HARARE – The hordes of illegal foreign currency traders who had made the streets of Harare their home are increasingly becoming a rare sight, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s abatement measures take effect. As has accurately been reported by the Daily News over the past few weeks, Mnangagwa this week introduced temporary emergency policies to mitigate…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) board chairperson Nyasha Kazhanje was hauled before the courts yesterday for allegedly concealing personal interest in a transaction with Intratek Zimbabwe, which is owned by jet-setting Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo. Kazhanje, who is also the director of Terminal Engineers, allegedly received $10 000 from Intratek and subsequently allegedly…
HARARE – Matabeleland chiefs have written a petition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa bemoaning their alleged economic marginalisation which they said should be corrected under the new dispensation. In the petition, Avoca Filabusi Communal lands chief, Vezi Maduna-Mafu, noted that locals in most Matabeleland regions including Hwange, Lupane, and Binga, among others, are excluded in developmental…
HARARE – Nelson Chamisa’s MDC yesterday claimed it has disbanded a youth-led outfit called The Order of the Vanguard (Vanguard). Describing it as “an otherwise peaceful and disciplined team of MDC youths”, Lovemore Chinoputsa, the secretary-general of the MDC Youth Assembly, said the Vanguard “has since been disbanded on the orders of the national council,…
HARARE – Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was responsible for the August 1 killings which left six people dead and dozens others injured, the Daily News can report. This…
HARARE – Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was responsible for the August 1 killings which left six people dead and dozens others injured, the Daily News can report. [Adz[…
HARARE – Leader of the break-away faction of the MDC — Thokozani Khupe, has called for unity of purpose among opposition parties and other stakeholders as part of the initiative to restore the country’s struggling economy as the bread basket of Africa. Khupe — one of the losing presidential candidates in the July 30 elections,…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) security officers were yesterday grilled by MDC deputy president Morgen Komichi’s lawyer. Komichi is facing charges of going to the podium at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) during the announcement of presidential election results and grabbing the microphone before announcing that the MDC…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has invited observers for the Mutoko North National Assembly by-election scheduled for November 24. The seat fell vacant following the promotion of incumbent Mabel Chinomona to the post of Senate president. Three political parties will contest the by-election. The candidates are Edson Mugoma of NCA party, Boniface Mushore…
HARARE – Our news editor Gift Phiri chats to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa. Find below excerpts of the interview. Q: It seems you remain trapped in election mode almost four months after the election. What do you want? A: We want political dialogue on the five issues we have emphasised. Q: What are the issues?…
