By Thandiwe Garusa FORMER Energy minister Fortune Chasi has called on Zimbabweans to stop blaming Chinese for environmental degradation, arguing that local corruption and weak governance are at the heart of the country’s mining-related ecological damage.…
By Darlington Gatsi FRINGE opposition party, the National Progressive Democrats (NPD), has waded into Zanu PF’s audacious bid to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tenure beyond the constitutionally mandated two terms, vowing to halt the strategy in…
By ZamaNdosi Cele l IOL WHAT happens when a hyena gatecrashes your boma dinner under the stars in the African bush? A South African traveller, @godly2.0, recently shared a moment on social media when an inquisitive…
By Tapiwa Svondo THREE minors, who went missing in Harare’s Kuwadzana Extension (Herbert Chitepo) suburb on Wednesday, October 1, were found dead inside the trunk of an old, stationary vehicle Friday afternoon. The now deceased children…
By Annah Chibamu ZANU PF MP and Parliament’s Budget and Finance committee chairperson, Energy Mutodi has made a somersault over bribery allegations he levelled against Finance Permanent Secretary George Guvamatanga. Earlier, Mutodi made sensational claims against…
By Thandiwe Garusa The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has urged the government to domesticate and implement African Union (AU) protocols on the rights of older persons, calling for increased resources towards social security and meaningful…
By Anna Chibamu Government has announced that this year’s Presidential Pfumvudza/Intwasa inputs scheme will strictly target rural households, with no provision for the 500 000 urban or peri-urban dwellers who benefited last season. Agriculture Minister Anxious…
Xinhua Linda Hungwe, a 52-year-old farmer from Masvingo Province in southeastern Zimbabwe, believes that the key to maintaining food security is to adopt indigenous seed varieties that are well-adapted to the local environment. “Seed symbolizes the…
IOL THE elephant involved in a fatal incident with a senior carer at the Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development Trust (HERD) has been euthanised, following a failed attempt to relocate her where she showed aggression to…
By Staff Reporter As the succession battle within Zanu-PF intensifies, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has moved to stave off any potential coup by awarding more than 700 senior army officers top-of-the-range, all-terrain vehicles, his spokesperson George Charamba…