© AS MORE details emerge about former president Robert Mugabe’s final days, his wife Grace apparently made frantic last ditch efforts to have President Emmerson Mnangagwa by her husband’s bedside last week, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as many of Mugabe’s exiled relatives and loyalists — including his nephew Patrick Zhuwao, and…
© BRITAIN’S 40-year effort to find a way to either influence or dislodge Robert Mugabe is one of the country’s great post-war foreign policy failures. [GoogleAd] It is a story spanning six UK prime ministers, nearly £1 billion in aid and every conceivable strategy. Whether the cause of that failure lies at the door of…
© THE United States Embassy in Harare deleted a tweet praising former president Robert Mugabe, who died in Singapore on Friday, before replacing it with a series of hard-hitting tweets accusing him of presiding over human rights abuses. [GoogleAd] In the Friday tweet that was pulled down after attracting backlash from fellow Americans, the Embassy…
© MINES and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando has told investors that Zimbabwe needs capital to realise its target of a $12-billion mining industry by 2023. [GoogleAd] Chitando made the remarks during the just- ended 17th Africa Down Under (Adu) Mining Conference held in Perth, Australia, where he was part of over 1 500 participants…
© MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa are inevitable, a day after meeting The Elders — an eminent group of global human rights and peace campaigners — pushing for dialogue between the two leaders. [GoogleAd] Chamisa said after meeting Mary Robinson, chair of the Elders and former president of Ireland and…
© MDC and Zanu PF shared the spoils over the weekend after the opposition retained the Glen View South parliamentary seat, while the ruling party also won the Mangwe constituency by-election. [GoogleAd] The Mangwe seat fell vacant after Zanu PF National Assembly deputy chief whip Obedingwa Mguni collapsed and died in Harare in June this…
© THERE is confusion at Chitungwiza Town Council, with both George Makunde and David Duma claiming to be the legitimate town clerk. [GoogleAd] Makunde was suspended last Monday by mayor Lovemore Maiko. The decision was endorsed by a full council meeting which then appointed director of works Duma as acting town clerk. This, however, did…
© BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has shut its doors on former deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami, after barring him from reporting for duty pending the finalisation of his Supreme Court appeal. [GoogleAd] Kambarami, who was last year found guilty of theft charges, is challenging a recent High Court judgment which declared his election into office null…
© Prices of mealie-meal, flour and bread are set to go up after the government reviewed upwards producer prices of maize and wheat last week. [GoogleAd] Producer prices of maize and wheat to millers were increased by 86 percent and 38 percent respectively. Maize grain is now $1 300 per metric tonne from $726, while…
© MINISTER of State in Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s office Davison Marapira has been hit with a lawsuit following a botched R1 million cash deal. [GoogleAd] According to summons filed at the High Court, sometime in October 2018 Marapira became aware that a company called Lyonais Investments (Pvt) Ltd wanted to purchase a fuel tanker…
