HARARE – Chimurenga maestro Thomas Mapfumo’s “Homecoming Bira” in Harare lived up to its billing, with his yet to be officially released political song Chauya Chauya wowing the crowds. Mapfumo performed for the first time in the country after a 14-year self-imposed exile in the United States, now his new base. Mukanya, as he is…
HARARE – Legal experts have said the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has no powers to arrest suspects and can only do so with the assistance of members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), most of whom would have been seconded to the organisation. The anti-graft powers were put to test last year after former Higher…
HARARE – Former MDC deputy president Thokozani Khupe’s recent split from the Nelson Chamisa-led party will not have serious ramifications on his presidential bid as she has no political capital, analysts have said. In a development that long-suffering Zimbabweans fear will effectively derail the MDC’s campaign ahead of general elections set for not later than…
11:30 – Zanu PF 2018 primaries: Slow start at many constituencies. Daily News’ news editor Gift Phiri arrested and charged with criminal trespass after taking pictures of senior police officers briefing Zanu PF polling agents at Zvishavane police station. Paid $20 fine. Ballots have not been delivered at most constituencies. 12:32 – Voters wait for…
HARARE – Freed after two years in prison, Yvonne Musarurwa gives orders to district officers who had converged at Gutu and Chikowere law firm — the defacto Harare Headquarters for Thokozani Khupe’s break-away MDC formation. As the recently elected organising secretary it’s her duty to recruit members, rally support, impart the party ideology and coordinate…
HARARE – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa and his MDC party are ill-advised in attacking the judiciary on the outcome of a recent urgent application filed by his party in which they sought to bar erstwhile former deputy president Thokozani Khupe from using the party’s symbols, analysts contend. Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Francis…
BULAWAYO – President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week all but admitted that his government has no solution to the cash crisis, pleading with business to boost productivity to generate the much-needed liquidity. Officially opening the 59th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF), Mnangagwa who is now the patron of the fair seemed to point…
HARARE – ZANU PF has dismissed allegations by the opposition MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa that the ruling party has a proclivity for plagiarism as baseless. Two weeks ago, Chamisa said the MDC Alliance—his vehicle going into the forthcoming elections — will not publicise its election manifesto until Zanu PF had published its own…
HARARE – Two senior police officers reportedly fleeced desperate home-seekers of $23 000 after selling them land without authorisation from Local Government ministry. Stenia Kimbini, 49, and Passway Mubaiwa, 41, appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande charged with fraud. They were released on $150 bail with conditions to report daily at CID Law and Order,…
HARARE – At least 13 people have died from snake bites since the beginning of the year, statistics from the ministry of Health and Child Care reveal. “The total snake bite cases reported during the week ending March 25, 2018 were 114 and one death. The cumulative figure for snake bites were 1 937 and…
