HARARE – Senior officials in the Education ministry have allegedly blocked Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai from officially opening a classroom block donated to Hatcliffe High School by Harare North MP Theresa Makone. Makone told the Daily News soon after delivering 90 desks and 90 chairs for the school on Monday that the MDC leader was…
MARONDERA – President Robert Mugabe has vowed to shoot down an appeal by MDC parties to the African Union (AU) for the postponement of elections from July 31. Addressing thousands of Zanu PF supporters in Marondera in Mashonaland East, Mugabe said he will not entertain a push for a postponement of the month-end polls to…
HARARE – High Court judge George Chiweshe has deferred a ruling on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party application to prevent a special vote by security and electoral officers to Wednesday. The judge president deferred the case to pave way for negotiations between the parties involved. The urgent chamber application filed last Friday cites Zimbabwe…
HARARE – The MDC led by Welshman Ncube launched its election campaign in Chikomba Central, Mashonaland East Province last Friday where Ncube defended his alliance with Zapu and United Movement for Democracy and explained reasons behind his non-participation in the grand coalition. Our Senior Assistant Editor Guthrie Munyuki was there and below are the excerpts…
BULAWAYO – A Bulawayo man fell to his death on Thursday night when neighbours raised alarm while he was trying to steal a satellite dish from a rooftop in Nketa 9 suburb. Brighton Moyo, 23, slipped as he tried to unhinge the dish. House owner Vitalis Rutsate told the Daily News that was watching television…
HARARAE – Three Epworth robbers were on Monday sentenced to a 12-year jail term each after robbing a photographer in his home and immobilising him by tying him to his partner using telephone cords. Peter Madyora, 27, Passmore Kaitano,32, and Shepard Nyandoro, 31, were jailed by regional magistrate Fadzai Mthombeni. The trio broke into Mitchell…
HARARE – A Harare lawyer has said serious political consequences were looming for Zimbabwe if Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe (StanChart) fails to pay $47 000 owed to a Chinese engineering company. Tendai Masawi said this on Monday while addressing Supreme Court judges in a case in which China Shougang International is demanding its $47 789,86 …
HARARE – The last 33 years have produced black and Indian judges — a development that was unthinkable during the colonial era, for it was held that non-whites could not be expected to be part of the social contract that informed the colonial constitutional order. The transformation of the judiciary effectively mirrors the transformation of…
HARARE – As the country hurtles towards the July 31, watershed election, the economy is being touted as the ‘key’ issue to win the hearts and minds of the electorate. Over the years, little has been done to address concerns and expectations of business. President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF is hammering on the indigenisation policy…
HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti last week predicted a “gloomy” mid-term economic review which will reflect how economic growth has slowed down during the second quarter of the year. Biti said he expected to present probably his last mid-term fiscal policy under the inclusive government early this week after postponing it to attend to…
