PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to resume his “thank you rallies” as the party’s commissariat is seized with the matter, a senior Zanu PF official has said. Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo said: [GoogleAd] “As soon as his schedule allows, he will resume the rallies, the cyclone issue takes precedence. He will advise as…
POPULAR Chipinge traditional healer Charles Makwiyana Ndunge who died on Monday after a long battle with diabetes will be buried today at his home in Makwiyana Village in Southdowns. He was aged 90. Ndunge who has been practicing his trade – often considered a dark art because of its association with witchcraft had been the…
AS the battle for control in the MDC reach fever-pitch, the theatre of action has shifted from district congresses to next week’s provincial elections. The Daily News can report that the recently-elected districts have started the process of nominating candidates for provincial positions. In Harare, for example, Glen Norah member of Parliament Wellington Chikombo, a…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson George Charamba has come out guns blazing, berating those criticising his boss for excessive foreign travel as dwelling on trivia. Charamba said Mnangagwa is not so much fond of flying but rather working around the clock to restore the country’s lost glory. Mnangagwa has lately come under the spotlight for his…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will today carry out major repair works along the Umzingwane/Mtshabezi pipeline — in an unavoidable move which will leave the whole city dry for 15 hours. This is because the works being carried out require a complete shutdown of all the pumps drawing water from Umzingwane Dam. In a notice yesterday,…
The visiting European Union’s managing director for Africa Koen Vervaeke has encouraged Zimbabwe to continue on the path of reform and engagement in order to enhance not only relations between Brussels and Harare, but also the livelihoods of Zimbabweans. Speaking after an intense working visit in Zimbabwe’s capital over the weekend, Vervaeke said: “Based on…
MOST big supermarkets and other retail shops have hiked the prices of basic consumer goods sharply — exponentially raising the cost of living in the country, amid a worsening shortage of foreign currency on the official market, the Daily News can report. This comes as thousands of commuters across the country have also been struggling…
THE Tendai Biti-led Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (Pac) yesterday accused Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) management of attempting to frustrate the committee’s efforts to unravel shocking misappropriations of funds. This comes after a scathing 2017 Grant Thornton forensic audit exposed financial rot in the organisation, fingering Zinara management and other external individuals from the previous…
SUSPENDED University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura, pictured, has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa must be prosecuted for abusing office by retaining Grace Mugabe’s invalid degree. Nyagura revealed this in his application for exception filed yesterday where he argued that the charges put to him do not disclose an offence. [GoogleAd] He stands accused of…
MATABELELAND region is likely to be the most affected as its constituencies are likely to be reduced if delimitation of boundaries set for 2022 is conducted, a survey carried out by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has revealed. Bulawayo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South and Masvingo are set to be the most affected. [GoogleAd] However,…
