HARARE – Our reporter Blessings Mashaya talks to War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube on a wide range of issues. Below are excerpts of the interview. Q: Are you happy with the welfare of the war veterans? A: I wish I were but you know with this economic situation, as it stands, one cannot be really…
HARARE – A document signed by the MDC and some fringe opposition parties forming an alliance has unwittingly exposed deep-seated concerns within the country’s biggest opposition party that its leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who is suffering from cancer, may not be fit to last the distance if they secure victory in next year’s make-or-break elections. The…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has suspended the party’s national organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, along with six members of the youth assembly pending full investigations into their alleged involvement in the violent skirmishes that targeted his deputy, Thokozani Khupe, recently. Only two weeks ago, Tsvangirai cracked the whip by suspending deputy treasurer-general, Charlton Hwende…
HARARE – The police buckled under pressure on Thursday and freed a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) informer Delish Nguwaya, following High Court judge Charles Hungwe’s order for his immediate release. His lawyer Jonathan Samukange confirmed the development to the Daily News yesterday. “They released him yesterday (Thursday), but his hand was broken and I am…
HARARE – Civil servants are opposing proposed legislation seeking to regulate the functions of medical aid societies, describing the new Bill as unnecessary ostensibly because it seeks to duplicate the functions of the Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec). Cecilia Alexander, chairperson of the Apex Council, the umbrella civil servants body, told the Daily News yesterday…
HARARE – Welshamn Ncube — leader of the smaller MDC — has leapt to the defence of his counterpart in the MDC Alliance, Morgan Tsvangirai, saying he was convinced that he did his homework before committing to the formation of a coalition. The reaction by Ncube follows serious differences between the former prime minister in…
HARARE – South African opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) yesterday launched a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) battle seeking a declaration that the decision by the minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to grant diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe First Lady Grace Mugabe be declared unconstitutional and invalid. With passions inflamed by the decision to let…
HARARE – Nurse managers have given the Health Services Board (HSB) notice of a possible strike, they said at a meeting yesterday. Zimbabwe Nurses Association said a strike could begin as early as September 8. Zina secretary-general Enoch Dongo told the Daily News that the nurses’ grievances were not new to the board as they…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is still to receive any formal complaints to enable them to investigate the alleged poisoning of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Gwanda while attending a Zanu PF youth interface meeting, the Daily News can report. More than two weeks after the incident involving one of the most senior…
HARARE – A mysterious fire broke out at Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s home in Tynwald, Harare and ravaged some sections of the sprawling property before the City of Harare fire tenders battled to put out the blaze which was nearing the main house. The house is guarded by State residences security personnel which, according to…
