HARARE – The top leadership of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) appears torn between the old and new order after they dodged a crucial press briefing convened in Harare on Wednesday to allay fears that the army may not accept a Zanu PF defeat at the forthcoming polls. There were swirling questions about the absence…
HARARE – A subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), has warned against by-passing and tempering of prepaid meters, giving offenders a two-month ultimatum to come forward and regularise their connections or face 10 years’ imprisonment. This comes on the back of a rise in the number of offenders who…
HARARE – Hwange Colliery Company Limited shareholders have ratified the coal miner’s excess borrowings of $150,3 million. The resolution was passed at the listed company’s annual general meeting last Friday. This comes as the heavily-indebted miner last month announced that it has been paying monthly instalments to its employee creditors since December, 2017, and will…
HARARE – Councillors and officials at the Harare City Council (HCC) are still holding workshops outside the capital city in spite of a government directive forbidding them from funnelling ratepayers’ money on out-of-town junkets. The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) revealed to the Daily News yesterday that 61 council officials and councillors recently attended a workshop…
MUTARE – Zanu PF has launched a terror campaign in Manicaland with cases of violence being recorded in Nyanga with fearsome intimidation and threats for a repeat of the 2008 violent clampdown of opposition sympathisers in Buhera. Zimbabwe Political Victims Foundation Trust chairperson Sekai Gombe said his organisation is assisting two assault victims — Paradzai…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Samuel Undenge yesterday tore into the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) for ignoring graft cases involving millions of dollars while pursuing perceived rivals of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration. Undenge is facing criminal abuse of office charges for allegedly awarding a media consultancy tender worth $12 650 to a company owned by…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is prepared to go to jail or die fighting for a free and fair election, which he said was now unlikely due to an alleged “unholy” alliance between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the ruling Zanu PF. Addressing a media briefing in Harare yesterday, Chamisa said the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s military will accept the outcome of the July 30 historic election, and will work with the winning candidate to ensure a stable transition, the Daily News can report. Putting to rest the most open threat to date that voting for the opposition would mean voting for civil war — a message that…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s military will accept the outcome of the July 30 historic election, and will work with the winning candidate to ensure a stable transition, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Zimbabwe cannot afford another disputed election given its perilous state of the economy, analysts have said. The country’s economy has been on a free-fall, with analysts saying its long history of disputed polls was a major contributing factor. To break the vicious cycle of disputed polls, they said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)…
