HARARE – With factionalism refusing to die in Zanu PF, anxious power-brokers in the party are scheming to keep President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the helm of both the former liberation movement and the government for the next decade, the Daily News can report. Sign up to receive BREAKING NEWS mobile phone text alerts from…
HARARE – The State has set January 28, 2019 as trial date for former Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi who is accused of various corruption related charges. Mzembi is standing trial for allegedly misappropriating funds meant for the 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly. He is also accused of disposing of 16 PVA…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) veterinary doctors are investigating the mysterious death of 30 impalas which were found lifeless at Mana Pools National Park recently. ZimParks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo said the authority was not yet sure what might have led to the death of those impalas but will notify the public…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Mining Development Cooperation (ZMDC) acting chief operations officer Lawrence Gondo allegedly wrote a supporting letter in an attempt to cause the release of 59 tonnes of copper ore which had been impounded by the police from illegal copper dealers, a Harare court heard yesterday. Gondo, who is also a retired senior army…
HARARE – Jailed former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor’s advisor Munyaradzi Kereke’s company, Fairdrop Trading (Private) Limited, which trades as Rock Foundation Medical Centre, has been dragged to the High Court by a local company, which is seeking an order to cancel an agreement of sale for a generator signed between the parties three…
HARARE – The Foreign Affairs and International Trade ministry has said its 2019 National Budget allocation is not enough to fully implement President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s re-engagement plans with the international community. Delivering a report before the Foreign Affairs and International Trade parliamentary portfolio committee last week, the acting permanent secretary for the ministry, ambassador Chitsaka…
MUTARE – Lands, Agricultural, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri has demanded State-owned companies under his purview to start making a profit and pay dividends, in a renewed attempt by the government to squeeze quasi firms to plug holes in the National Budget. Shiri told a 2018 strategic planning workshop last week that…
HARARE – Plans to develop Chishawasha Farm into a residential urban area have kicked off amid indications that the project would be completed within the next 30 years. The ambitious project, which is located 25 kilometres north-east of Harare, is being spear headed by the Zimbabwe and Mozambique Province of the Society of Jesus —commonly…
HARARE – Glow Petroleum has relaunched Schools Tree Growing and Tree Care (TGTC) programme as part of efforts to fight deforestation. The first phase of the programme, being run in partnership with Forestry Commission, will run for the five years. Under the initiative, two schools per province were selected to be beneficiaries of the programme…
HARARE – A Harare man who killed businessman and socialite Shingi Mukandi in a hit-and-run accident last year was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail for the offence. Alfred Machipisa was convicted of culpable homicide, failure to stop after a fatal accident, failure to render assistance and report an accident to the police within…
