HARARE – It has emerged that MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rebuffed ousted former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace’s overtures for the trio to work together — as the former first family frantically attempts to derail President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election bid in next month’s watershed polls, the Daily News can report. At…
HARARE – Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and other principals in the MDC Alliance have not ruled out boycotting next month’s crucial national elections but for now, they will continue dialogue with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over their demands for reforms. This is despite Zec slamming the door firmly shut on the opposition by declaring…
HARARE – The High Court on Monday ordered the inspection of former Zanu PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga’s farm following an ownership wrangle which has sucked in Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa. According to court papers, Chipanga is accusing Mutsvangwa of illegally grabbing his farm and handing it over to a white farmer. In…
HARARE – The case of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice chancellor Levi Nyagura, who is being charged with corruptly awarding a PhD to former first lady Grace Mugabe, has been postponed to June 22 pending his trial. He appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa on charges of criminal abuse of office. Nyagura, through his lawyer…
HARARE – A self-styled Epworth prophet who raped a 19-year-old woman during a cleansing ceremony will spend the next 14 years behind bars after he was found guilty of rape. Regina Chinyanga, 31, was convicted of the rape charge after a full trial heard before Harare regional magistrate Temba Kuwanda. Prosecutor Valerie Ngoma urged the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has been hit by a wave of sophisticated card cloning syndicates, which has seen retailers and individuals lose huge sums of money. Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) president Denford Mutashu told the Daily News that members of his organisation had fallen victim to the scammers, who in some instances stole Point of…
BULAWAYO – People’s Rainbow Coalition (PRC) has dismissed the recent poll surveys which have literally thrown them out of the election race, in the process concluding it to be a two-horse race pitting the MDC Alliance and Zanu PF. Zimbabwe’s Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI), in partnership with Afrobarometer predicted a closely-contested 2018 election with…
HARARE – The MDC plans to field agents in all polling stations during next month’s election, the party’s organising secretary Amos Chibaya said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chibaya said the move was targeted at ensuring that the ruling Zanu PF will not “rig” the elections. “Like any other year, we are going to…
HARARE – Harare City Council is yet to interview the 11 candidates shortlisted for the town clerk position. According to Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni, the interviews were supposed to be conducted last week. The position has not been substantively filled since Tendai Mahachi’s departure in 2015. “The interviews are yet to start and honestly, I…
EDITOR — Growing tobacco is not an easy task. The process is labour intensive and therefore, should be supported accordingly by different stakeholders involved. The majority of the tobacco farmers are small-scale and they grow their tobacco on small pieces of land where family members provide the much-needed labour. Their harvest is sold either under…
