HARARE – As the fall-out between President Robert Mugabe on one hand, and many war veterans and liberation stalwarts on the other, continues to escalate, further stunning claims have emerged regarding Zanu PF’s kangaroo courts during Zimbabwe’s difficult struggle for independence in the 1970s. War veterans who disagreed strongly with the nonagenarian then, and who…
HARARE – Talks between former Vice President Joice Mujuru and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), which were meant to result in the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader shelving her court action against the imminent introduction of bond notes, are dead in the water after the parties failed to reach agreement on Wednesday. This comes…
HARARE – Acting Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba has caused “confusion and uncertainty” in the criminal prosecution of suspended Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana, explosive communication between the acting PG and the prosecutor handling the case has revealed. In letters seen by the Daily News yesterday, Goba speaks with a “forked tongue” and Tomana’s criminal abuse of office…
HARARE – Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder Walter Magaya is expected back in court today, with prosecutors handling his alleged rape case anticipated to honour an order to furnish the cleric with a trial date or have the matter struck off the roll. Magaya — accused of raping a 25-year-old former congregant —…
HARARE – Corruption, thievery and lies by government officials has destroyed the country and long-suffering Zimbabweans’ dreams for a better life, former vice president and opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, said. Mujuru’s remarks, made at the burial of her top aide, retired colonel Kudzai Mbudzi, in Masvingo on Tuesday, come amid an…
BULAWAYO – A High Court judge, Justice Maxwell Takuva, has dismissed an application by 12 Bulawayo City Council (BCC) bosses challenging the slashing of their salaries and allowances by government. The salaries and perks cut — by 40 percent of total package — was on the back of a ministerial directive which sought to rationalise…
HARARE – Popular news anchor at the local ZiFM Stereo — Candice Mwakalyelye and four other presenters — have left the private radio station for new opportunities on the continent and family reasons the station announced yesterday. In statement, station manager, Tendai Madondo, said the departure of the presenters was testimony to the talent that…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has formally begun the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), media reports say. They say diplomats have notified the UN of the move, accusing the ICC of bias against African countries. Last year, South Africa refused to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the ICC…
LAGOS – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari did not take kindly Friday to reports his wife may not support his re-election: The first lady’s place is the kitchen, he said. Buhari’s blatantly sexist remark came during a Berlin news conference with one of the world’s most powerful women, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “I don’t know which…
HARARE – Spooked by the recent barbaric attacks on her close allies, as well as the increasing violence targeted at opposition parties generally by suspected Zanu PF thugs, former vice president and now leader of the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF), Joice Mujuru, is once again beefing up her personal security. Well-placed ZPF sources who spoke…
