HARARE – Without any doubt, retailers have hiked prices of basic commodities to alarming and shocking levels. Prices of most basics — rice, meat and other products — have more than doubled in the past weeks. And something certainly has to be done to curb this deepening crisis. But the crisis can only be curtailed…
HARARE – The MDC’s youth and women’s assemblies should not behave like leagues of the “old” Zanu PF who, against all logic, wanted former President Robert Mugabe to remain party candidate for this year’s election despite his advanced age and ill health. I was surprised at the MDC’s wings’ recent reactions to Morgan Tsvangirai’s intimation…
HARARE – An ailing Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC Alliance can still defeat President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his “reformed” Zanu PF hands down in this year’s eagerly-anticipated harmonised elections, an MDC official has said. MDC national executive member Job Sikhala told the Daily News this week that if Mnangagwa was to allow a free and…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is making moves to probe the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over widespread allegations of fraud, corruption and flouting of tender processes for election material dating back to the 2013 harmonised poll. The probe threatens to suck in senior officials and ultimately former Zec chairperson Rita Makarau, who was…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate yesterday freed former NetOne chief executive officer Reward Kangai — charged with flouting tender procedures and prejudicing the State-owned Telecommunications giant of over $17, 5 million — on $800 bail. Kangai, 61, was ordered to be released on $800 bail, surrender his passport, desist from interfering with witnesses, continue residing…
HARARE – Individuals and companies that illegally externalised significant amounts of money from the country are returning the money, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya has said. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the looters are known and will be prosecuted if they do not heed his call. [Adz] In November, the new…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) yesterday arrested Harare City Council director of housing and social development Edmore Nhekairo, Mutare town clerk Joshua Maligwa and Rusape Town Council Housing director Lawrence Mushayabasa over allegations of corruption. Nhekairo is alleged to have defrauded Marondera Town Council of cash, residential and commercial stands amounting to thousands of…
HARARE – A Harare man has made an urgent chamber application contesting Gateway High School’s decision to withdraw his daughter from the institution for non-payment of school fees arrears amounting to $14 000. In the application filed at the High Court on January 9, David Tapera Mabuwa cited Gateway and its head as the respondents….
HARARE – MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai’s Monday statement that he was considering exiting the political arena and pave way for a younger successor has been welcomed by social and political analysts, who actually assert he has left it too late, but counsel that congress must resolve the ongoing deadly power fights. The two major wings…
HARARE – Our news editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with the presidential candidate for the Coalition of Democrats (CODE) — an alliance of six opposition political parties about the forthcoming 2018 general elections. Find below, excerpts of the interview. Q: You have been nominated to be the flag bearer or presidential…
