August 2020

Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Republic Police deputy commissioner-general Stephen Mutamba and head of Criminal Investigation Department, commissioner Chrispen Charumbira, have been accused of interfering in operations of a mine in Mashava, Masvingo. Two Flags Trading owners, one of the mines in the dispute, recently wrote to commissioner- general Godwin Matanga raising a complaint…

Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw SOUTH Africa’s ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mphakama Mbete, has refuted claims that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s special envoys snubbed the country’s opposition and civil society organisations when they came to Harare on Monday. Mbete told the Daily News yesterday that while the envoys had come to Zimbabwe with an open mind…

AS POLITICAL tension continues to mount in Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed yesterday that there was a plot to divide the country’s security forces in an alleged bid to fuel national instability, the Daily News reports. This came a day after Mnangagwa also lashed out at what he termed “renegades” within and outside the country,…

Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITERS THE African Union Commission (AUC) is following closely political developments in Zimbabwe and has warned the government against flouting its human rights charter. In a statement, AUC chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said he was concerned about reports of disproportionate use of force by security forces in enforcing…