HARARE – Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) — battling acute cash shortages and food rations — face a fresh challenge after authorities revealed their hospitals have run out drugs. The ZPCS, apart from budgetary constraints, are also grappling with overcrowding in its prisons where inmates have shot past the 17 000 holding capacity to…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday savaged opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) and the MDC at a rally in Harare, while bragging that God was allegedly on Zanu PF’s side. The Zanu PF strongman, who is sometimes referred to as the Son of God or Son of Man by his staunch supporters — among…
HARARE – As the battle to succeed President Robert Mugabe gets nastier and messier, Zanu PF’s ambitious Young Turks have apparently roped in co-Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko to counter party strongman, VP Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a bid to advance their ambitions. Well-placed sources told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that President Robert Mugabe was…
HARARE – Zanu PF bigwigs who were expelled from the party on Wednesday have vowed that they will not be pushed out of politics — a move that analysts said yesterday suggested that the much-talked about “original” Zanu PF fronted by disaffected liberation struggle stalwarts was about to take off. Seemingly unfazed by their widely…
HARARE – Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai has said president Robert Mugabe is possessed by a goblin which will not allow him to leave office. He said this during a rally in Dzivaresekwa yesterday. The former Premier told party supporters gathered at Chisamba ground, the 91-year-old president wanted to rest but could…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday intimated that factional fights in his party were affecting him. Apologising for coming four hours late to the commissioning of farming equipment sourced under the Brazilian More Food for Africa Programme for Zimbabwe, Mugabe said he slept late the previous night because of a protracted Zanu PF politburo meeting…
HARARE – The European Parliament has backed a motion by Zimbabwean High Court judge Justice David Mangota calling for Zimbabwean human rights activist Itai Dzarana to be found immediately. Although the resolution repeated language previously adopted by the EU bloc, it could stoke tensions with Zimbabwe, which insists it is already doing everything in its…
DUBLLIN – Voters in the Republic of Ireland are taking part in a referendum on legalising same-sex marriage on Friday. More than 3.2m people are being asked whether they want to amend the country’s constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. Polling stations opened at 07:00 BST with voting continuing until 22:00 BST…
BUJUMBURA – Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has been photographed playing football as protests continue over his bid to run for a third term in office. Mr Nkurunziza was playing in his daily kickabout with friends in the capital, Bujumbura. In the latest unrest, a protester was shot dead in Bujumbura. Last week, there was a…
HARARE – American gospel music legend Donald James “Don” Moen will perform at this year’s edition of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries’ Night of Turn Around crusade to take place in Harare on October 2. Walter Magaya, the founder of PHD Ministries, confirmed the American gospel star’s trip to Harare adding that it was…
