HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who is still limping from a heavy election defeat, says his party, turning 14 today, is here to stay and “fight a brutal dictatorship using democratic means.” Tsvangirai, who polled 34 percent of the presidential election votes in the July 31 harmonised elections, maintains that the polls were rigged…
HARARE – A luncheon for members of parliament (MPs) came to a standstill yesterday when Zanu PF chief whip Joram Gumbo and an official from the President’s office made an impromptu announcement of the new Cabinet. All the named legislators were advised to immediately head to State House. The named parliamentarians could not contain their…
HARARE – Mining communities around Zimbabwe are crying foul over lack of development in their areas despite rich pickings by mining companies. Shamiso Mtisi, the programmes officer with the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela), yesterday told delegates attending a two-day alternative mining indaba in Harare that the country’s poor communities must benefit from resources in…
MASVINGO – A lecturer at Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) yesterday appeared before a Masvingo magistrate facing charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe. Chenjerai Pamhirwa, 38, the GZU cultural and heritage studies lecturer, was hauled before local magistrate Langton Ndokera facing charges of insulting Mugabe in a bar in Mashava. Pamhirwa of house number 3392…
HARARE – A Harare woman dumped her child at her boyfriend’s workplace in a bid to force him to give her money. Chiedza Muchono said she dumped the child to show her former boyfriend Farai Chinokwetu “how serious I am about the money,” she told the Harare Civil Court yesterday. “He doesn’t want to give…
BULAWAYO – A man from Bulawayo’s Emganwini suburb who was last week arrested for vicariously having sex with a woman in a suspected mubobobo case has been sentenced. Meluleki Moyo, 24, who was appearing before Bulawayo magistrate Merlyn Mutshina facing indecent assault charges heaved a sigh of relief when six months of the sentence was…
BULAWAYO – A cop from Nyamandlovu was assaulted by a 23-year-old man he intended to arrest. Mqondisi Ngwenya from Nyamandlovu in Matabeleland North Province was arraigned before the court facing two counts of assault and resisting a police officer. Ngwenya was not asked to plead when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Gladmore Mushowe yesterday. He…
HARARE – After more than a month of waiting, President Robert Mugabe yesterday announced his cabinet, and as expected, the 89-year-old leader recycled deadwood at a time Zimbabweans expected a development cabinet judging by the economic challenges facing the nation. Zimbabwe is at a crossroads, the economy has taken a nosedive since the Zimbabwe Electoral…
HARARE – While President Robert Mugabe has not yet officially announced his new team, the Daily News has been reliably informed of the following appointments so far: Saviour Kasukuwere – Environment and Water Obert Mpofu – Transport Dzikamai Mavhaire – Energy Ignatius Chombo – Local Government Emmerson Mnangagwa – Justice Sydney Sekeramayi- Defence Jonathan Moyo…
HARARE – The Daily News has just been informed that controversial Zanu PF politburo member, Jonathan Moyo could be back in cabinet after he was spotted at State House this afternoon among those summoned by President Robert Mugabe to be appointed ministers. It is not yet clear in what capacity Moyo is coming back in…
