BAMBARI – Twenty-five people have been killed in two days of violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), the UN peacekeeping mission has said. On Thursday, 15 people died in clashes between Muslim fighters of the former Seleka militia and the Christian vigilante anti-Balaka group, it said. Six police officers and four civilians died in…
HARARE – Zimbabweans have pooh-poohed President Robert Mugabe’s pledge on Thursday that he will not shield senior Zanu PF and government officials fingered in corruption from prosecution, with critics, saying the nonagenarian completely lacks the political will to deal with the worsening scourge. This comes as more senior government and Zanu PF officials, including Cabinet…
MUTARE – Zanu PF thugs ran amok on Thursday, disrupting a public hearing on electoral reforms, before manhandling female legislators at Dangamvura’s Beit Hall, in similar nasty scenes as those witnessed at Wednesday’s chaotic events in Parliament where police were accused of molesting female MPs. The apparently bussed in ruffians attacked legislators Jessie Majome and…
HARARE – A residents lobby group has challenged Zanu PF land parcelling to thousands of its youths, by filing a lawsuit at the High Court where it is seeking to have it declared illegal and discriminatory. Zanu PF is parcelling out thousands of hectares in undeveloped land to its youths in a move which rights…
MUTARE – MDC’s Mutasa Central MP, Trevor Saruwaka, has dared Social Welfare minister Prisca Mupfumira to distribute food aid at his party’s rally in Honde Valley this weekend. Saruwaka told the Daily News that he made the request after Mupfumira told legislators that she was against politicisation of food aid and would avail it for…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) could soon consider decommissioning Prince Edward (PE) water treatment works, as Harava Dam (Harava) is slowly drying up, mayor Bernard Manyenyeni said. In an interview with the Daily News on Thursday, Manyenyeni said the low levels at Harava — which supplies water to the PE plant — were worrying….
HARARE – Thousands of Zimbabwe’s newly-born babies who are exposed or are infected with HIV at birth now have a better chance of survival following the introduction of an onsite Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) service. With the current testing methods, some results for HIV-exposed infants are not available before four to eight weeks. And due…
HARARE – Former Vice President and now interim leader of the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF), Joice Mujuru, has been under scrutiny lately. On the other hand, the grand coalition topic has resurfaced in the media and this time, it is around who will lead the coalition. Mujuru and MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai are reportedly the…
EDITOR — On October 28, 2016, Zimbabwe utilised part of its Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to settle the $108 million it owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust Fund (PRGT), which funds were held and kept at the IMF. The timing of this payment and the payment itself is clearly…
KADOMA – Listed resources firm, RioZim, says it is targeting a 200 kilogrammes (kg) monthly gold production, following the commissioning of its Cam and Motor Plant and its recent acquisition of Dalny Mine Complex (Dalny). The firm’s outgoing chief executive, Noah Matimba, on Wednesday said the newly-unveiled Cam and Motor Mine — which was mothballed…
