OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has re-iterated his call for urgent and all-inclusive national dialogue — adding, crucially, that this must involve his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa, to help end the country’s decades-long political and economic crises. However, Mwonzora also pooh-poohed claims by Chamisa at the weekend that he alone held the keys to ending the…
POLICE are facing strong criticism in the wake of brutal attacks on vendors and desperate commuters in downtown Harare this week by rogue members of the force, acting under the guise of enforcing the country’s fortified coronavirus measures.The Daily News was told by hurting members of the public yesterday how delinquent and baton-wielding police officers…
FOREIGN currency shortages and inflation have negatively affected network expansion across the country, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) director general Gift Machengete has said. In the first quarter telecommunications sector performance report released on Wednesday, Machengete said foreign currency shortages had resulted in mobile network operators’ failure to import spares. “Foreign currency shortages will…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere for misconduct. This comes after he received a report from a tribunal he set up last year to investigate Ndewere on whether she was still fit to remain in office after a slew of misconduct allegations levelled against her. “The tribunal established in terms…
THE Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) intends to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on their members by importing goods on their behalf from neighbouring countries. Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, Zimbabwe’s land borders have been closed as a measure to curb the spread of the virus. This has…
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says Nelson Chamisa should banish any thoughts of ever having direct talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa outside the government’s Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after the MDC Alliance leader re-iterated his desire to hold direct dialogue with Mnangagwa, Charamba also said it was time Chamisa “moved on…
ZANU PF has ordered its provincial structures to complete a cell restructuring exercise by this Friday as the party prepares for its October national conference set for Bindura. Speaking during a recent policy meeting, Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu said the party bigwigs were already verifying the restructuring process. “The…. deadline of 18th…
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, has reiterated his call for direct dialogue between him and President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to help to come up with a roadmap for the fast-approaching 2023 national elections — to avoid more poll disputes going forward. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Daily News yesterday, Chamisa was adamant that the country’s…
FORMER Studio 263 actress Chipo Bizure was arrested last week for allegedly causing a scene at her married boyfriend’s house, ringing the intercom uncontrollable and banging the gate demanding to see him. Bizure, who starred as Eve in the iconic soapie in the 2000s, has since been charged with malicious damage to property and disorderly…
THE government is pushing back calls by opposition parties and pro-democracy groups for the country to institute electoral reforms ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi described the push as mere “politicking” — adding that authorities had come to expect this “clamour for electoral reforms…
