HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has uncovered a plot within his fractured Zanu PF party to impeach him in the event that he wins the presidential race in July this year, the Daily News heard yesterday. Speaking on the second day of a healing and reconciliation workshop held in Harare yesterday, the president said he…
HARARE – A European Union Election Observer Mission (EOM) expected in Zimbabwe any time soon will monitor electoral complaints that may be lodged after the elections. This comes after the Zimbabwe government invited the EU in March to deploy an observation mission for the upcoming harmonised elections set to mid-year. “In addition to observing the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has lashed out at the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) for levelling charges against a prison officer accused of undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he posted on social media comments calling the main opposition leader “my president.” ZLHR, a legal rights group, criticised the move…
HARARE – A senior executive at the Harare City Council (HCC) believes that sanity can only return to the capital city’s roads if the municipality gets assistance from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to tame wayward motorists. HCC’s director of works Zvenyika Chawatama told the Daily News that the traffic jungle that Harare’s central business…
HARARE – A 16-year-old girl claimed to have been kidnapped by music promoter/DJ Godfather Templeman had escaped from her sexually abusive father, a court heard. According to a defence outline compiled by Templeman, whose real name is Simbarashe Maphosa, the minor even threatened to commit suicide refusing to return to her father when police located…
HARARE – The MDC has been dragged to the High Court for failing to pay back $286 000, advanced to it by a local firm in 2016. According to court papers, sometime in 2016, the MDC borrowed $331 800 from Ishline Investments (Private) Limited) and undertook to repay the debt that same year. But having…
BULAWAYO – The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) offices in Bulawayo are currently being manned by police officers as lack of resources continue to hamper the operations of the anti-graft body. This, however according to observers, is likely to erode the confidence of the anti-graft body as they felt the move was tantamount to turning the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is working round the clock to cleanse the voters’ roll of any ghost voters. As part of efforts to keep a clean voters’ roll, Zec has asked the Registrar General (RG)’s office to submit to the elections management body a list of dead people every month. “If the…
HARARE – MDC Youth Assembly vice president Shakespeare Mukoyi said he will not testify against party leader, Nelson Chamisa, in his battle against Thokozani Khupe for the control of the country’s biggest opposition party. Mukoyi told the Daily News yesterday that Khupe’s camp was lost to think he can turn against Chamisa in their bruising…
HARARE – ZANU PF is losing sleep over threats by some of its members to vote for the opposition in the forthcoming elections. This follows contested primary elections that have left the ruling party on the edge. Speaking on the first day of a healing and reconciliation workshop in Harare, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, pictured,…
