MUTARE – Outspoken Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister — Mandiitawepi Chimene — has revealed that she feared losing her job during President Robert Mugabe’s recent Cabinet reshuffle due to the rampant smuggling of second hand clothes coming through her province. The forthright Chimene also said government needed to do more for the Small to Medium Enterprises…
HARARE – The High Court has handed down a final order, barring Manicaland provincial governor Mandiitawepi Chimene from interfering with the operations of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) and declared Christopher Mutsvangwa the bona fide leader of the organisation. High Court judge Jester Charewa delivered the ruling yesterday. The current litigation came…
HARARE – The High Court has dismissed Mutasa Central MDC MP Trevor Saruwaka’s application challenging his ejectment from the National Assembly last October for wearing a jacket with the country’s flag colours. In the application, Saruwaka cited speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda and the chief security officer of the Parliament of Zimbabwe as…
HARARE – Newly-appointed Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Paul Chimedza is struggling to assert his authority in the former Victoria province because Zanu PF heavyweights in the faction-ridden region are refusing to recognise his appointment by President Robert Mugabe early this month, the Daily News can report. Chimedza was appointed the top civil servant in Masvingo…
NAIROBI – Security has been tightened in Kenya as voting takes place in a re-run of the presidential election, which is being boycotted by the main opposition. Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is seeking a second term, has urged people to vote and remain peaceful. Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has pulled out of the…
HARARE – Highlanders coach Erol Akbay has urged his charges to finish the season positively following a disappointing campaign. The Bulawayo giants travel to Harare to face CAPS United tomorrow at the National Sports Stadium desperate for maximum points to secure their place in the top flight next season. Bosso have had a difficult season…
HARARE – Warriors interim coach Norman Mapeza and national team captain Knowledge Musona picked Real Madrid and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo for the 2017 Fifa Best Awards. According to voting results published by the world football governing body yesterday, Mapeza and Musona had Ronaldo as their first choice, followed by Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel…
HARARE – Ngezi Platinum Stars coach Tonderai Ndiraya hopes his side will be more clinical in front of goal when they face Dynamos in a top-of-the-table Castle Lager Premiership match at Baobab Stadium on Saturday. Ndiraya’s side go into this weekend’s match in third place, two points behind log leaders FC Platinum and just one…
KWEKWE – Eddie Byrom scored his maiden First Class ton after reaching 152 on debut to guide Rising Stars to a healthy 400-run lead in their second innings of the on-going Logan Cup match against Matabeleland Tuskers yesterday. This is the second Logan Cup ton be scored on this field this season after Brendan Taylor’s…
HARARE – Despite their acrimonious break-up about five years ago, Morgan Tsvangirai’s former lover Locadia Karimatsenga no longer bears any grudges against the former prime minister and, in fact, now yearns to see the MDC leader back to full fitness, the Daily News can exclusively report. Opening up for the first time on her much-publicised…
