HARARE – Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has bemoaned the downside that Zimbabweans have nowhere to run to and hold authorities accountable. This comes after the continuous cycle of impunity of human rights violations owing to the absence of an Independent Complaints Mechanism (IMC) to bring authorities to book. [GoogleAd] An IMC opens up the…
HARARE – Opposition MDC party leaders have been denied access to visit its imprisoned members who were arrested for allegedly causing violence during the fuel price hike protests in Bulawayo last month. They are being detained at the second capital’s Mlondolozi Women’s Prison and are still awaiting trial. [GoogleAd] MDC Alliance national chairperson Thabitha Khumalo said:…
HARARE – Parliement has set up a committee to investigate members of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines and Energy who allegedly demanded $400 000 from a local businessman keen to mine coal in Hwange. Temba Mliswa, who chairs the committee, stands accused of attempting to “squeeze” James Ross Goddard of JRG Contracting (Pvt) Ltd on…
HARARE – Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying he is the chief culprit in causing violence against innocent Zimbabweans. While addressing Zanu PF supporters in Mwenezi on Saturday last week, Mnangagwa blamed the opposition for the violent demonstrations that resulted in the death of over a dozen people and ominously warned that…
BULAWAYO – Defiant Matabeleland chiefs Vezi Maduna and Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni have escalated their row with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government — this time demanding the appointment of an independent probe into the Gukurahundi atrocities of the early 1980s, the Daily News can report. This is despite the fact that Mnangagwa has since operationalised the National Peace and…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday effected yet another major shake-up of the top brass of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) — retiring four top military bosses this time, in a move which political analysts said was a sign that he was further fortifying his political power. Since taking over the country’s political reigns from ousted…
Monetary policy statement due tomorrow …all eyes on Mangudya HARARE – THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Dr John Mangudya will today (Wednesday) release the long-awaited Monetary Policy Statement (MPS). And on Friday, Mangudya will meet various stakeholders at a local hotel to further unpack his MPS. [GoogleAd] Dubbed the Daily News Breakfast…
DESPITE dominating some of the country’s biggest municipalities, analysts say the MDC has little to show in terms of achievements since its formation in 1999.They argue that the MDC leadership from the late Morgan Tsvangirai to Nelson Chamisa have failed to give councils direction, adding that both have failed to make devolution a priority. Political…
The United Nations has hailed Zimbabwe for posting successes in reducing transmission of the HIV virus that causes Aids from mothers to babies. The UN Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) placed Zimbabwe on number three out of 23 focus countries in the sub-region frantically moving to eliminate the transmission of HIV from mother to child. Zimbabwe was…
FOR over 37 years, former president Robert Mugabe had remained untouchable as many citizens suffered in silence at the hands of the autocratic leader. But when his rule came to a dramatic end nearly two years ago, Mugabe’s world crumbled, leaving him exposed and open to numerous lawsuits, which were not possible to pursue during…
