FORMER Zanu PF provincial commissar Jappy Jaboon and ex-Chiredzi West MP Darlington Chiwa and several others are set to rejoin the ruling…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, yesterday commented briefly on the riots that have been rocking neighbouring South Africa, expressing the hope that there would be a quick solution to the deadly protests soon. Speaking to the media in Harare, ahead of a Zanu PF politburo meeting, Mnangagwa also reiterated that the conflict in Mozambique and rising…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last night extended the current national coronavirus lockdown by a further two weeks. At the same time, Mnangagwa cautioned…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has given the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) an ultimatum to recover all externalised funds and assets, while also urging…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has unveiled a new $50 note which will begin circulating today, amid hopes that this will not lead to rises in inflation and the prices of basic consumer goods. “The RBZ wishes to advise the public that the $50 banknote … will be introduced into circulation on July 7…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says China is playing a critical role in Zimbabwe’s development path, adding that the two countries have an unbreakable…
THE Affirmative Action Group (AAG) — a local black empowerment lobby group — is embarking on a drive to empower tertiary students by creating opportunities for them in different sectors of the economy. Speaking during a media briefing yesterday in the capital, AAG vice president Anastasia Ndhlovu urged students to start small businesses. “President (Emmerson)…
WITH Zanu PF continuing to reel from its long-standing internal wars, party bigwigs are moving with more urgency to lance these divisions as the 2023 national elections loom ever closer. Party secretary for security, Lovemore Matuke, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that senior officials were now fed up with the infighting, prompting them to work more…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa announced yesterday that he had appointed his powerful vice president, Constantino Chiwenga, to lead the turnaround of Zimbabwe’s ailing State-owned enterprises (SOEs) — which are beset by maladministration and corruption. But what caught the eye the most, even as this appeared to be said in jest, was how Mnangagwa emphasised Chiwenga’s military…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday conferred national hero status on former Two Infantry Brigade commander, retired major general Clever Shadreck Chiramba, who passed away due to Covid-19-related complications on Sunday. Chiramba, 66, left the army in 2004 to pursue his farming business. He was at the helm of Two Infantry Brigade during Zimbabwe’s intervention in the…
