HARARE – Zanu PF is hanging on the edge of the precipice, with more of its bigwigs and supporters set to defect to the opposition ranks ahead of the country’s eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections, a respected local think-tank says. In a report that was exclusively availed to the Daily News yesterday ahead of its formal…
HARARE – Leader of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) faction aligned to the generation 40 (G40) camp Mandi Chimene says she crossed paths with former war veterans’ leader Christopher Mutsvangwa after telling him that he was big-headed. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Chimene, who is also minister of State…
HARARE – Allies of embattled vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today know their fate as the Mashonaland West provincial coordinating committee (PCC) meets to decide on whether to expel them from the faction riddled party or not. The quartet — provincial secretary for education Fani Phiri, political commissar Simon Solomon, secretary for transport Philemon Ndushu…
HARARE – Women’s league deputy secretary and politburo member, Eunice Sandi Moyo, says President Robert Mugabe is still alive because God knows he is capable of guiding this country even at his advanced age. Addressing thousands of Zion Apostolic Faith Mission Church (ZAFMC) members at their Museva shrine in Chivi on Saturday, Sandi Moyo who…
MACHEKE – Zimbabwe’s continued dependence on foreign funded drugs to treat people living with HIV and Aids is a ticking time bomb that could have grave consequences on the nation if the donors pull out, a senior health expert warned. Addressing journalists at a National Aids Council (Nac) workshop here last week, Natpharm’s representative Godfrey…
ALGIERS – A military helicopter has crashed in southern Algeria, killing 12 soldiers, the defence ministry has said. The Russian-made Mi-171 came down while on a reconnaissance mission in Tamanrasset region, some 2,000km (1,200 miles) from the capital, Algiers. The helicopter apparently experienced technical failure, but the exact cause of the crash is yet to…
CAIRO – The board of the Egyptian Football Association is to be dissolved over allegations of rigging during the 2012 election, Egypt’s top court has ruled. Egypt’s minister of youth and sports must enforce the judgement, which is final and cannot be appealed. Two candidates who had participated in the 11 October 2012 election had…
HARARE – Zanu PF has confirmed that it has directed its legislators to desist from grilling Cabinet ministers in Parliament on issues — asking them instead to paper over differences and system shortcomings. The party’s chief whip, Lovemore Matuke, told the Daily News yesterday that the controversial directive had come “from the top”, and that…
HARARE – Zimbabwe faces rising food shortages as drought, exacerbated by the El Nino weather pattern worsens, the UN Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator has said. The strong El Nino episode has raised serious concerns regarding the impact on food insecurity, with harvests badly affected by drought conditions, raising the spectre of massive…
HARARE – Health Services Board (HSB) has availed a new contract to junior doctors which the ministry of Health hopes will bring back “normalcy” to State health institutions. This comes as the union that represents junior doctors had escalated its dispute with the government over new contracts, with emergency cover being withdrawn for State-run health…
