HARARE – Principals of the MDC Alliance have thrown their full weight behind MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai despite his ill-health. Tsvangirai has openly disclosed that he has cancer of the colon and has been undergoing treatment in neighboring South Africa. Last month, he was airlifted to South Africa after he had fallen critically ill, spending…
HARARE – I have always believed that part of the fundamental duties or responsibilities of any leader — be it in the corporate, political and even social sphere — is to be able to speak the truth and accept it. Leaders owe their subjects the truth and vice versa. In our Shona culture, there are…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s strongholds — Midlands and Masvingo provinces — convened emergency meetings yesterday and annulled the suspensions of its top provincial executives by Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, setting the stage for what could be more infighting ahead of the party’s special congress in December. Kasukuwere last week sanctioned the…
HARARE – Political analysts say the recent suspensions of key Zanu PF officials aligned to embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa leave the Midlands godfather with the option of either fighting back or sinking quietly. This comes as Masvingo provincial chairperson Ezra Chadzamira and Midlands secretary for administration, Justice Mayor Wadyajena — who are viewed as…
HARARE – Popular American online social media and networking service, Facebook — has assured its Zimbabwean network users that it will not share their private communication with President Robert Mugabe’s government — even if there is such a request as at it takes their privacy seriously. The assurance comes as media groups, civic society and…
HARARE – While the country has received sporadic rains in some areas, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has advised that the rainy season has not yet started. MSD forecaster Ebedia Hodera said the highest rainfall was recorded in the Manicaland province. MSD warned on Thursday of a cloud band coming in from Botswana and Zambia…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai — who is fighting an aggressive form of cancer of the colon — is struggling with excruciating pain, one of his closest allies told the Daily News yesterday. The MDC leader was last Wednesday airlifted to South Africa, with his spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka saying that he had gone for…
HARARE – South Africa’s Police minister Fikile Mbalula has said his law enforcement agency were ready to arrest Zimbabwe First Lady Grace Mugabe when she assaulted model Gabriella Engels in August but backtracked after government invoked diplomatic immunity. South Africa granted diplomatic immunity to Grace on August 18, allowing her to return to Harare and…
HARARE – Veterans of the country’s liberation struggle have invited MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and western governments to assist in the fight to end President Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule. Amid concerns from the former freedom fighters that Mugabe —who turns 94 next February — is closely working with the Generation (G40)— to purge the ruling…
HARARE – Gweru General Hospital allegedly turned away a patient who needed emergency care because he had no cash. The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa said the hospital refused to treat a poor patient who had no cash but was willing to pay through Ecocash. Efforts to obtain comment from the hospital were futile. Providing…
