HARARE – Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development minister Jonathan Moyo has contradicted the narrative by President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson seeking to bar the media from covering the security sector. “It’s wrong to say some sectors are outside media coverage,” Moyo said in a twitter post. “Nothing is above the Constitution. It’s the…
HARARE – War veterans have accused senior members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) for being counter-revolutionaries after they allegedly backed the ouster of the association’s chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa. Mutsvangwa — a close ally of under-fire Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa — was booted out of Zanu PF’s Mashonaland West structures allegedly at…
HARARE – The Daily News on Sunday caught up with bra-burning feminist Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (PM), the MDC Member of Parliament for Matabeleland South whose ways of presenting issues and pushing for women’s rights in Parliament have been described as unorthodox by some, while others just prefer to label her controversial. From bringing used panties, pads…
HARARE – Zimbabweans must hail current efforts by police to rid the city of the notorious mushika shika. In our sister publication yesterday, we reported that police had impounded 200 pirate taxis in Harare. We all know how notorious these vehicles — most of which are not registered — have become in the city centre….
HARARE – Zimbabweans must hail current efforts by police to rid the city of the notorious mushika shika. In our sister publication yesterday, we reported that police had impounded 200 pirate taxis in Harare. We all know how notorious these vehicles — most of which are not registered — have become in the city centre….
OUAGADOUGOU – At least 23 people of 18 different nationalities are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a luxury hotel in Burkina Faso. Al-Qaeda militants attacked the Splendid Hotel in the West African state’s capital, Ouagadougou, as well as a cafe and another hotel nearby. Four of the attackers were killed, two…
TAIPEI – Tsai Ing-wen has been elected Taiwan’s first female president. Ms Tsai, 59, leads the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that wants independence from China. In her victory speech, she vowed to preserve the status quo in relations with China, adding Beijing must respect Taiwan’s democracy and both sides must ensure there are no provocations….
HARARE – Zanu PF bigwigs are anxiously waiting for the return of President Robert Mugabe from his annual holiday in the Far East, as the seemingly unstoppable factional and succession wars ravaging the ruling party reach what one senior official described as “a tipping point” yesterday. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday,…
HARARE – Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo says the ongoing defection of dozens of the party’s cadres across the country to former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s People First movement is inconsequential. Khaya Moyo’s defiant retort came as reports filtered in this week that many disgruntled ruling party regional officials and ordinary members, particularly in…
HARARE – Ex-Finance minister and Zanu PF Mutoko South MP David Chapfika’s wife of 32 years, Abina Chapfika (nee Mutimusakwa) has divorced her husband for adultery. The woman claimed that she could no longer take the philandering by her spouse. In legal documents, she is now demanding $2 000 maintenance every month, claiming the marriage…
