LAGOS – The Nigerian government has removed nearly 24,000 workers from its payroll after an audit revealed they did not exist, the Finance Ministry has said. The move has enabled a monthly saving of around $11,5m (£8m). The audit is part of an anti-corruption campaign by President Muhammadu Buhari, who took power last year. Corruption…
HARARE – In yet another ominous warning to the Zanu PF faction that is rallying behind embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, President Robert Mugabe yesterday tore into the VP’s followers who have been openly denigrating the nonagenarian’s influential wife Grace. Speaking at his belated 92nd birthday celebrations that were held at the Great Zimbabwe monuments…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s opposition parties and rights groups have stepped up calls on the electoral commission to create a new electronic voters’ register before the 2018 election, after allegations of fraudulent registration overshadowed the last vote in 2013. This comes amid mounting concerns the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is not yet in control of the…
HARARE – In a sensational claim, former war veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda has allegedly turned down an offer from President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF for him to take over as War Veterans minister from the under-fire incumbent, Christopher Mutsvangwa. The fearless Sibanda, who was sacked from Zanu PF in 2014 after accusing First Lady Grace…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has come under withering attack for donating 300 cattle to the African Union (AU) to help it become less dependent on outside donors, instead of coming to the aid of Zimbabwean villagers in the middle of one of the worst droughts in decades. The ridiculed donation of cattle, handed over…
HARARE – Tendai Biti’s opposition PDP has accused traditional chiefs of being unwittingly and gradually drawn into the political fray by the State, becoming agents of coercion for President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF, contrary to their much-vaunted role as custodians of national culture and traditional values. Gorden Moyo, the PDP secretary-general, said the traditional leadership…
JOHANNESBURG – South African Tokyo Sexwale ended his campaign to become the next Fifa president during his speech ahead of the vote in Zurich on Friday. The 62-year-old told the Fifa congress: “I suspend my participation. I leave only four people.” Gianni Infantino, Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein and Jerome Champagne…
HARARE – The political careers of Zanu PF’s suspended provincial leaders for Midlands, Masvingo and Mashonaland East — who are linked to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa — are hanging in the balance, amid renewed efforts by their foes to kick them out of the warring governing party. Well-placed Zanu PF sources told the Daily…
HARARE – Ambassador-designate of the United States to Zimbabwe Harry K. Thomas Jnr yesterday presented his credentials to President Robert Mugabe, who reaffirmed his country’s resolve to build strong and respectful relations with Washington. Thomas Jnr replaces Bruce Wharton, who ended his tour of duty recently and is returning to Washington to become the principal…
HARARE – Two Indian nationals have been nabbed for attempting to smuggle out diamonds hidden inside their stockings. Amitkumar Vinibhai Patel and Amarkumar Jashwantbhai Rana, who both reside in Belvedere but work in the United Arab Emirates, appeared before Harare magistrate Elijah Makomo yesterday charged with unlawful dealing in precious stones, attempted theft and smuggling….
