HARARE – Woes continue to mount for activist cleric Phillip Mugadza — who prophesied that President Robert Mugabe would die on October 17 this year — as he has been evicted from his one-room lodgings in the high density suburb of Glen View. Following his controversial prophecy and consequent incarceration, the anti-Mugabe pastor has lurched…
HARARE – The Special Economic Zones Authority (Seza) has begun hunting for a new chief executive officer who will spearhead the country’s quest for increased foreign direct investment through Special Economic Zones (SEZs). SEZs allow investors to operate under special conditions that are different from the rest of the economy and give investors more privileges….
HARARE – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC property recently attached over a $108 000 debt owed to the party’s former employee — Sally Dura — is set to be auctioned on Friday. Dura, along with 15 other ex-MDC staffers, won an arbitration award for $600 000 for unfair dismissal. Following the award, the MDC is said…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe recently railed at top officials in the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) for meddling in Zanu PF’s internal affairs, hinting he might retire the meddlesome security commanders. He told multitudes of Zanu PF supporters in his home province of Mashonaland West in Chinhoyi two weeks ago that “politics led the gun”,…
HARARE – Another popular travelling holiday — the Heroes and Defence Forces days — begins tomorrow with several people having already journeyed to different destinations across the country on Friday. Most of Zimbabwe’s roads are in a bad state, leaving travellers at the mercy of drivers of both public and private vehicles. In 2013, the…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi and First Lady Grace Mugabe must all start talking straight and openly declare their ambitions to take over from President Robert Mugabe. The crusade for the presidency has started slowly, with contenders playing their cards close to their chest, obviously because they all have to…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party has revived its bid to impeach President Robert Mugabe, this time with the full support of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), which has since fallen out with the Zanu PF leader, the Daily News can report. Mid this week, the former liberation war fighters who are…
HARARE – War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has distanced his ministry from statements made by Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa attacking President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace. Dube told the Daily News on Thursday that the ZNLWVA leadership was out of order and must not drag the whole institution…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally, Energy Mutodi, who is facing charges of undermining the authority of the president and causing disaffection among members of the defence forces, was yesterday further detained after police convinced the court that some big shots were behind him. In his ruling, Harare provincial magistrate Elisha Singano said it…
HARARE – Anderson Limbani, father to the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) managing director, Sharon Samushonga, has died. He collapsed at his home in Ruwa on Thursday evening and passed on a few minutes later before he could be rushed to hospital by an ambulance crew that had been called by his family to take…
