HARARE – Expelled MDC deputy president Thokozani Khupe has commenced a multiplicity of actions in the High Court and Constitutional Court (Con-Court) in her desperate bid to dethrone Nelson Chamisa whose entry in the presidential race as the new MDC leader has ignited interest in the impending polls. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe has snubbed the mediation team led by Roman Catholic cleric, Father Fidelis Mukonori, which is frantically trying to get him to close ranks with his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Daily News can report. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]
HARARE – Doctors have distanced themselves from the on-going strike by nurses saying they remain in their posts, focusing on patients’ welfare despite the shortage of staff caused by the stand-off. Only last month, the doctors went on a crippling industrial action that lasted 30 days and culminated in government conceding to some their demands…
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has appealed to the military — which played a key role in the ouster of former president Robert Mugabe last November — to withdraw from villages in order to ensure free and credible elections. This comes amid reports that the army has deployed over 2 000 soldiers into rural…
HARARE – A theft-accused Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer openly told a court that spot fines that he collected from motorists during highway patrols were pocketed by their bosses instead of going to State coffers. William Katayi, 37, a sergeant, made the revelations during his appearance before Harare magistrate Joy Chikodzore. He is jointly charged…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has rung another shake-up, with the law enforcement agency transferring 41 senior police officers and 19 juniors. The move is one in many redeployments effected in the force since the military-led Operation Restore Legacy, which saw former president Robert Mugabe’s ouster and retirement of ex-ZRP commissioner general Augustine Chihuri….
HARARE – The Zanu PF politburo meets today to deal with the contentious issue of candidate selection for primary elections ahead of the eagerly-awaited harmonised polls, amid revelations that the party’s elections commission failed to contain members’ antagonism. The ruling party is currently burning with senior party officials battling to calm down angry members who…
JOHANNESBURG – South African civil rights organisation AfriForum said yesterday it was preparing to challenge the diplomatic immunity that was granted to former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe. The organisation announced this when it gave updates on matters relating to its private prosecution programme. “We . . . started with a process to set aside…
HARARE – Vice President Kembo Mohadi is currently undergoing treatment for an undisclosed ailment in South Africa, the Daily News has heard. The 68-year-old, who missed Wednesday’s Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, had been scheduled to give oral evidence before the Mines and Energy Portfolio Committee yesterday. Committee chairperson Temba…
HARARE – Zanu PF Secretary for youth affairs Pupurai Togarepi says the ruling party’s youths have enduring respect for former President Robert Mugabe and all the people who took part in the country’s protracted war of liberation. Togarepi, who was reinstated as the ruling party’s secretary for youth affairs by President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he…
