HARARE – The cold spell being experienced in Zimbabwe has inspired several jokes for the hard-pressed Zimbos with others saying it has been brought by the many investors coming from cold countries who are investing in the country. Memes, videos, writings as well as pictures of people suffering from the cold are making rounds, all…
HARARE – As the 2018 elections draw closer, Daily News on Sunday Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda sat down with the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) — Andrew Makoni — to discuss various issues in the run up to the July 30, 2018 polls. Below are excerpts from the interview. Q. Are you…
HARARE – The smell of death hangs in the air at Harare Hospital as the sick sit hopelessly on rickety benches waiting for the “lazy” nurse. She is not paid well and sees no reason to hurry. The hospital’s floors are unpolished! Zimbabwe’s hospitals are bleeding and for over a decade now they have been…
HARARE – Courage Mambingadya, 18 could be voting in this month’s elections but he cannot speak, walk or write. He was not like this as a child. His mother Chipo Samoyo is bitter and wants justice for Courage who was injured while going for a routine check-up at Parirenyatwa hospital. She said Courage was born…
HARARE – A health time bomb is ticking in Harare and Chitungwiza as sewage streams continue to flow through most suburbs despite efforts by both councils to fix sewer lines. A survey by the Daily News on Sunday showed that most burst sewers were in high density suburbs. Some residents and their associations felt shortchanged…
HARARE – It is not just Harare residents who are kicking and screaming over poor service delivery. Interestingly, the city fathers themselves are now groaning because the poor state of Harare’s roads has conspired with reckless driving by their employeesto ground their refuse trucks. According to minutes of the Environmental Management Committee, only 20 trucks…
HARARE – The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has designated 18 magistrates to preside over special courts that will administer justice in cases involving politically-motivated violence and intimidation. JSC, Chief Justice Luke Malaba, on Friday gazetted the names of the magistrates through General Notice 431 of 2018. “It is hereby notified that the Judicial Service Commission…
MUTARE – Mandiitawepi Chimene –the motor mouth former minister of State for Manicaland Province and a fierce critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa – has broken her silence for the first time since she went into hiding more than six months ago. [Adz]
HARARE – Opposition political parties are teaming up against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) ahead of next week’s demonstration to demand reforms critical for a credible, free and fair vote on July 30. The Daily News can report that five fringe opposition parties have so far thrown their weight behind the MDC Alliance’s demonstration, set…
HARARE – Home Affairs minister, Obert Mpofu, has lost the battle to block the High Court from transferring some of his properties to the Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) — the liquidator of his now-defunct Allied Bank Limited. Mpofu has been resisting moves by the liquidator to assume control of six of his properties in Bulawayo…
