THE curious case in which opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has been accused of raping a 39-year-old woman (name withheld for ethical reasons) is floundering after police confirmed yesterday that the complainant may indeed be suffering from mental health problems, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] As a result, authorities are waiting for direction from psychiatric…
HARARE – The forthcoming MDC congress is critical as it will settle once and for all, the legitimacy question dogging the leadership of Nelson Chamisa, political analysts have said. [GoogleAd] Chamisa assumed the reins of the country’s main opposition party ahead of his rivals following the death of Morgan Tsvangirai — the party’s founding father — last…
Nearly every municipality in Zimbabwe is grappling with a water crisis, putting lives in great danger. In January this year, Bulawayo City Council (BCC) instituted a 48-hour water rationing exercise as its water sources have gone down due to erratic rains. [GooglesAd] So severe is the situation in Bulawayo, in particular, that United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH)…
More and more members of the security services are being arraigned before the courts for playing a major role in perpetrating blue-collar and violent crime. [GoogleAd] Analysts attribute the breakdown of discipline to the worsening economic crisis, the fractured nature of national politics and the culture of impunity by the new dispensation. Soldiers and cops’ involvement…
HARARE – A top MDC official has sensationally claimed that party officials, especially those who will be voting in the upcoming congress are being paid large sums of money to vote out Nelson Chamisa from the party’s presidency. [GoogleAd] But Zanu PF has angrily dismissed the allegations. MDC vice president Morgen Komichi told the Daily News on…
PRESS freedom group Misa-Zimbabwe has blasted MDC Alliance for the harassment of ZBC’s Midlands bureau journalist Tafara Chikumira during a rally held in Gweru’s Mkoba. [GoogleAd] The opposition security agents did not want Charumira to cover the event arguing that the State-owned television station’s coverage is always biased in favour of the ruling party. In a…
CHINHOYI – CHINHOYI Municipality looks set to seek city status, with a formal motion seeking that designation being put before residents. In a notice by the municipality, it was seeking submissions from residents with proposals set to be submitted to the council offices no later than April 15. “Notice is hereby given in terms of Subsection…
HARARE – The United Nations yesterday appealed for $234 million in aid for Zimbabwe targeting 2,2 million people of the nearly 5,3 million Zimbabweans who need assistance until June 2019. [GoogleAd] The 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan focused on Zimbabweans mostly in need of food, health care, shelter, water and sanitation, said Mark Lawcock, the UN under-secretary…
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) financial intelligence unit director Mirirai Chiremba has said he will apply for refusal of further remand during his next court appearance. [GoogleAd] Chiremba appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti and was remanded to March 15 pending finalisation of investigations into his fraud case. He is accused of reviewing Suzan…
BULAWAYO- The critical work of police and prison services in Bulawayo’s dormitory township of Ntabazinduna has been severely affected by the recent theft of electricity cables, the Daily News can report. This comes after some daring thieves stole about eight kilometres worth of copper cables in the township, in a shocking act which left more than 1…
