IN A welcome development, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the country’s two main opposition leaders — Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora — are increasingly singing from the same hymn sheet on the importance of peace ahead of next year’s elections. Speaking in Harare yesterday, at the burial of the late Highten Nkomo at the National Heroes…
POLICE are investigating a case of alleged arson after the Harare home of Zanu PF activist Sybeth Musengezi, pictured, went up in flames on Saturday evening. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police has received a report from Sybeth Musengezi concerning an alleged incident at his home and is now conducting investigations.“We will release more information tomorrow (today),”…
POLITICAL analysts have warned anew that the country’s fractured opposition is at risk of receiving a heavy shellacking from the ruling Zanu PF in next year’s crunch national elections. This comes as latest surveys suggest that young people are manifesting waning interest in polls, while the mindless bickering among opposition leaders is not showing any…
LONG-SUFFERING Zimbabweans will likely experience less severe blackouts from end of November, and hopefully no power cuts at all as from April next year. This was revealed yesterday by the permanent secretary in the ministry of Energy and Power Development, Gloria Magombo. Speaking to the Daily News, Magombo said power utility Zesa was scheduled to…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said during his trip to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York several American investors showed keenness to invest in Zimbabwe. Speaking on his arrival at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, Mnangagwa said he was expecting billionaires to come to Zimbabwe beginning next month.“The group of investors is…
CABINET is expected to resume its business tomorrow after failing to meet for the past three weeks due to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tight schedule. In a statement yesterday, chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda, said all Cabinet ministers are expected to attend the meeting.“The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet would…
ZANU PF’s crucial central committee elections have become the new theatre of war for party bigwigs, many of whom stand accused of fomenting chaos in the former liberation movement ahead of next month’s pivotal congress. This has prompted party secretary for security in the politburo, Lovemore Matuke, to warn that the former liberation movement will…
A BULLISH deputy Finance minister, Clemence Chiduwa, has projected further stability in the prices of goods in the country, while also predicting that it’s now a matter of time before once ubiquitous foreign exchange dealers go completely bust. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday at the weekend, Chiduwa said the government had found the…
LEGISLATORS have urged the government to give title deeds to people living in rural areas as is the case with their urban counterparts. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Citizens Coalition for Change MP for Harare East Tendai Biti said people in rural areas were being displaced against their wish but they are unable…
FED up police warned yesterday that they will be throwing the kitchen sink at criminals, amid an alarming surge in armed robberies in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, in the wake of yet another daring armed robbery in Bulawayo at the weekend, an irate police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, pictured, reiterated that…
