HARARE – Eeven in death former army general Solomon Mujuru, the only man that could stand up to President Robert Mugabe seems to be giving the 92-year-old leader some sleepless nights — as his wife Joice is grabbing more and more supporters from the divided Zanu PF. Although Mujuru died in 2011 — his wife…
HARARE – The Zimbabwean government has finally released a United States-based cargo plane that was impounded at the Harare International Airport last week, carrying millions of South African rands. The aircraft was impounded after airport security authorities discovered blood on the plane, forcing them to make an inquiry which led to the discovery of a…
HARARE – Although water levels at Lake Kariba are historically at their lowest, it is false and misleading for anyone to suggest that it is drying, Kariba District Administrator Amigo Mhlanga told the Daily News on Sunday this week. In a wide ranging interview with our Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda (MS) carried in Kariba during…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe turns 92 today and we join the rest of the nation in congratulating this milestone. However, we urge Mugabe to use his special day to reflect on what Zimbabwe under Zanu PF has achieved since independence in 1980, if he has managed to meet the aspirations of the people and…
HARARE – As the Zanu PF succession wars escalate, the media has been caught up in the frenzy as they report blow by blow accounts of what is happening, at times stepping onto the toes of political bigwigs who have all along — until recently been denying that there are any fights within the ruling…
HARARE – War veteran and Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) spokesperson, Rugare Gumbo, says he and his comrades made a grave error during the country’s liberation struggle when they chose President Robert Mugabe to lead the then Zanu. Speaking at a Southern African Political and Economic Series (Sapes) debate forum on Thursday night, Gumbo said he…
HARARE – People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Tendai Biti says the current debilitating factional fights within President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF are a sign of an exhausted regime — which is now devouring itself. Biti said this while speaking at a discussion organised by the Southern African Political and Economic Series (Sapes) Trust, dubbed the…
HARARE – An angry President Robert Mugabe — thoroughly fed up with his ruling Zanu PF’s indisciplined and warring underlings — savaged ousted war veterans leader Christopher Mutsvangwa last night, virtually signalling the end of his career both in the former liberation movement and in government. Unexpectedly moving to address the nation as Zanu PF’s…
HARARE – Hundreds of war veterans aligned to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa were on Thursday reduced to “street kids” after spending the night in the open, as they were left stranded when police thwarted their demonstration to push President Robert Mugabe to reinstate the suspended Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA)’s executive. When the…
NIAMEY – Voters in Niger are to go the polls in the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections. President Mahamadou Issoufou is hoping to secure a second term in the impoverished West African nation. His main opposition rival, Hama Amadou, is currently behind bars accused of trafficking babies, a charge he strongly denies. The run-up to…
