VICE President Constantino Chiwenga appears to have put to rest, once and for all, claims that he is jostling for power with President Emmerson Mnangagwa — after he recently publicly endorsed his boss as Zanu PF’s sole presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, the Daily News can reveal. In addition, the powerful VP — who…
By Nyasha Dube DIVISIONS have rocked teachers’ unions again as some have ordered their members to return to work, while others remain defiant educators are still incapacitated, the Daily News reports. This comes after the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU), formerly the Apex Council, on Monday agreed to a 41 percent salary…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Perpetua Rojasi FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said the 2021 National Budget will focus on improving the lives of long-suffering Zimbabweans through sustaining the current basic goods price stability and job creation. In recent months there has been a semblance of economic stability in the country, characterised by falling prices…
THANKS Makore, 56, has applied for bail at the High Court as he claims he did not take part in the gruesome ritual murder of his 11-year-old nephew Tapiwa Makore (junior) in Murewa. Makore together with his twin Tapiwa (senior), Tafadzwa Shamba and two other suspects are currently in remand prison for allegedly committing the…
SOUTH Africa Defence minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has expressed her happiness that the ANC had paid its share of the cost for the lift she granted them to meet with their Zanu PF counterparts. Speaking during the oral question session in the National Assembly yesterday, MapisaNqakula said the cost of the trip was R232 000 and…
A GROUP of Bulawayo businesspeople, who are also related, are at each other’s throats after a botched US$1,4 million property deal went sour. Converging Investments represented by Hosea Mkwananzi, Ismail Moosa Lunat and Iqbal Lunat are accused of defrauding Toppers Uniforms represented by Mahomed Zakariya Patel of US$1,4 million in the deal. During the defence…
CHITUNGWIZA Residents Trust (Chitrest) wants certain sections of the Regional, Town and Country Planning Act repelled as they give local authorities power to demolish homes without a court order. Chitrest has launched a High Court application citing Local Government minister July Moyo, Attorney General Prince Machaya, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Chitungwiza Municipality (Chitungwiza)…
ZANU PF says political parties that are shunning President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s dialogue overtures and preferring violent confrontations will be dealt with by the law, the Daily News reports. This comes as MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has constantly rejected Mnangagwa’s invitation to join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) after the hotly-contested 2018 elections. While Chamisa…
Blessings Mashaya and Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITERS THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) interrogated deputy Health and Child Care minister John Mangwiro on Tuesday, pending the finalisation of his corruption allegations docket relating to a coronavirus tender, the Daily News can reveal. Zacc spokesperson John Makamure confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that Mangwiro had indeed been called…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts want the government to close all schools to prevent a second Covid-19 wave from spreading after 100 students at a single institution tested positive recently, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government closed down John Tallach Secondary in Matabeleland North on Monday following a Covid-19 outbreak at…
