HARARE – A miffed Pretoria has given President Robert Mugabe’s under-fire government a three-week ultimatum to either revoke or negotiate properly its controversial ban on the importation of basic consumer goods from South Africa, or face the consequences. The looming trade war between Zimbabwe and South Africa, which analysts say would “completely wreck the little that…
HARARE – MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe said the women-only #Beatthepot protest against President Robert Mugabe’s misrule will take place in Harare in a fortnight, as their party is currently concentrating on the Masvingo and Gweru demonstrations. This comes as MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is today expected to lead the party’s anti-Mugabe protest in Masvingo….
HARARE – Stakeholders must urgently form a coalition to push for electoral reforms as Zimbabwe is less than two years away from holding polls, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has said. The reforms, ERC executive director Tawanda Chimhini said, will improve the electoral process. He told the Daily News that Zimbabwe’s last four elections clearly…
HARARE – With local and regional small traders and transporters planning to shut down all of the country’s borders from Monday next week onwards, unless the government lifts its controversial imports ban, Zimbabwe could be plunged into unprecedented chaos — including suffering debilitating shortages of food and other basic goods. This latest dose of bad…
HARARE – The ouster of former Vice President and now Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, from both the ruling Zanu PF and the government was “a well-choreographed” move that was personally planned by President Robert Mugabe, a former Zanu PF youth official has claimed. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, former Zanu PF provincial…
HARARE – War veterans, who are locked in a vicious fight with President Robert Mugabe, insist they are the bedrock of Zanu PF despite their expulsion on Wednesday. The former freedom fighters fell out with Mugabe last month after they grew disillusioned with the Zanu PF leader’s attitude towards them. “We were expelled last night…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will lead MDC’s demonstration against President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF’s misrule in Masvingo tomorrow. Tsvangirai’s spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka, told the Daily News yesterday that the former prime minister — recently diagnosed with colon cancer — “was ready to carry on with the struggle”. “Tsvangirai will definitely be in…
HARARE – Journalists and human rights organisations have condemned the brutal assault of journalists by police during Wednesday’s protest against bond notes and rising unemployment. The demonstration, sanctioned by the courts, turned bloody as the police teargassed and attacked the protestors, including journalists. Journalists attacked include Bridget Mananavire, Tendai Musiya, Haru Mutasa, Tsvangirai Mukwazhi, Tony…
HARARE – A Harare businessman has filed a High Court application demanding $20 000 compensation from the police after he was over-detained in police cells. Last Mapuranga, through his lawyers from Koto and Company Legal Practitioners, said his arrest was “malicious, wrongful and unwarranted”. In the application, he cited George Jaravani, a police officer from…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has suffered its worst electoral setback since apartheid ended in 1994. With 94% of the votes counted after Wednesday’s municipal elections, the party has lost the key battleground of Nelson Mandela Bay to the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). The two parties are in a close fight…
