HARARE – Beleagured President Robert Mugabe seemingly stuck between warring Zanu PF factions led by his deputy, Joice Mujuru, and Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, has turned to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai for some help. Zanu PF insiders told the Daily News at the weekend that Mugabe has apparently been stung by the depth of dissention…
HARARE – Government has revived a taskforce to mitigate a fatal outbreak of typhoid and diarrhoea that has hit Harare and other parts of the country. The Prevention of Typhoid and Cholera taskforce had gone on sleeping mode after a significant decline in recorded cases mid this year. Zimbabwe has over the last four years…
GWERU – President Robert Mugabe today addresses his last Zanu PF conference as a President of the current government, with next year’s election leaving no guarantee that his party will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year still in power. Having been endorsed by the party as its presidential candidate for next year’s election against arch…
HARARE – War veterans loyal to President Robert Mugabe have told him the hard truth: Zanu PF is losing support even in his home province at a time the 88-year-old is vigorously pushing for elections. In no-holds-barred talk, the war veterans’ leadership told Mugabe that the decline has nothing to do with the MDC but…
HARARE – Castle Premiership log leaders Dynamos cannot afford any slip-ups this afternoon against a wounded Hwange side at the Colliery in their quest to defend their title defence. DeMbare leapfrogged Highlanders to the summit of the log standings with a clinical 4-1 win over Shabanie Mine at Rufaro Stadium last weekend while the Bulawayo…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s preparations for the crucial African Nations Cup qualifier against Angola on Sunday were thrown into further disarray after two key players were still conspicuous by their absence yesterday. The absence of talismanic striker Knowledge Musona and inspirational midfielder Tinashe Nengomasha will come as a massive blow to coach Rahman Gumbo, who has…
BULAWAYO – Reigning National Arts Merit Award (Nama) dance champions, Umkhathi Theatre Works are the only group from Zimbabwe selected to represent the country at the internationally-acclaimed Africa Dance Festival in New York, USA. Umkhathi Theatre Works becomes the second to be selected for the prestigious showcase after another Bulawayo-based group Iwisa Dance Company in…
BULAWAYO – With less than two weeks for the prestigious Intwasa arts fiesta to kick off, preparations are well on course, according to the organisers. With thousands of arts-loving people expected to tumble down in the usually quiet second largest city, a cocktail of artistic disciplines ranging from performances, exhibitions, live literature readings and workshops…
HARARE – Civil servants could this year fail to get their annual bonuses, unless government miraculously improves its under-performing revenue collections in the next four months, Finance minister Tendai Biti has said. In his state of the economy address for the period July to August, Biti yesterday said government’s three-year tradition of setting aside cash…
ROBERT Mugabe Junior with Miss Teen Zimbabwe 2012 Liseli Madiri at the Miss Global International Zimbabwe on Saturday in Harare. (Pic: Annie Mpalume)
