HARARE – A health time bomb is ticking in Harare and Chitungwiza as sewage streams continue to flow through most suburbs despite efforts by both councils to fix sewer lines. A survey by the Daily News on Sunday showed that most burst sewers were in high density suburbs. Some residents and their associations felt shortchanged…
HARARE – Courage Mambingadya, 18 could be voting in this month’s elections but he cannot speak, walk or write. He was not like this as a child. His mother Chipo Samoyo is bitter and wants justice for Courage who was injured while going for a routine check-up at Parirenyatwa hospital. She said Courage was born…
HARARE – The smell of death hangs in the air at Harare Hospital as the sick sit hopelessly on rickety benches waiting for the “lazy” nurse. She is not paid well and sees no reason to hurry. The hospital’s floors are unpolished! Zimbabwe’s hospitals are bleeding and for over a decade now they have been…
HARARE – As the 2018 elections draw closer, Daily News on Sunday Assistant Editor Maxwell Sibanda sat down with the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) — Andrew Makoni — to discuss various issues in the run up to the July 30, 2018 polls. Below are excerpts from the interview. Q. Are you…
HARARE – During her reign as the first lady, Grace Mugabe was an influential politician in both government and Zanu PF party. She was also a mother and the nation called her “Dr Amai”. Apart from being the “nation’s mother”, Grace was also a mother at home with three kids and that role is slowly…
HARARE – ZANU PF is stuck with a montage of party regalia, emblazoned with the face of its deposed leader Robert Mugabe, the Daily News on Sunday can report. Last year, Mugabe had appeared to be on track to represent Zanu PF as its presidential candidate for the 2018 harmonised polls. He was, however, dethroned…
HARARE – Former War Veterans minister and ex-army colonel Tshinga Dube said those behind the June 24 attack at White City Stadium in Bulawayo may have used a landmine to carry out their heinous act, instead of a grenade, as is being widely speculated. Dube – a weapons expert once in charge of the Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe who has lived a relatively quiet life since he was ousted in November last year, was on Thursday made to testify in a case in which he was duped by an aide of property worth $50 000. To get him to give evidence, court records show that Harare magistrate…
MUTARE – Mandiitawepi Chimene –the motor mouth former minister of State for Manicaland Province and a fierce critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa – has broken her silence for the first time since she went into hiding more than six months ago. Chimene skipped the country into neighbouring Mozambique in November last year soon after the…
HARARE – Opposition political parties are teaming up against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) ahead of next week’s demonstration to demand reforms critical for a credible, free and fair vote on July 30. The Daily News can report that five fringe opposition parties have so far thrown their weight behind the MDC Alliance’s demonstration, set…
