© THE cost of basic consumer goods — which are already unaffordable for many Zimbabweans — is set to rise even higher, after under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced sharp increases in the prices of electricity and a plethora of taxes, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] Delivering his 2019 mid-term budget review statement in…
© MDC vice chairperson Job Sikhala is demanding $3 million from Zimbabwe Republic Police after he was allegedly tortured following his arrest on allegations of seeking to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. [GoogleAd] This comes weeks after Sikhala’s lawyers also told the courts that he was nearly killed by police during his controversial transportation to…
© ZANU PF Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba has said MDC legislators should not be given vehicles because they do not recognise the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Chinotimba told the National Assembly on Thursday that MDC legislators must not get cars because they disrespected Mnangagwa, after the opposition legislators pitched up late for the…
© OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said unknown masked gunmen — brandishing AK 47 rifles — had stormed a meeting in the capital and nearly abducted two of his senior party officials. [GoogleAd] This came as the opposition was preparing to mark the deaths of six civilians who were killed by soldiers on August 1…
© FORMER Tourism minister Walter Mzembi’s alleged accomplice Sarah Makombe-Kuhudzayi walked out of court a free woman yesterday after a Harare magistrate acquitted her of stealing US$1, 8 million fund-raised for the 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) conference. Kuhudzayi was acquitted after a full trial by senior regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya. [GoogleAd] Mujaya…
© GOVERNMENT will only use the police to quell future protests as the force is currently undergoing re-training, a Cabinet minister has said. [GoogleAd] Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Sibusiso Moyo in a statement to mark the first anniversary of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tenure said ZRP has been undergoing re-training and capacitation in…
© ENVIRONMENT and Tourism ministry permanent secretary Munesu Monodawafa was yesterday picked up by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) for questioning as a “witness in a high profile case before the courts”. [GoogleAd] Information permanent secretary Ndabaningi Mangwana revealed this through twitter although he could not divulge the high profile case he was referring to. Munodawafa…
© FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti who is also the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Accounts says government must fire Finance ministry accountant-general Daniel Muchemwa for failing to do his work. [GoogleAd] Biti told the National Assembly on Tuesday that Muchemwa is incompetent. “The accountant-general looks after our accounts, looks after the books,…
© FEARS of cholera and typhoid have gripped several local authorities as they are now issuing warnings to residents. [GoogleAd] Councils across the country are experiencing water problems with rationing being implemented as the liquid is scarce. An outbreak scare hit Harare recently with two cases of typhoid being reported in Glen View while two…
© EXILED nephew of former president Robert Mugabe, Patrick Zhuwao who was among alleged kingpins of the vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction says he has lost hope of returning to Zimbabwe anytime soon. [GoogleAd] The sulking former minister who fled the country following Mugabe’s ouster in November 2017 and his subsequent replacement by President Emmerson…
