HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is failing to locate former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri, who has twice failed to appear before Parliament, the Daily News can report. This was revealed by his successor, Godwin Matanga, when he appeared before the on-fire parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines and Energy yesterday. Parliament is eager to…
HARARE – THE Shop Licences Act has been identified as one of the Acts which needs to be revised under the programme of ease of doing business, Parliament heard this week. Legislators said the Shop Licences Act was crafted in 1976 and the Act was last amended in 1988. They said the Act is riddled…
HARARE – While everyone is agreed that it is impossible to measure President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s achievements over a 100 days period and that his government could not do much in that short space of time to turn around Zimbabwe’s fortunes, analysts, however contend that there are basic issues he could have possibly addressed. The analysts…
HARARE – Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu yesterday opened up for the first time on the source of his wealth, claiming he earned all that he has through hard work. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]
HARARE – Masvingo residents are threatening to boycott paying a proposed road levy, claiming the city council imposed it on them. Masvingo United Residents and Ratepayers Alliance (Murra) spokesperson Godfrey Mtimba said the road levy resolution was passed in consultation with ratepayers. Masvingo resolved during a full council meeting that every resident will be charged…
BULAWAYO – Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has said it is not going into an alliance with Thokozani Khupe’s MDC faction. This comes after a Khupe rally held at Amphitheatre here over the weekend, where national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe introduced members of Mthwakazi, together with the Joice Mujuru-led PRC and Ansa led by Moses Mzila…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is now too old to remember anything and government is no longer taking his statements seriously, his successor and long time ally President Emmerson Mnangagwa told guests in Rwanda on Wednesday. Mnangagwa came to power through a military-assisted takeover of government that resulted in the fall of Mugabe and the…
HARARE – Zanu PF yesterday announced rules governing its primary elections giving a special waiver on war veterans, and also threatening to expel any candidates who will try to campaign alone without their rivals within the party. Making the announcement after an extraordinary politburo meeting in Harare that was chaired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zanu…
HARARE – Health minister David Parirenyatwa has acknowledged that health workers in Zimbabwe are underpaid adding that the current impasse between government and doctors is now being handled by “higher offices.” Parirenyatwa told the Senate yesterday that Zimbabwe needs to prioritise the health sector. “I really think that our health workers are underpaid, we need…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has released details about his family that seem to suggest that he had children with First Lady Auxillia when he was still married to his first wife, Jayne, who died in 2002. Mnangagwa, who became president in November after a soft military coup triggered by his sacking from Zanu PF…
