HARARE – Some war veterans and youths sympathetic to embattled Vice President Joice Mujuru are apparently considering dragging President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF to court in a bid to stop the party’s forthcoming congress. The mooted legal action is anchored on a litany of “unprocedural” amendments to the party’s constitution, the Daily News has…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday presented a static $4,1 billion 2015 national budget which offered little relief to Zimbabwe’s deteriorating economy. Chinamasa conceded the economy was in bad shape and called for various reforms aimed at stimulating production in various economic sectors. He forecast the economy to grow by 3,2 percent next year…
HARARE – Mashonaland West Zanu PF members have blasted Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo, accusing him of stuffing the central commitee with his district loyalists. Josephine Mangove, a losing aspirant for a Central Committee post for Kadoma, told the Daily News on Wednesday that Chombo, who is also the head of the provincial congress coordinating…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s government is revamping the education system, which experts say is colonial-based and out of sync with Zimbabwean ideals. This comes exactly a month after ZimRights held a series of provincial conferences where education experts called on Mugabe’s administration to revamp the education system. And yesterday, Education minister, Lazarus Dokora, announced…
HARARE – Kennedy Masiye, Zimbabwe’s recently-crowned human rights lawyer of the year, has said a fractured hand he sustained from police brutality, has motivated him to continue with his human rights work. Masiye, who is a project lawyer with the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), was assaulted by police at Africa Unity Square in…
HARARE – Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) — publishers of the Daily News, the Daily News on Sunday and the Weekend Post — says it has taken note of lapdog State media reports that Zanu-PF has approached the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) “to register a complaint” against the country’s leading daily, the Daily News. The…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Sevens rugby captain Jacques Leitao believes home advantage will be vital in the Cheetahs’ quest to win the Confederations of African Rugby (Car) Sevens Cup at Prince Edward School over the weekend. On paper, South Africa’s Sevens Academy team and Kenya are likely to be the hosts’ biggest threat, but Leitao says…
HARARE – Knocked out of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at the first hurdle, bid to host the next edition in 2017 rejected at the first hurdle – things cannot get any worse for Zimbabwean football. It is with this in mind that key stakeholders of the game here have arranged to meet…
HARARE – A meeting between Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) management and the players’ representative degenerated into chaos last week after the parties clashed over calls for upward review of player contracts. Insiders say former ZC managing director Ozias Bvute was at the centre of the row after he tore into Zimbabwe Professional Cricketers Association (ZCPA) chief…
HARARE – The most dire prediction has come to pass. Zimbabwe’s cricket team has suffered series defeats on tour in Bangladesh in all three Tests and ODIs and are currently without a win on the trip with two 50-over games to spare. This is simply unacceptable, even by Zimbabwe’s own low standards. How does a…
