HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) acting chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana will testify against MDC official Morgen Komichi, as the State’s star witness in the case in which he is accused of disputing announcement of the July 30 election results. Silaigwana was due to testify yesterday but the trial was postponed to October 18…
HARARE – A Harare man has been hauled before the court for allegedly murdering a thief who had been caught after committing a burglary. Ernest Emmanuel Kapondoro, 21, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa yesterday. He was remanded in custody and advised to apply for bail at the High Court. Prosecutor Sabastian Mutizirwa alleged that…
HARARE – MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa drew fierce reaction from an angry Defence and War Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemadanda after the youthful politician accused him of enjoying State feather-beddings and joining a rich elite while his constituency of ex-liberation fighters continued to wallow in abject poverty. Chamisa used a ceremony to welcome war…
HARARE – Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has blasted insensitive legislators saying they have to wait a bit longer to get their cars. This comes after legislators from both Zanu PF and the MDC expressed anger at government’s decision to suspend the purchase of new vehicles for them — with the money…
HARARE – Government yesterday fired warning shots against social media abuse when a Harare magistrate convicted a local man on criminal insult charge for retweeting a message besmirching the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba in the aftermath of the hotly-contested July 30 elections. Night Tawona Shadaya, 25, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa…
BULAWAYO – The Grain Millers Association (GMAZ) has embarked on an urgent move to ensure the price of bread comes down to $1 after they applied for a $50 per tonne wheat import subsidy. The price of bread recently went up to $1,10 as the supply of wheat went down, coupled with high operational costs…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, is apparently admitted at a private hospital in Harare — where he is being treated for a yet-to-be-disclosed ailment — the Daily News was told last night. This comes as sources also said yesterday that affable Foreign Affairs and International Trade minister, Sibusiso Busi (SB) Moyo, was still battling…
HARARE – MDC’s popularity has dwindled in Matabeleland, with voters shunning the polls in protest of underdevelopment in the region compared to other parts of the country, a report has revealed. The report released by Solidarity Peace Trust this week indicated that the populace in the region is largely demoralised and sees no purpose of…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has got it all to do after the government’s new measures to stabilise the country’s sickly economy were rejected by a wide cross-section of the Zimbabwean populace — who feel that the steps taken by authorities this week will worsen their suffering, the Daily News can report. This comes as…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has no original concepts of his own and is now relying on copying from the MDC even when the ideas are not sound, the opposition party’s leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, has claimed. Chamisa, who has refused to accept Mnangagwa’s victory in the July 30 elections arguing the presidential poll was…
