MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to help Donald Trump win the presidential election, a US intelligence report says. The unclassified report says the Russian leader “ordered” a campaign aimed at influencing the election. Moscow has not commented, but Russia has previously denied the claims. After being briefed on the findings, Mr Trump stopped…
HARARE – Faced with a tough by-election in Bikita West in two weeks’ time, former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) is banking on the heavyweight support of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in the crucial dress rehearsal for next year’s eagerly-anticipated national elections. ZPF elder Didymus Mutasa told the Daily News yesterday that…
HARARE – Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa has made veiled threats to unleash violence and abductions in Bikita West if the forthcoming by-election in the constituency does not go Zanu PF’s way. The threats come as local human rights watchdog, Heal Zimbabwe Trust (HZT), has expressed deep concerns about the escalation of human rights…
HARARE – Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai is set to hold private talks with newly-elected Ghanaian President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo soon after his inauguration, the Daily News learnt. Tsvangirai was invited to Akufo-Addo’s swearing-in ceremony expected to be held in Accra, Ghana, today. MDC vice president Nelson Chamisa — who accompanied Tsvangirai on…
HARARE – Government has drastically cut the duration of stay for foreign-registered vehicles temporarily imported into Zimbabwe by visitors and residents living abroad following abuse of the facility by local car dealers. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said government reduced the maximum period under which the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) could permit such vehicles to stay…
HARARE – South Africa (SA)’s Health department has warned Zimbabweans — among other countries’ nationals — against using the Limpopo River to cross in and out of the country, as they risk drowning. This comes as four adults died after they were swept away by the massive crocodile-infested river while crossing to Vhembe on Wednesday…
HARARE – Harare vendors are resisting the move by government to ban fruit and vegetable hawking arguing it is insensitive to the struggling poor. National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz) chairperson Sten Zvorwadza said government has failed to create jobs, forcing long-suffering citizens to fend for their families through vending. “We will mobilise people to…
HARARE – Zimbabweans in the Diaspora, especially those in South Africa (SA), must acquaint themselves with the country’s constitution, in order to avoid unnecessary harassment and an inferiority complex, businessman Frank Buyanga has said. This also comes as tens of thousands of locals have suffered numerous inhumane acts and the maverick businessman himself has had…
HARARE – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC says Zanu PF is monopolising the National Heroes Acre by conferring hero status to its members only, yet there are other deserving individuals from society. Speaking to the Daily News, MDC spokesperson Obert Gutu said the ruling party has “bastardised” the meaning of national heroism. “National hero status should…
HARARE – While the intervention by government to bail out the Warriors ahead of their 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) participation in Gabon is applauded, they still need to do more if we are to compete with the best on the continent. With just a week left before the tournament begins, Warriors’ preparations looked…
