HARARE – Mabvuku-Tafara MDC MP James Maridadi, is tipped to become the opposition party’s spokesperson, replacing Obert Gutu, who was expelled from the party early this year. Party insiders said Nelson Chamisa was likely to select Maridadi after the acting spokesperson Thabitha Khumalo reportedly asked to be excused. Maridadi was floored by youth assembly member…
HARARE – Suspended Chitungwiza mayor Phillip Mutoti has been acquitted of five counts of corruption by a tribunal set up by former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere. According to the charges, Mutoti allegedly contravened several sections of the Urban Councils Act, which included gross incompetence, misconduct and wilful violation of the law in the management…
HARARE – Lessons at Sunningdale 2 Primary School in Harare have resumed following a heated meeting between angry parents, officials from the Primary and Secondary Education ministry and the school’s administration. At a rancourous meeting held yesterday, parents advised the ministry officials that unless the satanism issue was resolved, the school would be effectively closed…
BULAWAYO – Opposition Zapu has claimed that last week’s assassination attempt on President Emmerson Mnangagwa was calculated to destabilise the Matabeleland region like what happened in the early 1980s when government launched a crackdown against alleged dissidents in the region which left more than 20 000 civilians dead. This comes as security agencies have opened…
HARARE – Campaign group Global Witness has said the report of Zimbabwe’s parliamentary enquiry into missing diamond revenues detailing some of the hidden interests in the country’s multi-billion dollar diamond industry, notably the security services, has fundamental gaps which suggest that full disclosure is still not the order of the day. In a damning statement…
HARARE – The main MDC formation has expelled members who defied the party’s directive by filing their papers at the Nomination Court to stand as independent candidates in the forthcoming polls slated for July 30. The defiant members had been given up to June 22 to withdraw their candidature. MDC chairperson Morgen Komichi told the…
HARARE – Over 500 civil servants who were retrenched at the beginning of this year are crying foul after government paid them less than they had expected. In April, government moved to reduce the national wage bill by retiring more than 500 civil servants without requisite qualifications, some of whom had served for over 30…
HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF party is spending a fortune to retain power at the forthcoming polls, with millions of elusive hard currency having been spent on top-of-the-range vehicles, advertising and campaign material to oil its poll campaign that has probably broken all records in terms of its financing. For the second time, the…
HARARE – More than 200 parents besieged Sunningdale 2 Primary School in Harare yesterday, baying for the blood of the institution’s deputy headmistress whom they accuse of practising satanism. The deputy headmistress, only identified as Marawa, strenuously denied the allegations when she was made to address the enraged parents who had gathered inside the school…
HARARE – After narrowly escaping an assassination attempt in Bulawayo on Saturday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is due to institute a top-to-bottom review of security agencies’ protocols after the bombing incident exposed serious lapses in his close security. The Daily News can exclusively report that there would be a sweeping overhaul of security agencies’ advance work…
