HARARE – The shock withdrawal by Jessie Majome from the MDC primary elections has triggered an outpouring of sympathy and anger from the residents of Harare West constituency who have vowed to derail the opposition party’s attempt to retain the seat in the impending national elections. Majome, who had served Harare West for 10 years…
HARARE – The outbreak of fresh fissures in the ruling Zanu PF party has resulted in cracks emerging in the Team Lacoste faction, which campaigned for President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ascendancy to the high-pressure job, giving the 76-year-old politician severe headaches ahead of forthcoming general elections. See today’s paper for details.
HARARE – A Harare man has been jailed for 13 years for raping his maid. Kudakwashe Mutuma, 34, was initially sentenced to 18 years in prison by regional magistrate Themba Kuwanda before five years were suspended on condition he does not commit a similar offence. He had been accused of raping a woman working as…
HARARE – Harare businessman Energy Mutodi, has been conned $13 000 by a Harare woman he engaged as a vehicle import clearing agent. Memory Kashangura, 42, of Mabvuku, appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba yesterday facing charges of fraud as defined in the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act. She was remanded in custody to…
HARARE – Government has recalled nurses that it had discharged from service, Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa has said. He said the health professionals have since resumed their duties. “I would want to clarify that after the nurses had been dismissed, they were then requested to resume duty, if they wanted to. What…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Information and Communication Technologies (ZICT) has called for the set up of a Cyber Security and Internet Court. ZICT — a division of the Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers — said there was an increase in Cyber Crimes which include electronic bank transfers, card cloning, Internet abuse, identity theft and many other security…
HARARE – The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the High Court to urgently resolve a feud between the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC camp and a rival camp led by Thokozani Khupe which is insisting on using the party name and symbols. This comes after the Chamisa-led MDC camp filed a Supreme Court application seeking to have its…
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has dismissed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s promise of a free and fair election saying if he was sincere he would not be rejecting opposition demands for an open tender for the procurement of ballot papers to be used in this years’ harmonised elections. In a wide-ranging interview with Stephen Sackur…
HARARE – As emotions continue to run high in Zanu PF over the chaotic manner in which it ran its primary elections, officials in Harare East constituency have “unearthed’’ evidence of rigging involving University of Zimbabwe students and youths not resident in the area. The Daily News is in possession of the dossier showing “manipulated”…
HARARE – The Community Working Group on Health (CWGH) has made a passionate plea to MPs and Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa to prioritise the finalisation of the Public Health Amendment Bill before the dissolution of the current Parliament. CWGH executive director Itai Rusike told the Daily News that the Bill was in…
