HOPES for last-minute collaboration among the country’s divided opposition against Zanu PF ahead of the upcoming elections are unlikely to be realised, political analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the analysts added that even though it was widely accepted that working together was the best option for the opposition to defeat Zanu PF,…
SIX mine workers died on Thursday at a mine in Inyathi, Matabeleland North Province, after they were trapped under a shaft while extracting gold ore. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the miners died after they were trapped by underground water, which flooded the mine tunnels. “The Zimbabwe Republic…
By Brandon Josphat and Brighton Muronzereyi AUTHORITIES have confirmed the arrest of 12 suspects in connection with the death of Tinashe Chitsunge, a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist, who died on Thursday during political clashes in Glen View, Harare. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said the police…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE country will not turn a blind eye to disrespect for the judiciary, Chief Justice Luke Malaba has said. Speaking to the Daily News during a tour of the Gwanda Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, Malaba also urged all Zimbabweans to play their part in affirming and upholding the country’s laws….
By Brandon Josphat THE country’s major political parties, Zanu PF, CCC and MDC, yesterday signed a peace pledge in Harare committing themselves to respect the electoral processes and to maintain peace before, during and after this month’s general elections. This comes as police are investigating a murder case of Tinashe Chitsunge, a CCC party activist…
By Ketty Nyoni CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) bigwig and mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume, says his party will dethrone the ruling Zanu PF in this month’s crunch harmonised elections. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Mafume, also said CCC leader Nelson Chamisa would prevail…
WITH Zimbabwe’s energy situation continuing to improve, the government plans to further expand its electricity generation capacity to enable the country to export power. Speaking yesterday, after commissioning Hwange Power Plant’s new units 7 and 8 — which have injected 600 megawatts into the national grid — President Emmerson Mnangagwa confirmed that the country would…
By Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe, yesterday made a rare appearance in public, when she joined thousands of mourners paying their last respects to the late Archbishop Ezekiel Guti. Guti — the founder of the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God in Africa (Zaoga) Forward in Faith — had strong ties with the Mugabe family….
THE Supreme Court sitting in Harare yesterday set aside a High Court judgment which barred 12 Bulawayo Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentary hopefuls from contesting in the August 23 harmonised elections. Last Thursday, Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Bongani Ndlovu, barred the 12 candidates from contesting despite the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) accepting their…
POLICE yesterday confirmed the death of one person in Glen Norah, Harare, during public violence, while the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) claimed that the deceased, identified as Tinashe Chitsunge, was a party activist attacked in suspected political clashes. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirm an incident of public violence in Riverside area, Glen…
