HARARE – After escaping an assassination attempt in June this year, President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa has tightened his security, including splashing over US$1 million in acquiring an armoured Mercedes Benz S-Class limousine, the Daily News can report. The luxurious limousine is complete with all the security features which do not take away its comfort. Since he…
HARARE – Former first lady Grace Mugabe seems to be enjoying her life at the ‘‘Blue Roof’’ mansion, as she was captured on video entertaining guests with various performances. No one can ever doubt that fireworks erupt whenever Grace, 53, has the microphone. While many might have thought that her connection with the mic ended…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda acted out of his professional reputation in blaming MDC Alliance supporters for the fatal shooting of at least six unarmed civilians during a violent protest last week, MDC secretary for defence and security Giles Mutsekwa has said. A retired army major and former co-Home Affairs…
HARARE – Occupants of structures in illegal settlements sprouting across the capital city have been given 48 hours to remove them or risk having them destroyed by the city fathers, the Daily News can report. Harare City Council (HCC) spokesperson Michael Chideme said the notices were issued to occupants of various illegal settlements, established ahead…
HARARE – There is nothing new about the shortcomings of the 2018 harmonised elections as the stage for the current dispute was set when authorities refused to strengthen the legal framework for elections immediately after the 2013 elections, an elections watchdog has said. Election Resource Centre (ERC) executive director Tawanda Chimhini said going into the…
BULAWAYO – Losing Bulawayo South MDC Alliance parliamentary candidate Muvirimi Francis Mangwendeza has dragged Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court challenging the victory of Zanu PF MP-elect Raji Modi. In the court application, Mangwendeza – through his lawyers Matshobana Ncube of Ncube Attorneys – cited Modi and Zec as respondents. In his founding affidavit, Mangwendeza…
BERN – Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has died at a hospital in the Swiss capital, Bern, after a brief illness. The 80-year-old served as the seventh UN chief for almost 10 years from 1997 to 2006 and was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2001, which he shared with the UN. A statement…
GWERU – Ten people have reportedly died since the outbreak of typhoid in Gweru last week, although this could not be confirmed by officials in the City of Progress. Four hundred recorded cases of the waterborne disease have been treated so far. Efforts to get a comment from town clerk, Elizabeth Gwatipedza, were fruitless as…
BULAWAYO – Former Makokoba legislator Tshinga Dube will not abandon Makokoba constituency despite his emphatic defeat to MDC Alliance’s James Sithole. Dube had in 2008 and 2015 tried his luck to wrest the Makokoba seat from the MDC, without success. He finally broke the jinx in 2015 after he won the seat through a by-election,…
HARARE – The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) has called on government to punish rogue soldiers behind the August 1 killing of civilians in the capital. In a recent report, HRT said the demolition of market stalls in central Harare impacted negatively on the livelihoods of vendors, adding that the burden of ending unemployment lied squarely…
