HARARE – Joice Mujuru’s opposition party has split into two groups, the ex-vice president-led National People’s Party (NPP) and the National People’s Party Democrats (NPPD). This comes as the NPP has been rocked by a spate of desertions, with many accusing Mujuru of being captured by a small cabal seeking to push their factional agendas….
HARARE – The Justice George Smith-led tribunal has completed its probe to decide whether the Harare City Council’s top officials abused power by giving themselves fat cat salaries above government-imposed caps. Acting town clerk Josephine Ncube, town clerk aspirant and human capital director Cainos Chingombe were suspended by council in December last year to enable…
BULAWAYO – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s position on the emotive Gukurahundi issue will be put to test this Friday when the controversial pressure group Ibhetshu Likazulu holds its annual celebrations to mark the end of the genocide. According to human rights activists, about 20 000 innocent civilians from Midlands and Matabeleland provinces perished at the hands…
HARARE – Government has established a mental health tribunal to assess the continued incarceration of mentally challenged patients in prisons. Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa set up a nine-member Mental Health Review Tribunal on Monday to assess the continued detention of both civilly committed and forensic patients in the mental health system. [GoogleAd]…
BULAWAYO – The MDC Alliance is calling for all opposition parties in Zimbabwe to bury their differences in order to fight Zanu PF as a single force, noting that the military’s intervention in the ruling party’s internal affairs has obliterated the divisions that had greatly contributed to the governing party’s misfortunes. Addressing a rally during…
BULAWAYO – The move by Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to suspend litigation against defaulting residents has set city fathers and management on a collision course. While the move brought relief to scores of residents, who were being harassed by debt collectors, the local authority’s management is totally against it. In July this year, BCC resolved…
HARARE – The incoming Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Phillip Valerio Sibanda announced on Monday that the military was pulling out of the streets after nearly a month during which they virtually took over the functions of the police. In making the announcement, he made an interesting point that they expected the police “to…
HARARE – Business confidence in Zimbabwe was at an all-time low in the third quarter as a result of political uncertainty, poor economic performance, policy confusion and a general lack of leadership, a Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries latest survey shows. The composite business confidence index for the third quarter of 2017 stood at -29,6 for…
HARARE – Despite numerous calls from President Emmerson Mnangagwa that people should not bootlick him, fiercely pro-Zanu PF musical choir Mbare Chimurenga which came to fame through their butt-wriggling moves and praise songs has dropped two singles for him. The group founder Elizabeth Bwanya told the Daily News the songs are specifically for the newly-inaugurated…
HARARE – The dance clash is on tonight where more than 30 groups are set to take part. The dance clash is running under the theme “Bye Bye 2017, Welcome 2018” and the event will feature Beverley “Bev” Sibanda, Zoey Sifelani, Wasu, Sarah D, Peter Kagomere, Pramastove, Fearless, Digital Queens, Unique Queens, Crazy Boys, Four…
