HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has condemned the tribal furore that erupted at Bulawayo City Council after his party councillor Arnold Batirai was caught in the eye of a storm after he used Shona to recite an oath during the swearing-in ceremony last Friday. Chamisa said tribalism is a “ghost that needs to…
HARARE – A woman claiming to be Joram Gumbo’s “baby mama” landed Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials in hot water after she called in the new Energy minister to resolve an excise duty dispute on her consignment. The minister’s “baby mama” Eristina Muneyi Gumbo appeared in court on Friday to testify against two Zimra officials…
MUTARE – There is lack of political will at the top to fight corruption that has dogged the nation for decades, anti-corruption group Transparency International has said. Frank Mpahlo, the watchdog’s Zimbabwe chapter programme officer, told the Daily News on Sunday on the sidelines of the reopening of the Mutare office on Thursday that lack…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new Cabinet has raised fresh hopes among long-suffering Zimbabweans that his administration could finally end the misery and despondency that characterised life under former leader Robert Mugabe’s decades of ruinous rule. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday wielded the axe sharply, dumping much of the deadwood that had for decades been part of the team of ‘‘permanent members’’ in former leader Robert Mugabe’s Cabinet line-up. And in yet more pleasant surprises, a bold Mnangagwa also significantly reduced the size of the previously bloated Cabinet — while…
HARARE – The determined bids by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and some Zanu PF bigwigs to bring down President Emmerson Mnangagwa are now effectively dead in the water — after Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe and veteran opposition kingpin Eddie Cross put paid to these quests this week. Addressing mourners at his Blue Roof…
HARARE – Former Finance minister Tendai Biti has said the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is being used by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government to politically persecute him. Biti said this following pronouncement by Zacc that the anti-graft body was set to probe, among other cases multi-million dollar investments by the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) which…
HARARE – The third edition of India in the Sunshine City Festival, which began in Harare on Thursday, will run at several venues in the capital city as well as in Bulawayo and Victoria Falls until September 16. The annual India in Sunshine City Cultural Festival brings to Harare top Indian artistes from genres such…
HARARE – Fear have grown that the deadly cholera disease could spread to other suburbs in the capital city after Glen View 1 Poly Clinic recorded more than 100 suspected cases of the highly-infectious disease by mid-day yesterday. This comes as five people have so far died from cholera although residents yesterday said the death…
HARARE – The late ambassador Trudy Stevenson was a very passionate patriot whose interests were about Zimbabwe, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said yesterday. Chamisa told the Daily News his party has lost a founding member who was a brave heroine. A memorial service was held for Stevenson at Wayward Catholic Church in Mount Pleasant…
