HARARE – Former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere who is facing abuse of office charges has approached the High Court seeking to have his charges quashed as he accused regional magistrate Hoseah Mujaya of being biased in the manner he has so far handled his case. Through his lawyer Charles Chinyama, Kasukuwere is seeking the…
HARARE – Forex dealers popularly known as ‘‘money-changers’’ are back on the streets operating underground as they still claim that there is high demand for foreign currency now because government is charging duty in foreign currency. In recent weeks, forex dealers were largely absent from posts they usually occupied where currency deals were conducted after…
HARARE – Women are reported to be struggling with sexual harassment at the workplace, with a majority of them suffering in silence due to perpetrators who usually hold high positions in organisations and government. Surveys conducted by researchers have shown that women are extensively sexually harassed and objectified by men in the work place. Sexual…
HARARE – Government business will literally come to a halt as the who’s who in Zanu PF, including Cabinet ministers, abandon their stations this week to attend the party’s annual peoples’ conference in Gwanda. The conference comes as the country battles shortages of fuel and medicines, among other things, due to the scarcity of foreign…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to recall incompetent Members of Parliament from his party, including those who refuse to tow the party line in pursuit of narrow factional agendas. While addressing a Zanu PF women’s league national assembly in Harare last week, Mnangagwa warned that he would not hesitate to call for by-elections…
HARARE – With the majority of the citizenry getting poorer by the day owing to the biting economic crisis, the cash-strapped government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has splurged over $2 million on top-of-the-range Land Rover Discovery vehicles for Cabinet ministers. The ‘Daily News on Sunday’ can exclusively reveal that these fuel-guzzlers were acquired at an…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s economy will soon explode if government does not come up with an immediate solution to expunge its growing national debt, analysts have warned. The southern African country’s public debt has ballooned to $16,9 billion — 96,79 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) — due to government’s high expenditure that saw domestic debt…
HARARE – Preparations for the Goodness and Mercy Ministries’ Know it Before it Happens Cross-Over Night are at an advanced stage. Tapiwa Freddy — founder and leader of the Glen View-based church — said of the approaching all-night event. “I will have the opportunity to write 2019 prophecies in my own handwriting to the people…
HARARE – It is often said that local filmmakers struggle to find content that appeals to Zimbabweans. But if they look closer at the National Assembly, they could easily find sufficient fodder for a good script on ultimate political survivors. In the current Parliament, there are a number of Members of Parliament who managed to…
HARARE – With President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration desperate to restore public trust, a senior government official has said the anti-corruption dragnet has been extended to cover all judicial officers, among them judges. Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs secretary Virginia Mabhiza revealed to the ‘Daily News on Sunday’ that government has put everyone within the judiciary…
