HARARE – Simmering tensions within former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s struggling National People’s Party (NPP) boiled over yesterday when rash party spokesperson, Jealousy Mawarire, viciously attacked and then allegedly threatened to kill her personal spin doctor, Gift Nyandoro, in incredible scenes which shocked guests at a Harare hotel. The two NPP comrades-turned-enemies clashed over a…
HARARE – Zanu PF has embarked on its own aggressive door-to-door voter registration exercise — raising fears that the warring ruling party is “sharpening” its rigging machinery ahead of next year’s make-or-break polls. This comes as opposition parties are ratcheting up their protests against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over the government’s hijacking of the…
HARARE – National Social Security Authority (Nssa) is pushing for the prosecution of its former managers accused of making decisions that prejudiced the pension funds administrator of nearly $13 million. Nssa chairman Robin Vela on Wednesday said the law must take its course on those found guilty. This was after the deep-pocketed investor called for…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said banks should dispense money to depositors in time, as government struggles to curb a cash crunch that has forced people to spend hours on end at banks queuing for money. Responding a question in Parliament on Wednesday by Mufakose MDC MP Paurina Mpariwa on what government was…
HARARE – The National Assembly has unanimously applauded President Robert Mugabe’s appointment of Luke Malaba as the new Chief Justice (CJ), with lawmakers across the political divide describing him as a jurist with a consistent record of fidelity to the Constitution, along with wisdom, integrity, self-restraint and a strong dose of humility. Malaba, 65, assumed…
HARARE – The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has appointed Metbank as its financial advisor on the $8 million deal aimed at refurbishing the country’s granaries. This also comes as the locally-owned bank has successfully arranged a $20 million facility to capacitate Windmill Fertiliser Company and fund commodity imports for the 2016/2017 agricultural season….
HARARE – The State has roped in President Robert Mugabe’s allies and sympathisers to nail activist clergyman Philip Mugadza who was nabbed for prophesying that the 93-year-old leader will die in October this year. The called in witnesses include Chief Negomo, Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) president and fierce pro-Zanu PF archbishop Johannes Ndanga,…
JOHANNESBURG – As the nation comes to terms with the reshuffling of cabinet members after President Jacob Zuma’s shock late-night announcement last night, political parties have come out strongly against the axing of ministers including former finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy Mcebisi Jonas. The Democratic Alliance has called on the nation to take…
HARARE – The Zanu PF faction which is rabidly opposed to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding President Robert Mugabe is said to be at “sixes and sevens” as the ruling party’s deadly tribal, factional and succession wars reach a tipping point. Well-placed sources within the burning former liberation movement confirmed to the Daily News yesterday…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s stone-broke government has increased traffic spot fines by nearly 100 percent, in a controversial move it claims will reduce road accidents. This comes as Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has just slapped suffering small businesses — including hair salons, driving schools and commuter omnibuses — with taxes as he bid to…
