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Annually, October also known as Black History Month is a celebration of achievements of Black people. For generations people of African and Caribbean descent have shaped our story, making a huge positive impact to our global and cultural life, ORIGIN OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH- Black History Month began as Negro History Week, established in February 1926 by Historian Dr , Carter.G. Woodson (1875-1950) , Dr Woodson , a Harvard graduate who was born to former…

US, EU AND UK VIGOUROUSLY DENY CHARGES BY ZIMBABWE’S MILITARY President Emmerson Mnangagwa that sanctions are behind the economic collapse and the general poverty in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has set aside October 25 as an ‘Anti-Sanctions Day’ to push for the removal of the targeted sanctions imposed nearly two decades ago as punishment for human rights violations and electoral fraud. In response to a deluge of stories and opinion pieces in the state-controlled media blaming the…

MDC ALLIANCE LEADER NELSON CHAMISA YESTERDAY SAID THE MILITARISED MNANGAGWA ZANU PF REGIME is using sanctions to divert Zimbabweans’ attention from its failure to deliver on promises to improve citizens’ lives. The government last night organised a virtual gala to ostensibly put pressure on western countries to lift the sanctions imposed nearly two decades ago. Last year a similar rally held at the 60 000-seater National Sports Stadium attracted a paltry crowd of 7 000…

DONALD TRUMP’S LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDER could give him the power to mount a scorched-earth campaign which would cripple a future Biden administration. In the event the incumbent president loses his re-election bid, this order could give him largely unfettered authority to fire experts like Dr Anthony Fauci while leaving behind a corps of embedded loyalists to undermine his successor, according to federal employment law experts. The order, which the White House released late Wednesday evening,…

TWO (Zinara) toll collectors at the Gweru North tollgate along , died on the spot in a kombi and haulage truck side-swipe near Regina Mundi High School in Gweru recently.TWO Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) toll collectors based at the Gweru North tollgate along the Gweru-Kwekwe highway, died on the spot when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in side-swiped with a haulage truck near Regina Mundi High School in Gweru recently.The two collectors were…

COVID: SOUTH YORKSHIRE tier 3 rules to remain ‘for more than 28 days with, over 1.4m people in SY living under tier three restrictions from 00:01 on Saturday 24/10/20Stricter coronavirus rules are likely to remain in place in South Yorkshire for more than 28 days, according to Sheffield’s director of public health. South Yorkshire is made up of the following towns, Sheffield, Barnsley, Bolsterstone, Braithwell, Doncaster, Laughton en le Morthen, Maltby, Rotherham, and Sprotbrough,Stainton.More than…

The document, based on the minutes of ag compiled on 20 August 2020 Joint Operations Command (JOC) meeting which was copied to directors of the Zimbabwe Military Intel Corps (MIC), Air Force of Zimbabwe Intelligent Corps, Police Intelligence and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZCPS) Intel, revealed names of individuals who were under constant surveillance forallegedly working against and sabotaging the government.The meeting was held on August 10 and security forces were put on high…

ZIMBABWE’S STATE SECURITY, Joint Operations Command (JOC) meeting to track and attack perceived opponents of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime, with local and foreign-based journalists, ex-security officers, ex-Zanu PF and opposition politicians being targeted, a leaked security document has shown.The document, based on the minutes of ag compiled on 20 August 2020 Joint Operations Command (JOC) meeting which was copied to directors of the Zimbabwe Military Intel Corps (MIC), Air Force of Zimbabwe Intelligent Corps, Police…

‘HAPPY CHRISTMAS’-ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT has approved a steep hike in school fees, which will see some pupils at boarding and urban day high schools forking out in excess of $55 000 up from $6 000 and $20 000 up from $3 000, respectively.NewsDay Weekender has also heard that some schools are demanding payments in United States dollars for non-examination classes set to return to school on Monday. This comes amid complaints by parents and guardians that…

National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the murder of Aaron Bhasopayi by three children aged 15, 12 and 10 under circumstances still under investigation.“We are investigating what really transpired,” Nyathi said.But a leaked police memo indicated that the soldier travelled from Harare to Zaka on Wednesday on a revenge mission after his parents’ hut was allegedly set on fire by the minor children’s father over a debt.Bhasopayi arrived at the accused person’s home…