HARARE – Newly- appointed Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi, pictured, has an unenviable task before him. He has landed the top post when the rot in the country has reached alarming proportions with Zimbabwe being ranked the 160th most corrupt nation out of 175 countries surveyed by Transparency International in 2018. [GoogleAd] As the new broom at…
Victoria Falls- President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday cancelled his planned trip to attend the CEO Africa Roundtable in Victoria Falls, amid a worsening economic crisis stirring resentment to his rule. He cited a meeting with diplomats held in Harare on Thursday as the reason and also attributed the cancellation to the ongoing formation of a Presidential Advisory…
HARARE- In a surprise move which betrays anxiety about President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s safety, authorities have once again reshuffled his personal security team while also expanding it to include Air Force personnel, the Daily News on Sunday can report. This comes as investigations into last year’s Bulawayo bombing — in which Mnangagwa narrowly escaped an apparent…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum) has written to the African Union (AU) chairperson and Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, demanding the regional body to urgently intervene and assist in ending the crisis in Zimbabwe. According to the letter dated February 10, 2019, the Forum’s chairperson Jestina Mukoko, claimed there has been a…
VICTORIA FALLS – Business leaders gathered here for the on-going chief executive officers’ indaba — the CEO Africa Round Table — yesterday expressed serious concerns over the austerity measures announced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube last year. They said the cocktail of stabilisation measures — including the much-criticised two cents tax per every dollar transaction —…
HARARE – Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa revealed yesterday that his revered late predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai, had died a bitter man after he was allegedly duped by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his allies that an inclusive transitional government would be set up following the November 2017 soft coup which felled former president Robert Mugabe from power. [GoogleAd] The…
VICTORIA FALLS – Zimbabwe must seriously look into the possibility of joining the Rand Monetary Union as the central bank mulls introducing a fresh monetary policy tool to alleviate foreign currency shortages, the head of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee Tendai Biti has said. Amid sharp differences between RBZ governor John Mangudya and Finance minister Mthuli Ncube…
HARARE – Zimbabweans should brace for tougher times ahead if the monetary policy fails to address the fundamentals in the economic quagmire. The monetary policy statement (MPS) which should have been presented by end of January has allegedly been stalled by the discord between Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya and Finance minister Mthuli…
HARARE – Motorists say they are still facing challenges using temporary number plates on their vehicles even after government announced an extension of their life-span. The temporary plates used to be valid for two weeks but have now been extended to an indefinite period of time although police profess ignorance to this extension. [GoogleAd] In a…
HARARE – A police officer yesterday offered to pay $60 as maintenance for his three minor children. Luke Mafusire said he could afford the $287 that his wife Winfielder Madyangove was claiming for their children aged 12 years, 8 and 2. [GoogleAd] Mafusire said his salary was $109. “I earn $109. I took out loans while…
