HARARE – Midlands made sure the overall Mr Zimbabwe title remained in the province after, new kid on the block Paul Goredema defied odds to walk away with the coveted gong last weekend. The 27-year-old bodybuilder who recently completed his degree in Business Studies at the Midlands State University, becomes the 16th individual to win…
HARARE – Concerned by the simmering tension within some ranks of the opposition — which has the potential of getting in the way of the mooted grand coalition — former vice president and now Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, is doubling her efforts to keep her relations with former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai…
HARARE – Local Government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, is the latest minister in recent weeks to formally come under the cosh from his own constituency, as Zanu PF’s seemingly unstoppable factional and succession wars continue to rip the former liberation movement apart. Kasukuwere, also Zanu PF’s national political commissar, has landed in trouble after Parliament yesterday…
HARARE – Higher Education minister, Jonathan Moyo, has warned “factionalists” who are “corruptly using public and State institutions” that they will soon be caught, exposed and face the consequences. His statements come as he is facing allegations of corruption after siphoning over $400 000 from the State-controlled Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef). He has claimed…
DRINKING binges and domestic violence are among the major circumstances under which murders occur, Police said, as it recorded 16 killings in a week — signifying a 23 percent increase in the cases. Police national spokesperson, Charity Charamba, said some people had lost the respect for the sanctity of life. “During the week ending October…
HARARE – Newly-elected Norton legislator Temba Mliswa says a grand opposition coalition led by indomitable MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and including war veterans, will beat President Robert Mugabe and his warring Zanu PF hands down in the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the gutsy Mliswa said among the lessons that…
HARARE – Disaffected war veterans, who appear to be revelling in Zanu PF’s stunning loss to Temba Mliswa in the Norton by-election, have warned President Robert Mugabe that if he contests the 2018 elections, they could once again campaign for an opposition candidate. Forthright war vets secretary-general Victor Matemadanda also told the Daily News yesterday…
HARARE – Relief agencies working with government in developmental programmes including food aid — have warned they could suspend funding if there is lack of transparency in the distribution of resources which are meant for vulnerable groups. This comes as government has spiritedly batted away allegations of partisan distribution of food aid in the impoverished…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has seen an increase in the number of civil protesters — anti-President Robert Mugabe demonstrators not aligned to any political party — in the past months, a human rights group has said. In the country’s political history, protests have always been led and taken part in by members of opposition parties and…
HARARE – MDC secretary general, Douglas Mwonzora, has told People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president, Tendai Biti, to “follow his sheep” after more members of his party defected over the weekend. Biti’s party members defected to the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC. PDP activists — Don Mavhudzi and Brian Kanzunzuma — turned up at an MDC rally on…
