January 2018

HARARE – Zanu PF faces a major headache following revelations that a number of legislators linked to the Generation 40 (G40) faction are mulling shifting their allegiance to former vice president Joice Mujuru’s National People’s Party (NPP). A well-placed source in Zanu PF told the Daily News yesterday that “dozens” of the party’s Members of…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa will next week meet with traditional leaders in the Midlands capital of Gweru, his spokesperson George Charamba has said. In a statement yesterday, Charamba said Mnangagwa was scheduled to meet all the country’s 282 chiefs on January 12  “as part of his ongoing programme to connect and acquaint himself with…

HARARE – Intra-party violence has reared its ugly head in the ruling Zanu PF party after youth league officials clashed in Harare on Tuesday over residential stands ownership — leaving one house burnt and two children injured. Zanu PF youth league chairperson for Harare province Godwin Gomwe told the Daily News yesterday that the party’s…

HARARE – Zanu PF and MDC youths are trading accusations over the violence that erupted at the opposition party’s Harvest House headquarters in Harare on Tuesday night. Deadly clashes erupted near the MDC HQ after suspected MDC youths clashed with cellphone traders at Ximex Complex. The battles were quelled after an hour-and-a-half when riot police…

HARARE – Suspended Harare City Council acting town clerk Josephine Ncube testified yesterday in court in a case in which the municipality’s waste water manager Simon Muserere is accused of corruptly concealing from a principal a personal interest in a transactions worth over $1,5 million. Ncube said Muserere should have declared his interests, further adding…

HARARE – Harare City Council has appealed to the public to cooperate with municipal police and council traffic enforcement officers following the assault of its officers driving vendors out of the central business district (CBD). HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme said vendors, kombi drivers and touts have become a menace as they assault officers carrying out…

HARARE – The number of people who have died on the country’s roads since December 15 is already higher than last year, the Zimbabwe Republic Police has said. In a statement, police spokesperson Charity Charamba said 1 398 accidents occurred from December 15 to January 1, with 136 deaths recorded. Charamba said the number of…

HARARE – Government is exerting pressure on Kenyan authorities to silence self-exiled former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo (pictured) who is throwing tantrums at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration using microblogging site, Twitter. The sharp-tongued politician has been a pain in the backside for Mnangagwa’s government ever since he skipped the country last November to escape…