HARARE – Worried opposition parties, coalescing under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) grouping, have called on regional body Sadc to intervene immediately in Zimbabwe’s deepening political crisis, to stem the growing fears of looming anarchy and bloodshed in the country. The plea for regional intervention in the country was made by Nera spokesperson Didymus…
HARARE – Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere came out guns blazing yesterday, slating the State media for “pursuing factional agendas” and misinforming the country on land allocations in Harare. In an interview with the Daily News, Kasukuwere: – Denied allocating land promised to Zanu PF youths to Walter Magaya – Denied allocating land to his…
HARARE – Opposition parties under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) yesterday walked out of a meeting with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in protest against “unfair treatment” by the national elections body. Nera is a grouping of 18 political parties pushing for electoral reforms ahead of Zimbabwe’s 2018 election. The parties want Zec to…
HARARE – Chaos looms in the Zanu PF youth league amid threats by youths aligned to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Team Lacoste faction to demonstrate against party political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere whom they accuse of grabbing stands allocated to them. Insiders told the Daily News yesterday that there was a plot by the youths to…
HARARE – Panicky President Robert Mugabe’s sympathisers are plotting to stage a demonstration at the forthcoming United Nations (UN) general assembly in the United States (US) in a bid to counter protests by pro-democracy activists pushing for the nonagenarian leader’s exit. Going under the banner “Mugabe is right”, the campaign is being facilitated by the…
HARARE – Controversial tycoon, John Bredenkamp, has agreed to pay back a $3,8 million debt borrowed from his former friend and businessman Yakub Ibrahim Mohammed over a decade ago. This was after Bredenkamp yesterday withdrew his Supreme Court appeal in which he was challenging a High Court order instructing him to pay back the money…
HARARE – Vocal Zanu PF member-cum-businessman and musician, Energy Mutodi, says President Robert Mugabe is now surrounded by “praise-singers and crooks” who are abusing his advanced age to cause chaos in the country. Pulling no punches, the Zanu PF Mashonaland East provincial executive member blamed these “praise-singers” who he declined to name in an interview…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, angered by President Robert Mugabe’s shocking threats and vitriolic attacks on him and the MDC on Friday, has bluntly told the increasingly frail nonagenarian to prepare for the end of his time in high office. Speaking to the Daily News in an exclusive interview at the weekend, the former prime…
HARARE – Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general, Victor Matemadanda, has dismissed attempts by President Robert Mugabe to impose new leadership on the organisation, arguing it is unconstitutional. This comes as War Veterans’ minister, Tshinga Dube, last week assigned Robert Ncube as ZNLWVA’s interim chairperson to replace Christopher Mutsvangwa, whose leadership government insists…
HARARE – Zanu PF youths from the Generation 40 (G40) faction are already campaigning to fill in the post of deputy youth secretary left vacant after Kudzanai Chipanga’s promotion last week. Following President Robert Mugabe’s unilateral elevation of Chipanga to become the league’s boss — replacing ousted Pupurai Togarepi — insiders told the Daily News…
