HARARE – Campaign group Global Witness has said the report of Zimbabwe’s parliamentary enquiry into missing diamond revenues detailing some of the hidden interests in the country’s multi-billion dollar diamond industry, notably the security services, has fundamental gaps which suggest that full disclosure is still not the order of the day. In a damning statement…
BULAWAYO – Opposition Zapu has claimed that last week’s assassination attempt on President Emmerson Mnangagwa was calculated to destabilise the Matabeleland region like what happened in the early 1980s when government launched a crackdown against alleged dissidents in the region which left more than 20 000 civilians dead. This comes as security agencies have opened…
HARARE – Lessons at Sunningdale 2 Primary School in Harare have resumed following a heated meeting between angry parents, officials from the Primary and Secondary Education ministry and the school’s administration. At a rancourous meeting held yesterday, parents advised the ministry officials that unless the satanism issue was resolved, the school would be effectively closed…
HARARE – Suspended Chitungwiza mayor Phillip Mutoti has been acquitted of five counts of corruption by a tribunal set up by former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere. According to the charges, Mutoti allegedly contravened several sections of the Urban Councils Act, which included gross incompetence, misconduct and wilful violation of the law in the management…
HARARE – Mabvuku-Tafara MDC MP James Maridadi, is tipped to become the opposition party’s spokesperson, replacing Obert Gutu, who was expelled from the party early this year. Party insiders said Nelson Chamisa was likely to select Maridadi after the acting spokesperson Thabitha Khumalo reportedly asked to be excused. Maridadi was floored by youth assembly member…
HARARE – Despite the general consensus that the country did not benefit from the previous mining regime that existed in the Chiadzwa diamond fields before the formation of the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), events on the ground suggest that it may not be long before we revert to the old order, which prejudiced the…
KINSHASA – Dozens of legislators in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have attacked President Joseph Kabila over the trial, opening on Wednesday, of opposition leader Moise Katumbi who intends to contest upcoming elections. Katumbi and six others, including an American national, are to go on trial before the Supreme Court of Justice, his lawyer…
RIYADH – Careem — the Middle East’s answer to Uber — is aiming to change that in one of the most conservative societies in the world by recruiting Saudi women to take the wheel after a female driving ban was lifted on Sunday. Careem has received over 2,000 applications since announcing it would recruit so-called…
HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF party is spending a fortune to retain power at the forthcoming polls, with millions of elusive hard currency having been spent on top-of-the-range vehicles, advertising and campaign material to oil its poll campaign that has probably broken all records…… [Adz]
HARARE – After narrowly escaping an assassination attempt in Bulawayo on Saturday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is due to institute a top-to-bottom review of security agencies’ protocols after the bombing incident exposed serious lapses in his close security. The Daily News can exclusively report that there would be a sweeping overhaul of security agencies’ advance work…
