Новости за 07.04.2018

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa said yesterday he would work tirelessly at home and abroad to end Zimbabwe’s isolation as he responded to queries from quarters seeking to make political capital by criticising his foreign trips.

President Mnangagwa is a visionary leader whose efforts in turning around Zimbabwe’s economic fortunes should be supported, a top envoy has said.

Fears of a new cholera outbreak are abound in Harare after council confirmed the death of a 46-year-old man in Stoneridge as a result of the water-borne disease, while the man’s sibling who got in contact with him also died in Chitungwiza.

Zanu-PF has been overwhelmed by aspiring candidates who intend to contest in the May 5 primary elections, the party’s provincial leaders have said.

SEKURU Chiwanza Makore (90) still has vivid memories of Chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo’s first bira staged under a big Muhacha tree (mubola plum/hissing tree) in his home area of Guruve.

Two United States of America senators, Messrs Jeff Flake and Chris Coons — who were involved in the drafting of a recently proposed amendment to the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZDERA) — arrived in the country yesterday on a whistle tour during which they will discuss Zimbabwe-US relations before flying back on Sunday.

MDC-T president Mr Nelson Chamisa faces the Bulawayo test as he addresses a rally in the city today for the first time as party leader and that of the MDC Alliance.

President Mnangagwa yesterday witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding that will unlock $1,2 billion worth of investments into the tourism and hospitality industry from a Chinese company, which had been denied the deal for three years under the previous dispensation.

WHEN Heath Streak, one of the greatest cricketers to emerge from this country, was handed the job to coach the Chevrons, we were the first national newspaper to publicly throw our full support behind him because we believed his knowledge of the game and team and passion for our country would be a winning combination.

CALLISTO PASUWA, who has been out of work since leaving his post as Warriors coach after the Nations Cup finals in Gabon last year, is one of the high-profile coaches being lined up to take over at Zambian moneybags Buildcon FC after the ambitious Ndola side fired their Italian gaffer yesterday.