HARARE – As the country hurtles towards the crunch 2018 harmonised elections, there are fears that the polls would be marred by political violence. This comes as there are renewed fears that the debilitating violence that rocked the country when the ruling party lost the 2008 elections could flare up again. With the scourge of…
HARARE – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has accepted the invitation by war veterans to join hands and stop what they called the creation of a dynasty by President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace. Reacting to Grace’s publicly expressed statements that the increasingly-frail Mugabe should anoint a successor during a Zanu PF women’s league meeting…
HARARE – As the Zanu PF succession debate gathers momentum ahead of the 2018 elections, there has been mixed feelings on how the local media has captured its dynamics. The Daily News caught up with analysts and media practitioners to find out how they rate the media’s performance when it came to reporting on the…
HARARE – Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi’s political stock is rising amid indications that neutrals in the do-or-die Zanu PF war to succeed President Robert Mugabe are pushing for his elevation to occupy the top office in the event that the incumbent retires or gets incapacitated, the Daily News can exclusively report. This comes as influential…
HARARE – The MDC headquarters was left empty yesterday after the Deputy Sheriff pounced on the opposition party’s offices and seized property in order to settle a $108 000 debt owed to one of the party’s former employees. The Deputy Sheriff arrived at the MDC offices, along Nelson Mandela Avenue, in Harare, at around 9am….
HARARE – A storm is brewing in the ruling Zanu PF party amid suspicions by members of its youth league that the so-called factionalists could be sabotaging President Robert Mugabe’s youth interface rallies in spite of their success. Mugabe is currently going around the country’s 10 political provinces to address youths and get to hear…
HARARE – Despite frantic attempts by President Robert Mugabe’s publicists to convince the public that the incumbent was as fit as a fiddle, calls by his wife that he must handpick a successor could be out of the realisation that the Zanu PF leader has entered his political sunset. Addressing members of the Zanu PF…
HARARE – Former War Veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa has rubbished President Robert Mugabe’s “revisionist account” that he went to war earlier than him, claiming the 93-year-old was now forgetting what happened. Addressing members of the Zanu PF women’s league in Harare on Thursday, Mugabe slammed party bigwigs and affiliate organisations that are calling for him…
MUTARE – Police have been accused of facilitating the entry of illegal artisanal miners into Marange diamond fields and mobilising them to attack Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) security. Zimbabwe’s new State-owned diamond miner ZCDC started operations in March last year after the government ordered all mining companies to halt work in the Marange fields….
HARARE – A Harare magistrate yesterday dismissed an application by former Zanu PF youth leader William Mutumanje, popularly known as Acie Lumumba, to have his case of insulting President Robert Mugabe struck off the roll. Mutumanje appeared before Harare magistrate Nomsa Sabarauta facing charges of undermining the authority of the president. Sabarauta remanded Mutumanje to…
