CHINESE nationals are flocking to Zimbabwe due to the country’s mining sector growth, a cabinet minister has said. Speaking in the National Assembly last week, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said the country is now a host of over 25 000 Chinese nationals post Covid-19. “Given the government’s thrust in attracting investment, the President’s (Emmerson…
ZANU PF Harare provincial leadership has suspended its women’s league chairperson Ratidzo Mukarati over allegations of indiscipline, putting the name of the party into disrepute and failure to respect the party’s constitution, among other issues. In a prohibition order issued to her after the decision of the provincial coordinating committee (PCC) yesterday, the ruling party…
POLICE say they will throw the kitchen sink at all those who are attempting to create chaos and to tarnish the country’s image ahead of, during and after the forthcoming Sadc Summit. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi reiterated that law enforcement agents had tightened security throughout the country in…
ZIMBABWE’S oldest coal producer, Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), has ventured into various business projects as they seek to diversify their portfolio. This comes after the coal mining company spread its wings to incorporate agriculture, energy, financial, medical and property portfolios, among others. The company’s acting managing director, William Gambiza, told the Daily News that…
THE Zanu PF youth league is continuing to campaign for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in power beyond 2028. This comes despite Mnangagwa himself having recently reiterated that he would be taking a rest in four years’ time when his second term in office ends. It also comes as Zanu PF has said that it…
CONTRARY to the belief of many people, there is no automatic successor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zanu PF politburo member and liberation war stalwart, Tshinga Dube, has said. This comes after Mnangagwa recently reiterated that he would be retiring at the end of his constitutionally mandated two terms in office in 2028 — amid growing…
FORMER first lady Grace Mugabe is in a spot of bother and could face arrest, after a Harare lawyer, Munyaradzi Bwanya, threatened to press perjury charges against her. This comes after Grace — the widow of the late former president Robert Mugabe — allegedly accused Bwanya in the High Court in April this year of…
THERE has been another puzzling and striking intrusion — this time at the offices of the deputy minister of Tourism, Tongai Mnangagwa. The daring break-in at the Harare central business district workplace of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s nephew took place on Monday night. This comes after two recent and disturbing security breaches — as well as…
ZANU PF is moving to stop its structures from continuing to urge President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his stay in office, the party’s national political commissar, Munyaradzi Machacha, said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Machacha said the former liberation movement would — in this regard — rein in the chanting of slogans suggesting that…
By Blessings Mashaya mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are working on major penal reforms to decongest the country’s overcrowded prisons and to focus more on the rehabilitation of offenders. In this regard too, the government wants to establish more open prisons and pre-trial diversion programmes for child offenders. This comes as the country’s jails have once again far…
