Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw THE government says it will release a total of $100 million to the ruling Zanu PF and the MDC this year, under the Political Parties (Finance) Act. In an extraordinary government gazette that was published yesterday, Zanu PF was earmarked to pocket $70 million of this money, with the…
Mugove Tafirenyika CHIEF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw MDC Alliance secretary-general, Chalton Hwende, pictured, who has been accused of bullying and at the centre of the ructions bedevilling the Nelson Chamisa-led formation, has offered to go before the party’s disciplinary organs to clear his name. Allegations against Hwende were raised by former Zvishavane senator and national standing committee…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT wants the government to empower rural schools by providing them with more resources, including solar radios, to ensure learners in these areas are not left behind. This comes as lessons have been disrupted since March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has seen most learners doing lessons…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) says it has managed to arrest the flooding problem that has for the past 40 years haunted the coal mining town. Some sections of the town have been susceptible to floods each time heavy rains are received, resulting in loss of property. HLB town secretary Ndumiso…
Jeffrey Muvundusi and Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the Epping Forest borehole project in Nyamandlovu and also officiated at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline as the government seeks to deliver on its promise to solve Bulawayo’s perennial water challenges. This comes as the city has been experiencing one of…
Blessing Masakadza FORMER NatPharm acting-managing director and operations manager Zealous Nyabadza has been nabbed on allegations of purchasing and selling surgical masks at the firm without following procurement procedures. Nyabadza was not asked to plead to allegations of criminal abuse of duty when he appeared before senior regional magistrate Trynois Utawashe. He was remanded in…
Nyasha Dube LOCAL businessman Antony Mukandabvute has now escalated his dispute with Zanu PF councillor Luckson Mawanga over a mining claim in Manicaland to the High court. Mukandabvute, who operates Twin Castle Resources (TCR), filed an urgent chamber application and cited Paari Mining Syndicate, Manicaland Provincial mining director Owen Dube, Mines minister Winston Chitando and…
POLITICAL activist Makomborero Haruzivishe has begun the fight for his freedom by seeking to have two warrants of arrest issued against him last year expunged. Haruzivishe is currently in custody after he was arrested last week on charges of allegedly kidnapping and locking up Impala Motor Spares employees inside their office during a protest against…
A SELF-CONFESSED sex worker has been brought before the court on allegations of engaging in sexual intercourse with a minor half her age. Precious Teya, 26, is facing allegations of aggravated indecent assault after sleeping with a boy, who is 13. She was not asked to plead to the allegations and was remanded in custody…
STAFF WRITERS THE infighting and strategic missteps wracking the MDC Alliance are once again coming to a head, with a worried insider telling the Daily News yesterday that the coalition was becoming “a Twitter party”. In addition, the senior alliance official also lamented the “undue” influence that a few “unelected people” — including “some politically-naive academics and…
