HARARE – Zimbabweans lived it up during the month of December last year in spite of the country’s liquidity challenges, latest data from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe indicates. In its December 2017 monthly report, the central bank said the total value of cash transactions was 17 percent higher at $245,92 million during the month…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is moving to impound aeroplanes linked to deposed Robert Mugabe’s famils, which stands accused of acquiring the aircraft through taxpayers’ money. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]
HARARE – In a stunning development, many long-serving Zanu PF stalwarts have fallen by the wayside in the party’s selection of candidates who will participate in this year’s watershed elections, the Daily News can reveal. This comes as dozens of other party heavyweights, who include serving and former Cabinet ministers, will also have to contend…
HARARE – Former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri allegedly seized a vault containing diamonds worth millions of dollars belonging to a company that was in partnership with the cops before he forcibly took its claim in the gem rich Chiadzwa fields, Parliament heard yesterday. Chihuri, who had been invited to give evidence and explain how the…
HARARE – The trial of two Chinese nationals that reportedly shot and wounded legislator Keith Guzah’s son, Kevin, in a shoot-out failed to take off yesterday after the State failed to secure a Mandarin interpreter. The second complainant, Kudzai Nduku, who was in company of Guzah and allegedly got shot on the pelvis, appeared at…
HARARE – Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) president Agrippa Mutambara has approached the High Court seeking to quash proceedings in a case in which he is being sued for “illegally” using the party’s name. The court is yet to make a determination in the application. “The respondent (ZPF) herein filed a court application seeking a declaratory…
HARARE – The Child Rights Network for Southern Africa (CRNSA), a regional network of national child rights groups, will begin a three-day conference in Harare today that will feature 14 African countries. Organisations set to take part in the event will be drawn from Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana,…
HARARE – MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri has said some of their MDC Alliance partners are not “visible enough” on the ground, urging them to touch base with the grassroots to complement the coalition’s countrywide rallies. He said the Alliance partners must mobilise support in all constituencies. “While our MDC Alliance rallies are important, the…
HARARE – Deposed president Robert Mugabe’s family has heaved a sigh of relief after small scale miners that had dragged them to the High Court demanding access to their Mazowe farm — to collect mining equipment and gold ore — have withdrawn the application. Shepherd Nyazvigo — represented by Phillip Makanya, Bright Mawonga and Mohammed…
HARARE – Harare Institute of Technology (HIT) students yesterday staged a demonstration against poor living conditions and lack of entertainment — DStv. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the HIT’s Student Representative Council president, Saviour Machuwaire, blasted the varsity’s authorities, accusing them of refusing to address their concerns. “We have tried to engage the vice…
