HARARE – Delays in the processing of passports have hit Zimbabwe, with Registrar General Clemence Masango blaming a worsening foreign currency crisis which has sparked the downsizing of operations fearing a stock-out of passport paper in two months. Zimbabwe’s economy has been struggling since it ditched its inflation-wracked Zim dollar in 2009 and adopted the…
HARARE – A fresh wave of votes of no confidence against senior officials in Zanu PF has consumed the ruling party. The Daily News can report that a number of Zanu PF officials now face an uncertain future over unproven charges that border on corruption and disloyalty to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. [GoogleAd] This is reminiscent of…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismissed claims that the army raped women and killed people during recent protests over massive increases in the price of fuel. In an interview with France24 in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Mnangagwa said the women who appeared in interviews saying…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is in the Indian capital of New Delhi, where he is receiving treatment for an abdominal ailment, a government official revealed yesterday. Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi posted on his Twitter account yesterday that the 61-year-old politician had successfully undergone surgery and was on the mend at an Indian hospital….
HARARE – A Parliamentary portfolio committee meeting on Mines failed to take off on Monday after Norton legislator Temba Mliswa accused the interim chairperson Roy Bhila of being HIV positive. The rant by Mliswa came after Bhila asked him, Prince Dubeko Sibanda, Anele Ndebele and Leonard Chikomba to recuse themselves from the proceedings until they…
HARARE – The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is conducting a public sale of properties in different areas of the country. In a statement, JSC invited auctioneers who wish to provide auctioneering services on behalf of the Sheriff of Zimbabwe for the sale of movable goods in Kadoma, Chiredzi, Beitbridge and Gweru. [GoogleAd] “The applicants must…
BULAWAYO – Government must pay for the looting that occurred in Bulawayo last month, the secretary-general of the main MDC party Douglas Mwonzora has said. Mwonzora was reacting to sentiments by Zanu PF politburo member and former youth league boss Absolom Sikhosana who boldly declared recently that the organisers of the protests should pay for the…
HARARE – University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has announced plans to construct a “Uni-City” — a university town that will be dominated by its university population. The first of its kind in Zimbabwe, the ambitious plan has been approved by authorities to allow for a mix of development, open space and recreational activities, and the university…
HARARE – First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa will this week meet with wives of traditional leaders to map strategies to end child abuse, girl child marriages, gender-based violence, rape cases and prostitution in rural areas, as well as promote cleanliness and food security. The initiative is at the instigation of chiefs who requested her during their…
HARARE – The United Nations Watch has commended activist and cleric Evan Mawarire’s fight for democracy, pledging to support him as he heads for trial. The Geneva-based non-governmental organisation said it stands with the “Zimbabwean human rights hero” recently released from prison. [GoogleAd] “He’s being charged with attempting to subvert the government, when all he did…
