HARARE – In a move that is likely to annoy many government and Zanu PF hawks, Information minister Jonathan Moyo insists that criminal defamation is “dead” and that it has no place in modern society. In a biting Facebook post on Sunday that has been given the thumbs up by journalists and media advocacy groups,…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party faces stiff opposition from his usually loyal supporters who are challenging the expulsion from the party of all persons perceived to be loyal to former Vice President Joice Mujuru. Already, the axe has descended on former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa and his voluble party nephew Temba…
HARARE – Four Finance ministry employees have been hauled before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts after they reportedly swindled government of over $700 000. Varaidzo Margret Chirahwi, 32, who is the ministry’s senior economist, Jacob Forgive Mlambo, 30, an accountant, Stanley Zharare, 40, deputy director external finance and Mary Takavarasha, 40, acting director finance and capital…
BULAWAYO – Ever since former career diplomat Phelekhezela Mphoko was elevated to the vice presidency by President Robert Mugabe, he has created more enemies than friends. While his controversial statements on the Gukurahundi massacres where he appeared to exonerate Mugabe as the chief instigator of the genocide that left over 20 000 civilians in Matabeleland…
HARARE – Members of the MDC South Africa province converged at Zimbabwe’s Pretoria Embassy to demonstrate against President Robert Mugabe on his 91st birthday at the weekend. The demonstration — dubbed “Mugabe’s Last Supper” — was the brainchild of the party’s youth assembly organising department led by Tinashe Chifamba. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday,…
HARARE – Harare magistrate Adonia Masawi has overruled Bernard Mutanga’s application for Michael Reza to stop his continuation with the prosecution of his fraud trial on the grounds that the latter had participated in an earlier case featuring Phillip Macquire. This was after the beleaguered businessman’s lawyer Admire Rubaya had brought the surprise appeal last…
HARARE – In a surprise turn of events in the Bernard Mutanga fraud case, defence counsel Admire Rubaya has applied for prosecutor Michael Reza’s recusal on the basis that he had participated in an earlier case featuring the state’s star witness. On a day magistrate Adonia Masawi was to hear Phillip Macquire’s continued testimony, the…
DOHA – The 2022 World Cup in Qatar should take place in November and December, a Fifa taskforce has recommended. Key football officials met in Doha to discuss a number of options following fears a summer event would endanger the health of players and fans. Qatari temperatures in June and July can exceed 40 degrees…
HARARE – Harare has failed to provide the expected number of suitable girls for the Miss Zimbabwe boot camp set to run from April 1 to 25. The national pageant’s auditions that ran from Friday to Sunday in the capital city had netted only 10 suitable girls by the end of Saturday. Interstingly, Bulawayo delivered…
HARARE – Zambia has guaranteed a total $250 million loans jointly accessed with Zimbabwe — through the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) — from international financiers, targeted at funding refurbishment of Kariba Dam. The two countries signed the deal — set to increase Kariba Power Station’s generation capacity — last Friday, with Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa…
