January 2012

HARARE – Central government is responsible for problems currently being faced by local government entities in the country, because of an ineffective fiscal transfer framework, a Cabinet minister said. Addressing delegates at the recently-ended Economic Empowerment Conference in the capital, Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo said there is need for central government to provide financial…

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has finally given in to domestic and regional pressure and agreed to warn Zimbabwe’s security commanders against threatening to intervene against any regime without liberation war credentials that wins the forthcoming watershed elections. Mugabe’s agreement to convene a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) tomorrow, the first in five…

HARARE – Big Brother UK star Makosi Musambasi has made her first trip to Zimbabwe in seven years. Makosi, 31, has been living in Nigeria since she was prevented from re-entering the UK in February over claims she tried to use a relative’s passport. The former cardiac nurse is in Zimbabwe for talks with ZBC…

HARARE – Harare businesswoman Locardia Karimatsenga has struck a deal to get thousands of dollars from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as part of her out-of-court settlement with the MDC leader, the Daily News can reveal. Karimatsenga’s lawyer Jonathan Samkange yesterday confirmed that the two have closed the deal, but declined to disclose the terms of…

BULAWAYO – Former Zanu PF Women’s League national commissar Tracy Mutinhiri has blasted her ex-party as “blood-crazed murderers” facing ouster in the next election. Mutinhiri, who to the mainstream MDC earlier this year, was speaking at the 13th MDC anniversary in Bulawayo on Saturday. Officially introducing Mutinhiri to thousands of MDC supporters who packed White…

HARARE – Operators of minibuses in Zimbabwe’s capital have officially lodged a police report against Zanu PF Harare youth chairperson Jimu Kunaka and his Chipangano militia for allegedly extorting money from minibus drivers. The Greater Harare Commuter Omnibus Operators Association are convening a meeting at 4th Street terminus today to find ways of forcing authorities…

HARARE – There was commotion at the Harare International Airport as travellers and airport officials jostled to catch a glimpse of prophets Emmanuel Makandiwa and Uebert Angel who were at the terminal to receive their spiritual father Prophet Victor Kusi Baoateng. Prophet Boateng jetted into Zimbabwe on Thursday to attend the Man World Convention co-hosted…