HARARE – At 90, President Robert Mugabe, who is among those who played a prominent role in Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle, but who now stands accused of running down a once vibrant economy, continues to defy age. On Saturday night while Zanu PF youths were dozing off or snoring, sprightly Mugabe was still awake at 4am,…
HARARE – Hardliners in President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF are working round the clock to derail Vice President Joice Mujuru’s march to the presidency. With the second Zanu PF secretary riding on a crest of popularity after winning the Youth League elections last weekend, insiders told the Daily News yesterday that rivals in the Justice…
HARARE – The faction led by Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, which is still reeling from a devastating Zanu PF Youth League rout, is now allegedly working closely with the Gushungo clan (or Third Force) to upset Vice President Joice Mujuru’s rise to the presidency. With the succession battle getting nastier amid allegations and counter allegations…
HARARE – Lawmakers in President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF are yet to endorse First Lady Grace Mugabe’s nomination as the new secretary of the Women’s League. Joram Gumbo, the Zanu PF chief whip, told the Daily News in an interview on Monday that legislators were yet to meet as a caucus to ratify the decision….
HARARE – Harare Central Hospital, one of the largest referral medical institutions in Zimbabwe, has been operating without water for several months. This alarming development was revealed during the mid-term health budget performance review workshop for members of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Health and Child Care last week. The intensive care unit of the…
BULAWAYO – A Fort Rixon cop has been arraigned before the courts for allegedly soliciting for a bribe from a man who mistakenly took his luggage when he alighted from a vehicle they were travelling in. Kudzai Muguneyi, 27, appeared before magistrate Sibongile Msipa facing two counts of assault and extortion. Muguneyi, who is stationed…
HARARE – Americans have a saying “it’s the economy, stupid” to rein in politicians and leaders of ruling political parties whenever they try to divert people’s attention from real bread and butter issues to other peripheral issues like war, homeland security, attacks on foreign governments as well as other theatrics which show that a ruling…
HARARE – A nine wicket win with a day to spare is a comfortable and pretty comprehensive win in anyone’s language. And when it’s one versus 10, you wouldn’t expect any different. People who will either look at their newspapers while enjoying their breakfast, will more than likely scoff and say… “We told you so”….
HARARE – Zimbabwe would have been comfortable taking it session by session but the urge of taking this Test match into the final day backfired as South Africa seized the initiative to wrap up a nine-wicket victory here yesterday. The hosts, who resumed their second innings on 28-1 on the fourth day, were bundled out…
HARARE – From now on it will be extremely difficult for Zimbabwean players to break into the rich South African Absa Premiership owing to new immigration regulations. Even those players like George Chigova, Milton Ncube, Khumbulani Banda, Partson Jaure and Kuda Mahachi who broke into the Super Diski will have to wait a bit longer…
