number 8 of the Kariba South, the second generator in the extension project.
President heads for DRC
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today leaves for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to meet his counterpart President Joseph Kabila as he resumes his courtesy calls on fellow Heads of State and Government in the region to apprise them of political developments in Zimbabwe that culminated in the resignation of his predecessor Cde Robert Mugabe last November.
‘Big Brother’ show replica on cards
A local production company, Channel Yedu, will soon host a new reality show dubbed ‘‘Big Sister’’ which is a replica of the popular “Big Brother Africa” show.
Teenage sensation sparkles
TEENAGE sensation Kudzi “KD’’ Dhemere somehow fittingly chose the special day, when King Peter celebrated his 45th birthday on Sunday, to script another beautiful tale for himself and add his name to the latest chapter of the intense age-old rivalry which divides the country’s Big Three football clubs.
Govt suspends continuous assessment of pupils
GOVERNMENT has suspended the controversial continuous assessment regime for Ordinary Level and Advanced Level pupils that was meant to start this year.
Populism: The MDC leadership albatross?
FRANZ FANON, one of the 20th Century’s most revolutionary voices, wrote in “The Wretched of the Earth”, “Each generation must discover its mission, fulfil it or betray it, in relative opacity”.