IN A dramatic turn of events, it has emerged that the newly-installed leadership of Zanu PF’s youth league may now be pushing for the expulsion of the wing’s suspended executives from the ruling party, the Daily News reports. This comes as details are emerging that the suspended youth league leaders apparently approached intelligence chiefs and…
FLOODS have killed one person and left more than 20 families stranded, after torrential rains pounded Matabeleland North this week, the Daily News reports. The floods came exactly a year after Cyclone Idai battered Zimbabwe and killed hundreds of people in Manicaland and parts of Masvingo. The floods which hit Matabeleland North followed a deluge…
GOVERNMENT has increased the price of the subsidised roller meal to $70 from $50, amid the scarcity of the maize meal in major retail shops. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced the price adjustment in a statement yesterday. “In December 2019, government introduced a roller meal subsidy pegged at $50 per 10kg bag in order to…
FORMER vice president Joice Mujuru turned down calls to return to the ruling party arguing she is comfortable watching from the terraces, the Daily News can report. This comes as the ruling party is keen to mend broken relations with its erstwhile comrades who left at the height of the ugly factional wars that ravaged…
POWERFUL cartels have captured every sector of society causing untold suffering to ordinary citizens, Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi has said. Speaking at an anti-corruption capacity building workshop yesterday, Hodzi said so sophisticated are the cartels that they have captured Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, (Zacc) an institution founded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the sole mandate of fighting…
SUSPENDED Zanu PF youth league kingpin, Godfrey Tsenengamu, warned opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, last week to beware of being used by hardliners in both the ruling party and his MDC as he fights to get into power, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zanu PF and MDC hawks are said to be frustrating…
TROUBLE is once again brewing at the country’s second biggest mobile network operator, NetOne, amid accusations of political interference and a fresh bid to oust its highly regarded chief executive officer, the Daily News can reveal. This comes as the targeted CEO, Lazarus Muchenje, has been credited with turning around the fortunes of the government-owned…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says half of the country’s population is now in need of urgent food assistance. World Food Programme This comes as the country is experiencing severe shortages of maize meal, on the back of the debilitating drought which is ravaging the southern African region. WFP country director, Eddie Rowe, told the…
HIGH Court judge Erica Ndewere has freed Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry — who is accused of assaulting her husband’s house maid — on $1 500 bail. Marry, through her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa, approached the High Court on appeal after she was denied bail by Harare regional magistrate Bianca Makwande last weekend. Stakeholders…
FARMERS have warned that if the fall armyworm is not controlled, it has potential to reduce yields at a time when Zimbabwe is already bearing the brunt of the 2018/2019 farming season drought. The fall armyworm is being reported across the country, particularly in Mashonaland provinces while the African armyworm has been reported in parts…
