HARARE – Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo (pictured) says he is not holed up in Kenya, but still kept his whereabouts a secret for fear of his life. “I’m on Twitter; not in Kenya. It’s an open secret that Zanu PF putschists who are insecure in their military coup imagine I’m in…
HARARE – Lecturers at the University of Zimbabwe have raised a red flag, claiming the institution is being run by a cartel which is prejudicing the institution of millions of dollars. In a December 2017 report to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), the lecturers want a comprehensive forensic audit to be instituted amid claims that…
HARARE – Joice Mujuru’s National People’s Party (NPP) has hit the campaign trail, fronting the People’s Rainbow Coalition (PRC) ahead of this year’s key general election. Mujuru’s spokesperson and NPP’s secretary-general Gift Nyandoro told the Daily News that so far, the party has held mobilisation meetings in Mt Darwin, Mashonaland West and Masvingo, campaigning for…
HARARE – Zanu PF Women’s League has made a ”non-negotiable” demand of 50 percent share of the ruling party’s political power. According to the ruling party’s central committee report presented to the 2017 special extraordinary congress, the women’s league said females still don’t have enough representation in leadership positions and that impacts how decisions are…
HARARE – Convicted Chitungwiza mayor Philip Mutoti is challenging his 280 hours of community service sentence, arguing that the verdict was political. A Chitungwiza court last Friday ruled that Mutoti criminally abused his office as mayor. Mutoti was sentenced to 12 months in prison by Chitungwiza magistrate Francis Mapfumo. [GoogleAd] Four months of the sentence…
HARARE – A HARARE magistrate has postponed to tomorrow a ruling on an application by former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo to have his bail conditions relaxed to allow him to attend to his farm in Mashonaland West. Although prosecutor Edmore Nyazamba had not objected to Chombo’s application, magistrate Josephine Sande instructed the State to put…
HARARE – A HARARE woman who sought two different birth certificates for her daughter before claiming maintenance from two fathers was yesterday slapped with a 30-day prison term for breaching the Births Registration Act. Stella Kwanisai, 31, was convicted of wilfully giving false information for purposes of registration of birth of a child before Harare…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday hinted of his imminent retirement from active politics after leading the country’s largest opposition party for nearly two decades. In a New Year’s message released to the nation yesterday, the 65-year-old politician, who is battling cancer of the colon, implied he was on the verge of handing over…
HARARE – Deaths from malaria in Zimbabwe last year outstripped 2016 figures amid indications that the number of people succumbing to the old age disease is still high. Zimbabwe recorded 518 deaths from malaria in 2017, compared with 231 for the whole of 2016 and 462 the previous year, the ministry of Health and Child…
HARARE – A number of Castle Lager Premiership clubs are expected to finally conclude their search for coaches this week. After two years under Dutch coach Erol Akbay, the relationship finally ended last December when Bosso finished in sixth place some 25 points behind champions FC Platinum. [Adz] Bosso had been given a head start…
