THE continued increase in road accidents needlessly claiming people’s lives has become a worrying trend during this festive season, which the Zimbabwe Republic Police must deal with decisively. On Sunday, 18 people perished near Mutoko Business Centre in a head-on collision. We have and will continue to write in this column against road carnage…
By Emmerson Njanjamangezi and Blessings Mashaya NEWLY-ELECTED MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora, said yesterday that he was ready to work with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF to resolve Zimbabwe’s decades-long myriad challenges. At the same time, Mwonzora also extended an olive branch to some of his MDC rivals — including Thokozani Khupe and Elias Mudzuri…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday demanded loyalty from the party’s newly-elected District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members ahead of the 2023 elections. Speaking before yesterday’s central committee meeting, Mnangagwa said the DCC elections were over and the party must be united. “Now that those elections (DCCs) are behind us, both elected leaders and unsuccessful candidates must recommit…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw POLITICAL analysts say the deepening rifts in the country’s seemingly voodooed opposition will once again gift the ruling Zanu PF an easy victory in the 2023 national elections. The analysts also told the Daily News yesterday that neither the MDC’s new leader Douglas Mwonzora nor his predecessor Thokozani Khupe could change…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw APOSTOLIC Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) president Johannes Ndanga says member sects will accept Covid-19 vaccines if they are offered to them. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Ndanga said some members have expressed concerns around the anti-Christ allegations surrounding the vaccines as well as fears about the side…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has again appealed to the public to register to vote to avoid having their constituencies cut in the next delimitation exercise. This comes as Zimbabwe awaits the next delimitation exercise meant to create new constituencies ahead of the 2023 general elections. Zec Bulawayo provincial elections officer Innocent Ncube appealed to…
Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw MDC Alliance and Nelson Chamisa’s lawyer Thabani Mpofu was yesterday arrested and later released for allegedly obstructing the course of justice in police investigations into alleged fake abductions of the opposition party’s youth leaders. The lawyer was advised he would soon be summoned to court to answer to the…
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…
