HARARE – Speculation is rife within the MDC led by Thokozani Khupe that its leader could be earmarked for a diplomatic posting in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. This follows claims on social media that Khupe could replace Zimbabwe’s late Ambassador to Senegal and The Gambia, Trudy Stevenson. Responding to the speculation, the MDC said it…
MUTARE – MDC Alliance-controlled local authorities are not autonomous to government and pushing for absolute independence would place them on collision course with the ministry of Local Government, an official has said. Mutare District Administrator (DA) Wilson Boore told Mutare city councillors during their swearing-in recently that they needed to see themselves as part of…
HARARE – ZANU PF has extended an olive branch to former party cadres who were sacked between 2014 and last year. The Daily News can reveal that Zanu PF functionaries — acting on instructions from President Emmerson Mnangagwa — have been in touch with some of the expelled members in a bid to strengthen the…
HARARE – Government should give Harare City Council (HCC) permission to source funders who can construct Kunzvi and Musami dams in order to ease the city’s water problems. Harare mayor Herbert Gomba told the Daily News that the city’s water supply was being outstretched because it provided the liquid to many towns that surrounds it….
HARARE – Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa has expressed his outrage at some municipal officials who attempted to defraud cholera response funds donated by Econet valued at $10 million. In a post on his Facebook page, Masiyiwa alleges that suppliers and some officials from affected municipalities were offering items needed for the response at highly inflated…
HARARE – The 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship is looking for 42 young Zimbabwean leaders who have a proven record of leadership and accomplishment in business, or civic engagement. The applications for the fellowship opened mid-last week and will close on October 10. After the deadline, all eligible applications will be reviewed by independent readers. Following…
HARARE – A Ruwa man who would tell his niece it was their tradition that the two sleep together before sexually assaulting the victim has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars. The man, 34, (name withheld) is now serving time behind bars after being convicted of rape charges. He appeared before Harare regional magistrate…
HARARE – A Harare man reportedly misrepresented to be a finance director of a steel company and successfully sued Chitungwiza Municipality (Chitungwiza) for $119 000, a court has heard. Paul Enerst Mzenge Zhou’s scheme was unearthed after a local newspaper reported on the High Court matter in which he was going to benefit $119 000…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has launched investigations into possible sexual harassment at the Department of Immigration. In a statement, ZGC chairperson Margaret Sarangwe-Mukahanana said the probe follows complaints of sexual harassment within the department. “It is hereby notified that in terms of section 5 of the Zimbabwe Gender Commission Act [Chapter 10:31],…
MUTARE – Construction mogul Nancy Saungweme has challenged pension funds to invest in real estate — considered a safe haven. The Aloe Enterprises boss said Mutare’s central business district (CBD) — unchanged in decades with an inter-mix of dilapidated, old and re-developed buildings, was a clear testimony of lack of sufficient investments in properties. “Mutare…
