Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden this week reaffirmed his desire to have former first lady Michelle Obama be his running mate. “I sure would like Michelle [Obama] to be the vice president,” Biden said Tuesday At A Campaign stop in Muscatine ,IowaThe comment came after the former vice president was asked if he would consider nominating former President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court. “Yeah, I would, but I don’t think he’d do it. He’d be a great Supreme Court justice,” Biden responded. The questioner followed up with the question, “Which Obama?” Biden responded: “They’re both incredibly qualified people and they’re such decent, honorable people.”The pairing would be a first in American
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-engagement efforts with the United States and European countries has hit a brick wall with the diplomats engaged by his emissaries in the Political Actors’ Dialogue (Polad) insisting that MDC leader Nelson Chamisa should be involved in the negotiations. Polad is a dialogue series initiated by Mnangagwa and leaders of fringe parties who participated in the 2018 presidential elections. Chamisa, who refused to endorse Mnangagwa’s July 2018 electoral victory, has refused to be part of Polad. Mnangagwa’s grouping has been trying to engage the international community to end the country’s years of isolation through its sub-committee on international relations and re-engagement led by MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe.It has, ho
A father can not explain hunger in his house by saying his neighbor failed to loan him some food, said Apostle Chiwenga. Apostle Chiwenga was explaining the issue of sanctions and their impact on Zimbabwe.In his Friday sermon yesterda, he shared with his congregants the saga surrounding the prosperity and turn around if Zimbabwe as a nation. Apostle Chiwenga, who is popular for his direct speech, said it’s not about sanctions anymore but the government has failed to manage it’s portfolios and Zimbabwe is not allowed to borrow in order to sustain its economy.Chiwenga cited that Zimbabwe is not investor friendly.In the name of indeginisation, Zimbabwe has scared investors away, investors have declared Zimbabwe a hostile country with no future of certainity. The gover
The exchange of words between Tendai Biti vs Chris Mutsvanga is a must- see encounter . Clearly, it systematically demarcates civilization from barbarism, respectively. In a twinkling of an eye, the intellectual exchange degenerated into a WWIII of words . Firstly, in a civilized , progressive society, citizens owe a debt of gratitude to their war veterans. Effortlessly,citizenry exhibits unconditional thankfulness , thoughtfulness and acknowledgement to their war veterans by consistently flashing unadulterated gestures of appreciation. War veterans selflessness by putting their precious lives in harm’s way in liberating the country should always be at the epicenter of a society’s national treasure . Be that as it may , the gangsterism and barbarism exhi
South Africa-based Zimbabwean businesswoman Nobuhle Ncube has alleged that Prophet Passion and his church stole her 300 chairs 7 years ago and have since been refusing to acknowledge her concerns. To add insult to injury, Ncube says that Prophet Passion and his church actually had the temerity to block her on all social media platforms. A frustrated Ncube took to social media to air her concerns saying, Kungofunga hangu kuti with all those money yavanopa vanhu. Ndakavapa machairs angu 300 muna 2014 tikawirirana kuti vanondipa 300usd 1$ pachair every week. Kuzoenda mwedzi wapera kuda mari yangu hanzi machairs atorwa nevanhu vezvikwereti prophet vatiza nemari vaenda kuAmerica kumboedza kubata anga ari mukadzi wavo akati daddy havasi kutobatika zvachose kudzamara ndaneta hangu nekufamba
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has with immediate effect approved a 57 percent upward review for voice, data and SMS tariffs to catch up with the “constantly rising operating costs” affecting the telecoms sector. Potraz said the current prices have become sub economic due to the continual deterioration of the country’s economy, hence the increase intends to maintain sustainable operations within the company’s telecommunications’ business. “Tariff thresholds for telecommunication services were last adjusted in October last year using the August 2019 Telecommunication Price Index (TPI) figures. “The current tariff thresholds have been rendered unsustainable as the operating environment continues t
CONTROVERSIAL preacher Talent Chiwenga appeared before a Mutare magistrate on Tuesday facing charges of smuggling radio and teargas equipment. The Harare-based clergyman allegedly smuggled five Kenwood two-way communication radios, solar battery chargers and teargas injectors through the Forbes Border Post. Chiwenga appeared before Mr Nottbulgar Muchineripi, who granted him $400 bail and remanded him to March 31.He was charged with contravening a section of the Customs and Excise Act. Chiwenga was represented by Advocate Tariro Paul Machiridza, while the State was represented by prosecutor Perseverance Musukuto. Ms Musukuto told the court that on December 11, 2019, Chiwenga drove from Mozambique to Zimbabwe through the Forbes Border Post in the company of Lovemore Kanyur
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is on the verge of baby-dumping party colleagues Morgen Komichi and Douglas Mwonzora ahead of the anticipated Supreme Court ruling which has raised the temperatures inside the cockpit of the opposition party, a top Zimbabwe daily paper has revealed.Former MDC Vice President Komichi and former Secretary-General Douglas Mwonzora were relegated to less influential positions in the party after the controversial congress of May last year, but are seen by Chamisa’s loyalists as the biggest threatens to him retaining his party leadership post should the Supreme Court order an extraordinary congress, the Daily News has reported. An MDC national executive committee member who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said at the heart of the party’s ructions was the
Vice-president Constantino Chiwenga is demanding a refund of US$245 428 paid into his estranged wife, Marry Mubaiwa’s bank account as proceeds from his hunting concessions as the fight for properties exposes the lifestyles of Zimbabwe’s rich political masters. Chiwenga’s lawsuit shows the extent of the couple’s property holdings previously kept under wraps. The two are fighting for several properties and even small items acquired during their nine-year marriage, which has irretrievably broken down after Chiwenga accused Mubaiwa of trying to kill him while he was hospitalised in South Africa last year. The two are also fighting over Orchid Farm in Domboshava. Chiwenga says the property must be shared equally between the parties, with the former army commander
Ginimbi was back in court yesterday and appeared before regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya. Representing the State, Admire Kumire and Lovett Masuku told the court that the State was waiting for Ginimbi’s lawyers to file their application for exception as highlighted on the previous hearing. Ginimbi’s lawyer, Jonathan Samkange told the court that he hadn’t pursued that application because he had pursued an out of court settlement. “I wrote a letter to the Prosecutor General informing him of the out of court settlement and yesterday ZIMRA called me for a meeting today (yesterday) and we advised them that we will be able to see them after this court sitting to put the proposals in writing because all ZIMRA wants is its money,” said Samkange. The State’s
