HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s shock decision to rescind the appointment of Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba is unconstitutional and can be challenged in court, legal and political experts said yesterday. Goba’s appointment was reversed by Mugabe in an extraordinary gazette issued Friday. He now reverts to being the acting PG while Mugabe considers a new…
NEW YORK – Less than a decade after hyperinflation obliterated Zimbabwe’s dollar along with its pensions and savings, the southern African nation is suffering a return to precipitous price rises. Zimbabwe adopted the US dollar in 2009, along with Britain’s pound and the South African rand, to tame inflation that topped out at 500 billion…
HARARE – Voter intimidation, problems with proof of residence and a high police presence during the ongoing biometric voter registration (BVR) programme will imperil the delivery of a credible 2018 election, British Embassy officials in Harare have told the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). Embassy officials met with Zec officials last week and raised concerns noted…
HARARE – Our reporter Blessings Mashaya talks to Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) Mashonaland central chairperson Sam Parerenyatwa. Below are excerpts of the interview. Q: What’s your take on the current situation in Zanu PF? A: Well, I see it differently from what you people always say in the press. You report that…
HARARE – White Zimbabwean commercial farmers who were driven off their land during President Robert Mugabe’s controversial land seizures are coming back through joint venture arrangements and are also producing cash crops such as tobacco and soya beans mostly under contract farming. Zimbabwe hogged global headlines in 2000 when supporters of 93-year-old Mugabe invaded white-owned…
HARARE – It’s not every time that hard-pressed Zimbabweans get to hear news from industrialists that cheers them up because conversations amongst business leaders are most of the time dominated by depressing news. If it’s not the slow pace of bank transfers for cross-border transactions occasioned by the liquidity crisis, the discourse is centred on…
HARARE – Our News Editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with new Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi. Find below excerpts of the interview. Q: Congratulations on your appointment as Secretary of State. We are humbled that you agreed to this interview even after writing unflattering things about you. Why? A: Firstly, I…
HARARE – Zimbabwean financial institutions are rejecting 99-year lease agreements as collateral for issuing of loans to farmers, with Senators calling on government to make the instruments bankable. This comes even after the Lands ministry last year amended the 99-year leases to make them bankable, but bankers believe the amendments are littered with potential legal…
HARARE – Zanu PF is closing the net on party officials who are in the habit of fleecing citizens and corporates under the guise of raising funds for the ruling party, the Daily News heard. This comes amid reports that senior party officials could be lining their pockets with proceeds from events such as the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) deputy chairperson Francis Nhando has said that they have started working with Jabulani Sibanda, who was deposed and arrested for claiming that First Lady Grace Mugabe had staged a “bedroom coup”. Nhando, who is part of the Christopher Mutsvangwa-led executive, said war veterans and Sibanda…
