December 2020

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw FORMER MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, pictured, is the new leader of the country’s biggest opposition party after he trounced his main rival, Thokozani Khupe, in Sunday’s chaotic election in Harare. But speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, a fuming Khupe claimed that she remained the MDC’s interim…

Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw The ailing Marry is facing multiple charges at the courts, including claims that she wanted to kill her powerful husband when he was receiving medical treatment in South Africa two years ago. She has been diagnosed with lymphoedema — a condition which her doctors describe as a build-up of…

Perpetua Rojasi STAFF WRITER rojasip@dailynews.co.zw CHURCHES say they are ready to provide evacuation centres for people in the eastern parts of the country who may be affected by Cyclone Chalane that is expected to hit the area tomorrow. This comes after the Metrological Services Department raised concerns over the anticipated cyclone. Zimbabwe Council of Churches…

Emmerson  Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw THE Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services ministry has increased fees for broadcasting licences with effect from November 2020 and approved an additional category for the provision of provincial commercial radio broadcasting. The initial application fee for a free to air national radio broadcasting service has gone up to $205…

Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.z PROFESSOR of World Politics at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, Stephen Chan, says the international community will continue to show a lack of interest in Zimbabwe until Zanu PF and the opposition get their act together. However, the respected academic also observed in an…

Blessings Mashaya THE MDC’s much-talked about extra-ordinary congress degenerated into chaos yesterday, with delegates nearly coming to blows over allegations of manipulation of the voters’ roll. So bad was the situation at a top Harare hotel where the gathering took place, that interim party leader Thokozani Khupe and secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora — who were both…

Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has once again pleaded for divine intervention to end the resurgence of the deadly coronavirus pandemic across the world. This comes at a time when neighbouring South Africa has reported a new Covid-19 variant, known as 501.V2, which has been blamed for the rising infections. Mnangagwa was the…