HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa’s appeal to Zimbabweans to set aside their differences as part of efforts to attract investors from across the world is commendable and encouraging. It is unusual to get such a pragmatic approach from the inner circle of President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF. In his remarks, in which he said…
HARARE – A crippling strike by government workers is in the offing after President Robert Mugabe’s broke administration reiterated to stressed civil servants earlier this week that it would not be able to pay most of its employees their June salaries, the Daily News has learnt. A lengthy meeting on Wednesday involving government ministers, civil…
HARARE – Following the huge turnout at her maiden rally in Bulawayo last week, former Vice President and now Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, says that gathering shamed her detractors — chiefly President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF — who have described her as a political nonentity. In a statement that was released…
HARARE – Health minister David Parirenyatwa has failed to break the impasse between private medical doctors and medical insurers — something that spells doom for Zimbabweans who will now be forced to pay cash up-front when seeking medication. After meeting Parirenyatwa on Monday, the doctors remained adamant, insisting that from July 1 they will reject…
MUTARE – Former Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe yesterday led thousands of MDC supporters in a demonstration against President Robert Mugabe’s inept government as MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai addressed marchers over the phone. The MDC honcho, who is recovering from an operation failed to make it after police drew back the date for the demonstration…
BULAWAYO – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru has told war veterans who have been under the cosh from President Robert Mugabe, that they are free to join any political party of their choice. Mujuru, a war veteran in her own right, said what is critical is that ex-combatants are respected since they played a significant…
HARARE – Facets of Power: Politics, Profits and People in the Making of Zimbabwe’s Blood Diamonds, Edited by Richard Saunders and Tinashe Nyamunda; Harare, Weaver Press, 2016. THE discovery of diamonds in Marange was probably the best news to have emerged from Zimbabwe since the turn of the millennium. It generated hope in a population…
HARARE – Local authorities are polluting water bodies by dumping raw sewage into rivers that are supposed to provide drinking water in towns and cities, Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) chief engineer Waddilove Mandiziba said. Zinwa chief engineer Waddilove Mandiziba told the Daily News that this created challenges for the water authority as it has…
HARARE – Harare businessman Bernard Mahara Mutanga was hauled before the courts yesterday after he allegedly illegally sold land belonging to CFI Holdings (CFI) and swindled buyers of more than $20 000. Mutanga, 49, of 15 Hawkshed Drive, Borrowdale in Harare appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe charged with fraud. He was released on $200 bail….
PRETORIA – The High Court in Pretoria has dismissed President Jacob Zuma’s leave to appeal its decision that he should face corruption charges. The National Prosecuting Authority and Zuma’s lawyers wanted leave to appeal the court’s ruling on April 29 that the decision to discontinue the prosecution against Zuma on 783 corruption charges should be…
