HARARE – Zimbabwe is literally hanging by the thread as the ruling party Zanu PF seems to be clueless on how to bring relief to suffering citizens who are crippled by the effects of an acute liquidity crunch. As if that is not enough, the southern African nation, once referred to as the breadbasket of…
HARARE – In a tense stand-off spawned by the much-condemned abduction of pro-democracy activist Itai Dzamara on Monday, as well as the ensuing sympathy demonstration by angry youths in central Harare on Wednesday, heavily-armed anti-riot police continue to cordon off opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC headquarters in the capital. The savage siege, which MDC spokesperson…
HARARE – Constitutional law experts and other interested parties have savaged Zanu PF’s plans to make far-reaching changes to Zimbabwe’s new Constitution, barely two years after the country’s supreme law was adopted. Opposition parties also told the Daily News this week that they suspected that President Robert Mugabe and the ruling party harboured ulterior motives…
BULAWAYO – MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai intends to write to the Sadc to register his discontent at what he says is President Robert Mugabe’s lawless running of the country. Tsvangirai, who addressed journalists at the Bulawayo Press Club on Wednesday, singled out the shocking intimidation of the judiciary by Mugabe as one of the grave…
HARARE – Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku yesterday said Johannes Tomana’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is wasting the court’s time by seeking a court order assuring murder suspects who fled to South Africa that they will not receive a death penalty if extradited. This follows a demand by South Africa for Zimbabwe to make an undertaking…
HARARE – About 10 armed riot police officers kicked open the door, barged into my office at Harvest House and indiscriminately began assaulting me with batons and fists, in the process asking me to give them their helmet and baton. They rounded 11 other party officials from different floors and offices who were still at…
HARARE – Confusion and mystery continues to surround the whereabouts of political activist Itai Dzamara, four days after he was abducted from a hair salon in Harare. “The last time I checked with Harare province, they had not found him but investigations are continuing. We will see what comes out tommorrow,” police spokesperson Charity Charamba…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court will on Monday determine the urgency of former Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa’s application challenging his expulsion from Parliament. Mutasa filed the application together with Temba Mliswa following their expulsion from Parliament last week. The developments followed their dismissal from Zanu PF three weeks ago. Mutasa and Mliswa…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is to import food in the wake of a severe drought, acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Wednesday. Responding to Goromonzi MP Beatrice Nyamupinga’s question in Parliament on the nation’s state of preparedness in terms of food security, Mnangagwa said the country would import food. Mnangagwa said government had been informed of…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Football Association woes continued to mount after Fifa expelled the Warriors from the 2018 Russia World Cup qualifiers yesterday for failing to pay former national team coach Valinhos. The Brazilian, whose real name is Jose Claudinei Georgini, was in charge of Zimbabwe between February and October 2008, after a joint agreement…
