HARARE – Dozens of opposition legislators who received death threats on the eve of the opening of Parliament by President Robert Mugabe on Thursday are scared stiff for their lives despite Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa pushing for a government probe into the threats. Spooked Members of Parliament (MPs) who spoke to the Daily News yesterday…
HARARE – Convicted rapist and former Zanu PF legislator for Bikita West, Munyaradzi Kereke, will continue to languish in prison after his application for bail pending an appeal against both his conviction and 14-year sentence for rape was thrown out by the High Court yesterday. The former aide to retired Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)…
HARARE – As Zanu PF’s deadly factional and succession wars continue to burn red hot, it has emerged that Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo and his deputy Godfrey Gandawa are facing serious fraud, money laundering and criminal abuse of office charges which could see them hauled before the courts in the next few days. Papers…
HARARE – The European Union (EU) Parliament wants President Robert Mugabe’s government slapped with fresh sanctions over torture of human rights defenders and abductions of pro-democracy activists. This comes as Mugabe and his government are facing growing resistance from angry and fed up Zimbabweans who accuse them of ruining the once strong economy. In its…
HARARE – A soldier attached to Alphida Barracks will spend at least eight months behind bars after he negligently drove in an oncoming vehicles’ lane and caused a fatal accident that claimed one. Nkosentsha Giyani Moyo, 25, of Mukomera Business Centre, Chief Chinamhora, Domboshava was convicted of culpable homicide on his own plea. The soldier…
HARARE – High Court judge Owen Tagu has ordered the Harare City Council (HCC) not to demolish houses without a court order. Tagu made the ruling in a matter in which Budiriro 4 residents, through their lawyer Tonderai Bhatasara, had dragged the local authority to court challenging the demolition of their homes. “In my view,…
BULAWAYO – State Security minister Kembo Mohadi’s wife Tambudzani has been stopped by the High Court from unlawfully taking over a farm belonging to George Watson. Watson last month filed an urgent application at the High Court seeking to interdict the Beitbridge senator from taking his Gwanda banana farm. The renowned commercial farmer accused Tambudzani, who…
I AM enjoying the debate about UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and his chosen mediator between Zimbabwe and Britain, or more specifically, between President Robert Mugabe (pictured) and prime minister Tony Blair, Benjamin Mkapa. Comments are flowing fast and thick for and against Annan’s decision not to visit Zimbabwe as a follow-up to Anna Tibaijuka’s damning…
BULAWAYO – Former Zanu PF politburo member Dzikamai Mavhaire has slammed President Robert Mugabe labelling him a “dictator who listens to no one”. Mavhaire — famed for openly telling Mugabe nearly two decades ago to step down — told the Joice Mujuru-led Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) party supporters at Nketa Hall, Bulawayo, over the weekend…
HARARE – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week confirmed what we have been saying all along — Zimbabwe is now officially in recession due to President Robert Mugabe’s disastrous policies and mismanagement. In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the IMF slashed Zimbabwe’s 2016 growth projection further to –0,3 percent from the current 1,4…
