By Mugove Tafirenyika and Tarisai Machakaire IT DOES not rain but pours for Nelson Chamisa’s MDC faction, with the beset group receiving another morale-sapping blow yesterday after it lost the battle for the warring party’s hugely symbolic national headquarters in Harare, the Daily News reports. This comes after High Court judge, Justice David Mangota, dismissed…
HIGH Court judge Davison Foroma has freed three MDC-Alliance youth leaders — Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova — on $10 000 bail each, in a case where they are accused of faking their abduction. The trio was denied bail by Harare magistrate Bianca Makwande last week who emphasised that the…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Tendai Kamhungira AUTHORITIES are probing cases of alleged army brutality in Harare and at the country’s borders, after soldiers are said to have gone on a rampage on Wednesday night — assaulting people and looting their goods, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s security forces have been accused…
THE government will not print more money to alleviate the cash shortages in the country, Deputy Finance minister Clemence Chiduwa, has said. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Chiduwa said printing money would increase inflation. “It is not difficult to print money and as we have said in the previous statements, the cash requirement…
NELSON Chamisa, left, has everything to gain by embracing the growing calls for unity talks between him and interim MDC leader Thokozani Khupe — and everything to lose by spurning the mooted dialogue, analysts say. This comes as Khupe and Chamisa have been involved in a fierce tussle for the control of the country’s…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised United States President Donald Trump for allowing an American company to supply farming equipment to Zimbabwe in support of the country’s agricultural mechanisation programme, the Daily News reports. The support came despite the embargoes imposed on Zimbabwe by America, as well as the recent comments by US national security adviser…
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, has been barred from accessing their children, cars and property — including their plush Borrowdale home — after the Supreme Court yesterday set aside a provisional order she had attained from the High Court. The Supreme Court bench led by deputy chief justice Elizabeth Gwaunza and two other…
THE government has threatened to withdraw licences of shops rejecting $1 and $2 coins as well as $2 and $5 bond notes, the Daily News reports. Businesses started rejecting the lower denominations as soon as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe introduced $10 and $20 notes. But while responding to questions from MPs in Parliament on…
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has suspended independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa for disorderly contact, the Daily News reports. Mudenda imposed a ban of six sittings from Parliament against Mliswa for interjecting either when other MPs were making contributions or ministers were responding to questions from other legislators. This is the first time…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THERE appears to be no end in sight to the economic pain of ordinary Zimbabweans, with the prices of basic consumer goods shooting up further yesterday — following a shocking fuel price hike of 150 percent on Tuesday night. Surveys by Daily News crews in Harare, Bulawayo and…
