muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw FIREBRAND former war veterans leader, and now Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson,  Jabulani Sibanda, has laid into bigwigs who stand accused of fomenting divisions within the ruling party. Addressing members of Zanu PF’s Bulawayo District Coordinating Committee (DCC) this past weekend, JB — as Sibanda is popularly known as — also charged that some…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged war veterans to guard against “malcontents bent on advancing neo-colonialism interests”. He said this while addressing thousands of former freedom fighters in Harare at the launch of the Presidential War Veteran’s Empowerment Revolving Fund, where he donated US$2 million. Mnangagwa said Zanu PF members and war veterans needed to remain…

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw FRESH fissures have emerged within the ruling Zanu PF’s Mashonaland Central structures, ahead of provincial elections scheduled for later this year. Party insiders who spoke to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — revealed yesterday how ambitious bigwigs in the region were “stampeding to outdo each other” ahead of the forthcoming…

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE government has approved the principles of the Road Accident Fund Bill, which seeks to compensate injured and deceased road accident victims. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, the minister of Information, Jenfan Muswere, said the proposed bill also sought to reduce road traffic accidents. “The Road Accident Fund Bill seeks to…

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday challenged Sadc parliaments to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) for the benefit of citizens. Speaking in Victoria Falls during the official opening of the 57th plenary assembly of the Sadc Parliamentary Forum, Mnangagwa said technology bridges the gap between legislators and citizens in geographically dispersed constituencies. “The Fourth Industrial Revolution, characterised…

muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES must ensure that owners of dangerous dogs keep them away from the public. So says the family of a Harare man, Samuel Machara, who was mauled to death by pitbulls at the weekend. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, during Machara’s funeral wake in Bluff Hill, his aunt — Joyce Machara — said…

ZIMBABWE Council of Chiefs president Mtshane Khumalo has proposed that Parliament pass legislation imposing life imprisonment for convicted rapists. This comes as at least 200 cases of rape are reported monthly across the country, according to Adult Rape Clinic. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Khumalo said MPs needed to put punitive measures in place…

ZIMBABWE Power Company (ZPC), a Zesa subsidiary, intends to procure equipment for its Hwange Thermal Power and Kariba Hydro Power stations to improve electricity supplies in the country. This comes as the country is experiencing rolling blackouts with the minister of Energy, July Moyo, also blaming former Zesa employees for being behind a wave of…