HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has re-assured under-fire vice president Elias Mudzuri that his position is secure even after being booed off stage by opposition supporters at a Harare rally on Thursday. Mudzuri was forced to abort his address, as tempers flared over his recent meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the president’s offices…
HARARE – Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has now said there would be no mass layoffs of public sector workers because government has no money to bankroll retrenchment packages. He said government will now consider other ways to pull the economy out of a recession that has rattled investor confidence. Ncube had earlier under his Transitional…
HARARE – The State has set December 10 as the trial date of former Information Communication Technology minister Supa Mandiwanzira who is accused of two counts of criminal abuse of office. The charges relate to his alleged engagement of a South African company, Megawatt to do consultancy work for NetOne and for appointing his personal…
HARARE – Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) — the publishers of the market leading Daily News and Daily News on Sunday — last night officially introduced the new-look, bigger and better edition of the Daily News on Sunday to marketers and advertising executives. The first edition of the revamped Daily News on Sunday is scheduled…
HARARE – Zimbabweans reacted with surprise yesterday, to Thursday’s announcement by the inquiry looking into the August 1 shootings in Harare, that it had already handed over the executive summary of its report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The commission’s unexpected announcement came a few days after it ended its public hearings into the post-election shootings…
HARARE – Zimbabweans reacted with surprise yesterday, to Thursday’s announcement by the inquiry looking into the August 1 shootings in Harare, that it had already handed over the executive summary of its report to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Sign up to receive BREAKING NEWS mobile phone text alerts from the Daily News for 5 cents…
HARARE – Permanent Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Nick Mangwana said Star FM radio presenter Linda Mhuriro will not be fired for “roasting” Finance minister Mthuli Ncube during an interview. Speaking at the launch of the Radio Presenter Masterclass at The Venue in Avondale on Thursday, Mangwana said after the radio interview he…
HARARE – Zanu PF Mutoko South MP Herbert Shumbamhini has been dragged to the High Court by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) over a $54 000 electricity debt. According to court summons filed by ZETDC — which is a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings — the electricity bill emanates from charges incurred at…
HARARE – The Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs ministry yesterday condemned the murder of a 32-year-old lawyer, Lucy Duve, as the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Duve was reportedly co-habiting with her alleged killer boyfriend Tashinga Musonza, 29, at a house in Windsor Park suburb in Gweru. Hell…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s 2019 health budget remains grossly inadequate to fund the critical needs in the sector, the Community Working Group on Health has said. CWG executive director Itai Rusike told the Daily News that government continues its over reliance on development partners, which raises the spectre of a health emergency should donor funding be…
