HARARE – There are growing worries within the MDC that the party is close to completely scuttling its electoral prospects in this year’s crunch national elections — amid revelations that the camp loyal to under-fire vice president Thokozani Khupe may be planning to boot out of the party newly-installed leader, Nelson Chamisa. Read full story in…
HARARE – A deal has been put on the table to end the bickering between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his predecessor, Robert Mugabe, as the ruling Zanu PF party races against time to end internal discord before harmonised elections to be held by July 31, the Daily News can report. Mugabe, 94, a stubborn but…
HARARE – Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu says government would bring more changes in the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) as it seeks to reform the force. The police minister, who torched a storm after refusing to cooperate with a Parliamentary portfolio committee recently, told the Senate on Thursday to expect more changes in the ZRP….
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s backers always flatter him for his legal prowess and often refer to him as a “distinguished lawyer.” Critics, however, opine that evidence available so far proves contrary. They say Mnangagwa has lurched from one legal mistake to the other since assuming the high pressure job in November last year —…
HARARE – A commission of inquiry set up to probe the process used to convert pensions and insurance benefits following dollarisation of the economy in 2009 has come up with a conversion ratio from Zimdollar to US dollars. The nine-member commission chaired by retired judge Justice George Smith was set up after many Zimbabweans who…
HARARE – Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira says University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice chancellor Levi Nyagura was never suspended, declaring that only President Emmerson Mnangagwa has the power to suspend a vice chancellor. He said he is yet to receive communication from Mnangagwa as the chancellor of all State universities, suspending Nyagura. This…
HARARE – The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has finally lifted a ban on elephant trophies imported from Zimbabwe. American press reported yesterday that FWS said it will now grant permits for sport-hunted elephant trophies on a “case-by-case basis”. This is a radical retreat by US President Donald Trump, who only last November…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga’s wife Marry does not care if you think the sleeveless army green outfit and very high heel gold stiletto platforms she wore to the Zanu PF extraordinary congress were out of place. While most of the party heavyweights’ wives covered up, she wore a long, flared…
HARARE – Home Affairs and Culture minister Obert Mpofu is calling for tougher laws to stop piracy, saying it was undermining the business of cultural production more than ever. Mpofu said the police were conducting regular raids to confiscating pirated material and destroying them. “We are also lobbying for the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act…
HARARE – ZBC television series Tunga is conducting auditions for more actors for its season 4. The epic series is intending to add seven actors on its cast, the award winning director Willard “Slimaz” Magombedze confirmed to the Daily News. “We are looking for at least four men and three ladies aged between 40 and…
