By Blessing Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THE calls within the ruling Zanu PF for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his stay in power beyond 2028 are intensifying. This comes as Zanu PF youth league leaders are planning to take a formal position on the campaign — that is already being actively pushed by the women’s…
FORMER deputy prime minister and leader of the opposition, Thokozani Khupe, has lifted the lid on her continuing brave fight against breast cancer. She told the Daily News yesterday that the disease had flared up aggressively having gone into remission a few years ago. Khupe said her positive outlook in life and indomitable spirit had…
By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zwZIMBABWE needs a total of US$4, 4 billion for its rural electrification project, the World Bank has said. Speaking at the national electrification programme strategy workshop in the capital yesterday, World Bank country manager Eneida Fernandes said Zimbabwe needed to bridge the gap between the urban and rural populace in terms of…
ZANU PF political commissar Munyaradzi Machacha says the ruling party’s current national restructuring exercise is targeting the youth as they are a key in national development and supporting the party. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Machacha said Zanu PF would put in place more efforts to bring more youth on board.“The youth are key….
LANDS ministry officials are corruptly evicting farmers across the country, particularly widows and children of war veterans. This was revealed in a report tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday by the Albert Nguluvhe-chaired portfolio committee on Defence and Home Affairs after the Children of War Veterans and Heroes’ Dependants Forum petitioned Parliament, urging authorities…
FORMER freedom fighters are digging in their heels over their delayed elective congress, which they want to go ahead as soon as possible. This has seen the war veterans’ executive calling for an urgent meeting on the issue in Harare tomorrow, after the struggle stalwarts rejected the latest proposed date for the congress — July…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE country has seen a sharp decline in cholera cases with the daily statistics for the past one week showing cases at or below two per day. The decrease marked a shift from the peak of the outbreak when daily cases soared into hundreds. According to the daily statistics on cholera…
AT LEAST 18 heads of State and government — including President Emmerson Mnangagwa — as well as three former heads of State…
THE government has established a Statelessness Task Force to identify and grant deserving foreigners citizenship. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence and Home Affairs on Monday, permanent secretary in the ministry of Home Affairs Raphael Faranisi said they were set to receive funding in order to undertake the programme this year. ‘‘The United…
BY RUTENDO NGARA A BUDIRIRO, Harare, woman allegedly lied before the courts that she had served a summon to social media influencer Felistas Murata, popularly known as Mai Titi, in a bid to recover her money. Panashe Manyore, 27, appeared before Harare magistrate Mary Chinzou facing perjury charges and she was remanded out of custody…
