HARARE – Intra-Zanu PF tension is scaling new heights ahead of President Robert Mugabe’s rally in Gweru tomorrow, as the ruling party’s warring factions leave no stone unturned in their bid to score major political points at the high-profile gathering, the Daily News can reveal. This comes amid widespread acceptance in the strife-torn ruling party…
HARARE – Government’s announcement that it is phasing out metal identity cards (IDs) has caused panic among civic society and the opposition movement as they fear this could displace millions of voters ahead of next year’s eagerly-awaited elections. This comes as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is at the cusp of opening the biometric voter…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace stayed away from a solidarity march with the embattled first lady organised by a grouping of war veterans and Zanu PF supporters yesterday. Hundreds of placard-wielding Zanu PF supporters marched through the streets of Harare to the ruling party’s national headquarters. Mugabe and his wife were…
HARARE – Prosecutors yesterday called to the stand a forensic nurse in the rape trial of lieutenant-colonel Rangarirai Kembo. Kembo has been charged with first-degree rape and sexual abuse of his maid. In their opening argument, Lt col Kembo’s defence lawyers said that there was no physical evidence to link him to the crime, claiming…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s biggest coal miner, Hwange Colliery Company (HCC), has slashed prices in a bid to combat massive deforestation around the country. Prices have been slashed by eight percent from $65 to $59 per tonne. “If the country does not take steps now, we will be left with no forests considering that wood provides…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has shown no political will to solve the mystery surrounding the abduction of a prominent journalist-turned activist in Harare demanding that President Robert Mugabe resigns, rights lawyers said yesterday as the world commemorated the United Nations International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Itai Dzamara was in March 2015 forcibly taken…
HARARE – Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has said he is under pressure to stand in Chegutu West in next year’s parliamentary elections. The Intratrek Zimbabwe (Intratrek) boss said he has turned down overtures to run for the National Assembly seat, currently held by Dexter Nduna. “I have received several phone calls from the people there…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is awaiting government approval to launch power plants to convert waste into energy at Pomona landfill and Mbare bio-gas digesters. HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme told the Daily News: “Work at Pomona is at an advanced stage in terms of awarding the contract. The paperwork is now with government. “In…
MUTARE – Fearful villagers from the diamond-rich Chiadzwa area are accusing the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) of gross human rights abuses, which its chief executive officer, Morris Mpofu, confirmed were being investigated by police. President Robert Mugabe’s government was accused of gross human rights violations during the Chiadzwa diamond rush in 2008 when security…
HARARE – Ex-Zimbabwe cricket speed merchant Kyle Jarvis has kept the door open for a possible return to international cricket. The 28-year-old pace bowler is in the final year of his contract with England County Cricket side Lancashire having joined the side in September 2013 on a Kolpak deal after retiring from international cricket in…
