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Movement for Democratic Change, Harare Ward 45 Councilor, Greason Mandere on Tuesday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of assaulting a fellow member during party primary elections held on Sunday. The Ward 45 primary elections Mandere and his counterpart named Katiyo were alleged to have assaulted two other contesting candidates, who had to seek refuge at Dzivarasekwa police station. They were released on bail and will appear in court on 6 June 2018. MDC-T Acting National Chairperson, Morgan…

On a year-on-year basis, the situation on exports has declined while capacity utilization, average selling price and stocks of raw materials have improved and expectations for better performance are significantly high.

United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) under the United Nations (UN) have discouraged the practice of Child marriages as young girls are prone to getting fistula injuries during birth...

Nguema is a long-standing friend of the Zanu PF regime in Zimbabwe particularly under deposed strongman Robert Mugabe, especially since a "coup party" led by celebrated "dog of war" Simon Mann was intercepted in Harare in March 2004.

Its a dream come true for the 20-year-old break dancer, Kudzanai Mcmillian Chikowe who is set to represent Zimbabwe at the world’s biggest dance festival dubbed Dance Star’s World Dance Masters to be held in Porec, Croatia. Chikowe who left the country on Tuesday for the event currently underway until the 27th of May 2018 will battle it out with over 7000 participants from more than 55 countries to take home €50 000 prize. In an interview with 263Chat, Chikowe said he was humbled to be representing the country after…

Zimbabwe has shown itself ready to embrace change in recent months but would that extend to abolition of the death penalty? The findings of a new public opinion survey suggest that this might be the case, opening up the debate on abolition of the death penalty. By Parvais Jabbar and Val Ingham-Thorpe The death penalty has been a contentious issue in Zimbabwe and in an effort to find out what the public think, we commissioned a leading criminologist, Dr Mai Sato to carry out a nationwide public opinion survey. The…

The 2018 World Museums Commemoration Day held at the Gweru Military Museum and Monuments recorded a 68 percent increase in attendance owing to the museum’s partnership with the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ) and the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA). By Delicious Mathuthu and Dumisani Ndlovu  Central Region Assistance Curator of archaeology, Mr Takudzwa Pasipanodya, speaking during the World Museum Commemoration Day held recently at the museum said the institution had upped its innovative drive in promoting…

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed packaging manufacturer, Nampak Zimbabwe Limited has pinned hope on what they termed 'a sense of renewed hope' in the new dispensation to improve their operations severely affected by critical shortage of foreign exchange in the country. According to the group financial results for the six months ended 31 March 2018, Nampak said they have renewed hope that the new government's  re-engagement with the international community will yield positive results for their operations. "The new…