HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere was arrested in Harare yesterday on allegations of criminally abusing his office while he was still in government, the Daily News can report. Kasukuwere spent the day detained at Rhodesville Police Station in Harare’s Eastlea suburb. He is due to appear before the Harare Magistrates’ Court today. His…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has offered United States President Donald Trump an opportunity to develop a golf course in the resort town of Victoria Falls as he takes his charm offensive to White House. Wearing his trademark scarf with the colours of the Zimbabwean flag, Mnangagwa made the revelation when he addressed investors in…
HARARE – Harare’s major referral hospitals are facing serious water shortages amid a cholera outbreak which has killed more than 31 people in the capital. The Daily News can report that Harare Central Hospital spent the weekend without water, while Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals had to resort to drawing the resource from its boreholes and…
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe company’s Gushungo Holdings (Private) Limited has turned the tables against a potato producing company that supplied it with seed on credit in 2015, accusing the firm of breaching a verbal contract entered between the two parties. This comes after Seed Potato Co-op (Private) Limited approached the High Court demanding…
HARARE – Zanu PF will mainly focus on attracting the youth vote ahead of the 2023 polls, informed by the significant inroads its major rival made at the just-ended polls in luring the youths. The party’s secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, told the Daily News last week that despite MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa losing…
HARARE – The High Court is still to bring to finality jailed former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke’s appeal, after he was sentenced to 14 years for rape in 2016. Kereke is challenging both his conviction and sentence, in an appeal before High Court judges Charles Hungwe and Neville Wamambo. The businessman was in 2016…
HARARE – The ninth Parliament will commence in earnest today with a busy schedule which will see it, among other functions, administer over a dozen bills proposed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa during his State of the Nation Address last week. Mnangagwa who also officially opened the ninth Parliament for its first session came up with…
HARARE – Delays in the appointment of Harare’s Provincial Affairs minister has led to serious jostling for the top job in the province. Several names are being bandied around as possible candidates with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s nephew, Tongai, being a hot favourite for the position. Tongai, the Member of Parliament for Harare South, is the…
HARARE – As some rogue elements within the security sector engage in human rights violations witnessed during the tenure of deposed former leader Robert Mugabe, legal watchdog Veritas has raised concerns over government delays in setting up an independent body to investigate complaints against members of the forces. This comes as there is outrage over…
HARARE – Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has embarked on a mission to rehabilitate the Kariba Dam and to develop two Hydro-Electric Scheme sites to secure the long-term safety and reliability of the Kariba Complex by December 2022. This came out in the board’s 129th meeting where discussions on availability of water for power generation at…
