HARARE – A deadly cocktail of uncertainty, panic and fear has gripped many notable Zanu PF officials who either rose up their party structures or clung onto their positions at the height of the ruling party’s ugly infighting last year, riding on the coat-tails of influential but now ailing First Lady Grace Mugabe, the Daily…
HARARE – In a stunning revelation, former Masvingo State minister Kudakwashe Bhasikiti says President Robert Mugabe is sitting on reports detailing how some of his ministers demand kickbacks from investors and the country’s few remaining white farmers. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Daily News at the weekend, Bhasikiti — while careful not to…
HARARE – Prisoners accused of masterminding the unprecedented food riots at Chikurubi Maximum Prison, that left five dead, yesterday told the court harrowing tales of physical and emotional torture and “deaths” at the hands of the country’s prison wardens since rioting on March 13. The nine prisoners, who include Robert Martin Gumbura, who is serving…
HARARE – Fifa vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, who is challenging Sepp Blatter for the leadership of world football’s governing body, arrived in the country last night. The Jordanian Prince, 39, who will stand as a candidate at Fifa’s presidential election on May 29, where Blatter, 78, will seek a fifth term of office…
HARARE – After a rather frustrating start to their 2015 Premiership season, pressure seems to be mounting on FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza. The 1-0 defeat on Sunday to CAPS United put more pressure on the coach, who has now overseen a three-match winless streak in the previous two weeks. The platinum miners faltered in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s male-dominated arts industry has proved very challenging for many female artistes who, in most cases, have to juggle between motherhood and a career in the sector. In light of the women’s month which is now in its twilight, the Daily News spoke to several female artistes to find out if they are…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed NMB Zimbabwe Holdings (NMBZ) has registered a $1,6 million profit after tax in the full year to December 31, 2014, up from a loss of $3,3 million recorded in 2013. Tendai Mundawarara, the outgoing NMBZ chairperson said the group’s tax before profit stood at $2,4 million underpinned by a good…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is planning to list its struggling parastatals on the stock exchange in an effort to raise capital and unlock value, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. Chinamasa said parastatals were sitting on idle assets whose potential and value could be unlocked through listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). “It is my…
HARARE – MDC’s decision not to participate in the by-elections for the seats made vacant after its successful recall of 21 MPs from Parliament has exposed the party’s poor strategy when dealing with Zanu PF’s predatory politics. The MDC has refused to participate in these by-elections because of what it cites as an unlevel electoral…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is teetering on the brink of total collapse as the economy continues to nosedive precipitously and President Robert Mugabe’s increasingly clueless government fails to align the country’s laws with the Constitution — leading it to resort to abductions and thuggish power retention methods, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said. In a strongly-worded…
