HARARE – Parliament has summoned Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu and other high-ranking bureaucrats who served under former president Robert Mugabe’s administration as the legislative assembly continues to seek answers to the controversy surrounding the missing diamond revenue estimated at a staggering $15 billion. See today’s Daily News for more.
HARARE – Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has apologized to its customers for the disruption in service experienced by some of its customers on Monday morning (February 12, 2018). A company spokesman acknowledged the network had experienced some challenges early on Monday morning, which had been resolved a few hours into the morning. “Yes, we experienced intermittent…
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has formally asked President Jacob Zuma to resign, a senior party official has confirmed. The decision to “recall” him “urgently” followed marathon talks of the ANC’s top leadership body. Mr Zuma, 75, agreed to step down, but only in the next three to six months, the official added….
HARARE – Controversial and high-living businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, yesterday told Parliament how former president Robert Mugabe’s office and two ministers had used their influence to have him awarded multi-million-dollar power deals which are now under investigation by government. The burly businessman, who is often referred to by his associates as Sir Wicknell, was awarded a…
HARARE – MDC youths yesterday sealed the party’s Harvest House headquarters prompting one of the vice presidents — Elias Mudzuri, who is locked in a vicious succession tussle with two other colleagues — to cancel his scheduled address to senior officials as the infighting reached frightening levels. This comes as the long-serving founding party leader…
HARARE – Opposition National People’s Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru has finally managed to push for a drop of the of the ‘MDC’ prefix in the ‘MDC Alliance’ name and the main opposition party’s logo, as she moots a new grand coalition that would involve at least 84 parties. The former vice president had refused…
BULAWAYO – The council here has embraced new information technology after adopting a resolution to live-stream full chamber meetings, events and functions starting this month. According to the latest council report, town clerk Christopher Dube noted that “social media had grown to become a reliable source of information and tool for companies to utilise in…
HARARE – A Harare woman was slapped with a four months’ prison term after she was found guilty of using fake Ordinary Level certificates and worked as an insurance agent at a local insurance firm for 11 years. Abigail Mhizha, 45, appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande charged with contravening the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council…
HARARE – Rusape Town Council is selling off residential stands in its locality, as the local authority moves to raise funds and provide housing for its residents. In a notice, the town secretary Solomon Gabaza said the stands are only available in low density areas, with high density to be made available at a later…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has moved to replace recently-fired senior officers by redeploying 14 cops to various key posts, as the law enforcement agency moves to re-shape its battered image. At least 30 senior police officers were last month served with retirement letters, before the number was reduced to 11. Police spokesperson…
