HARARE – The national standing committee of Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC will today decide the fate of two mayors and seven councillors suspended on allegations of defying party directives during mayoral elections. Douglas Mwonzora, the MDC spokesperson, told the Daily News that the party’s Standing Committee received the probe report from the disciplinary committee last week…
HARARE – Zimbabwean football champions Dynamos are mulling pulling out of next year’s edition of the African Champions League due to lack of funds. The record 20-times champions clinched a third straight Castle Premiership title at the weekend on goal difference after beating Black Mambas 2-0. The winner of Zimbabwe’s top-flight league gets $70 000…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has received $430 million from the United Nations this year, making it one of the biggest beneficiaries in Africa. This was said by the UN resident representative Alain Noudehou to the 2013 Zimbabwe United Nations Development Assistance Framework (Zundaf) high level annual review meeting held in Harare yesterday. Noudehou said Zimbabwe received …
BULAWAYO – A Bulawayo CID homicide cop has been dragged to court on allegations of extorting $1 500 from a director of a local firm. Fredric Topia, 34, stationed at Hillside Police Station, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Victor Mpofu facing extortion charges. Topia, who is represented by Tungamirai Nyengera of Mcijo and Dube law firm,…
HARARE – Prosecutor Michael Reza has sensationally claimed that ex-Kingston’s Holdings boss Brian Sedze dispatched his friend to persuade him to recuse himself from prosecuting his 35 counts of fraud. Responding to Sedze’s application for him and Harare regional magistrate Simon Rogers Kachambwa to recuse themselves from handling his case ostensibly because they were biased,…
UMP – The United Methodist Committee on Relief (Umcor) and World Food Programme (WFP) has rolled out a seasonal targeted food assistance programme which will mitigate the effects of drought and food insecurity of at least 1,8 million people in Zimbabwe. The programme, which was rolled out in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe (UMP) on Tuesday, will…
HARARE – Cases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STIs) have declined in Mashonaland East, a National Aids Council (Nac) official has said. Wilfred Dube, Nac provincial Aids coordinator, said the province has made remarkable strides in reducing opportunistic infections. “I can tell you that we seem to have less STI cases presenting at clinics in the…
HARARE – A few weeks ago, Information, Media and Broadcasting Services minister Jonathan Moyo made the most incisive observation about the latent danger lurking ahead for Zimbabweans if they remain in election mode after Zanu PF’s victory in the July 31 harmonised polls. He is concerned that the nation could easily become hamstrung by euphoric…
HARARE – Ask a dispossessed white Zimbabwean farmer how many cords of wood you need to cure a hectare of tobacco and he’ll shake his head and look blank. White farmers for the most part say they didn’t use wood to cure their tobacco because there simply weren’t enough trees or wood close to hand…
EDITOR — I would like to appeal to our local media to avoid fanning unrest. This comes with reference to the succession debate which has been in the spot light for some time now. I understand that there is need for closure on this subject because as long as there is mystery on the subject…
