MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, has reiterated his call for direct dialogue between him and President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to help to come up with a roadmap for the fast-approaching 2023 national elections — to avoid more poll disputes going forward. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Daily News yesterday, Chamisa was adamant that the country’s…
FORMER Studio 263 actress Chipo Bizure was arrested last week for allegedly causing a scene at her married boyfriend’s house, ringing the intercom uncontrollable and banging the gate demanding to see him. Bizure, who starred as Eve in the iconic soapie in the 2000s, has since been charged with malicious damage to property and disorderly…
THE government is pushing back calls by opposition parties and pro-democracy groups for the country to institute electoral reforms ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 national elections. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi described the push as mere “politicking” — adding that authorities had come to expect this “clamour for electoral reforms…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora met President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, in Harare on Friday, where he presented his proposals for the much-talked about national dialogue. Mwonzora’s spokesperson Lloyd Damba confirmed to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday that his boss had indeed met both Mnangagwa and Chiwenga to discuss the country’s…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that civil servants are getting low salaries and pleaded with the government workers to be patient as his administration is trying to find ways to increase their salaries. This comes as teachers embarked on a partial strike before schools closed earlier this month as they were reporting to work for…
SUSPENDED Harare mayor Jacob Mafume is demanding his reinstatement after claiming that his 45-day suspension has lapsed. Mafume, his former deputy Luckson Mukunguma and four other councillors, were suspended by Local Government minister July Moyo in December last year on allegations of gross incompetence and misconduct. This was after Mafume was arrested on allegations of…
THE government is increasingly getting concerned with the surge in armed robberies amid claims that both the police and army are failing to stop the smuggling into the country of illegal guns being used by the bandits. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, deputy Home Affairs minister Mavhunga Maboyi admitted the failure by security…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has summoned bickering former freedom fighters to an urgent meeting in Harare on Saturday, as he bids to douse their factional wars that are gutting the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA). Well-placed sources who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said Mnangagwa was meeting the war veterans in an attempt to…
SUSPENDED police commissioner Douglas Nyakutsikwa believes the State is creating malicious criminal abuse of office and fraud charges against him which are…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, says he is all for burying the hatchet with Nelson Chamisa and work together with him in…
