Government – through its Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) – could relocate more people in Manicaland province to pave way for diamond mining, if it secures claims to the Tsvingwe area.   Tsvingwe villagers do not have title deeds to the land.   Diamonds were reportedly discovered in Penhalonga – just outside Mutare – in April this year.   This comes as several diamond miners, before they were force-merged to form ZCDC, relocated scores of…

  As the clock ticks towards make-or-break elections next year, the governing party is pulling everything out of its bag of tricks, including attempts to destabilise MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s five-year-old marriage to Elizabeth Macheka in the hope of weakening the former trade unionist’s presidential election bid.   The Daily News can report that Tsvangirai’s wife, Elizabeth, has been under the microscopic lenses of State agents prying into her activities in a bid to extract…

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe appears to be using his wife Grace as his unofficial walking aide as age catches up with the 93-year-old veteran ruler. Arriving from New York on Monday, Mugabe held tightly to his wife’s hand, as he came down the stairs of an Air Zimbabwe plane. He would not let go of his wife’s hand until finding his seat at the high table in preparation to address thousands of Zanu-PF supporters bussed in…

EMOTIONS ran high yesterday in the National Assembly as MPs almost shed tears debating a motion introduced by Proportional Representation legislator, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC) on the sexual abuse of girls as young as nine years old in Epworth, Mabvuku, Tafara and Dzivaresekwa.   Misihairabwi-Mushonga, in a cracking voice, narrated how she, together with a human rights organisation, Katswe Sisterhood, and seconder of the motion, Mabvuku Tafara MP, James Maridadi (MDC-T), went to visit the affected…

RYAN AIR has announced, soon after cancelling thousands of flights, up to 2100 flights a few weeks ago, that it will now cancel 18,000 more flights which will affect at least 400,000 passengers starting from November. A total of 34 routes have been completely grounded as a result of this. More news to follow.  Ryan Air is ultimately the biggest, safest airline in Europe. By Sibusiso Ngwenya

  A HARARE magistrate yesterday released #ThisFlag frontman, Evan Mawarire following his arrest on Sunday over a video posted on Facebook in which he was castigating government’s policies and bond notes.   Magistrate, Elisha Singano ruled that police had over-detained him before bringing him to court.   “The State cannot blame the prison services of High Court for over detaining Mawarire because they are all arms of the State. I, therefore, order his release from…

A Mutare based musician Hosiah Chipanga‎ has said the reasons for the economic problems bedeviling Zimbabwe is because of Zanu PF’s cruelty.   Zimbabwe is currently facing serious economic problems which have seen serious cash crisis affecting local banks.   “A lot of reasons may be attributed to our country’s economy and political status. From the general overview observation on the Zanu PF led government’s failure on the economy and policies of the country, was…

#ThisFlag movement leader, Evan Mawarire yesterday stuck to his guns, saying the charge of attempting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe’s government levelled against him did not constitute any offence.   Mawarire made the remarks when he appeared before High Court judge, Justice Priscilla Chigumba for trial on a subversion charge.   The cleric, who was in police custody when he appeared in court, was again forced to make a fresh bail application, through his lawyer,…

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will this coming weekend deploy 772 voter educators who will conduct voter education and awareness campaigns in all the seven districts of Matabeleland North province.   The campaigns are scheduled to commence on the 1st of next month with the first 16 days, considered as the first of the four phases, covering part of Binga and part of Lupane.   A number of initiatives which include road shows, posters and…