HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today bracing to name and shame individuals and companies that have refused to surrender public funds illegally stashed abroad after a deadline he set expired without their full cooperation. The new president — who came to power through a soft coup that toppled long ruling despot Robert Mugabe —…
HARARE – At a time Zanu PF propagandists are falling over each other to attack National Patriotic Front (NPF) leader Ambrose Mutinhiri, former War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has validated the retired brigadier-general’s liberation war credentials. A top ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Dube is renowned for fiercely standing for what he believes in. When…
HARARE – A number of Cabinet ministers who owe their positions in Cabinet to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s benevolence face the spectre of hunting for new jobs unless they secure legislative seats at the forthcoming elections, the Daily News on Sunday can report. Mnangagwa, who ascended to power through a soft military coup late last year,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s military neutralised former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri and former Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Happyton Bonyongwe after they became a political threat by opposing the November soft coup that ousted Robert Mugabe, a comprehensive report on the military takeover says. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]
HARARE – Five years after the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) made recommendations on improving the state of the media in Zimbabwe, journalists and media practitioners are concerned that government is still to implement the envisaged media reforms. After the 2013 general elections, AUEOM made recommendations that were meant to complement media rights enshrined…
HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF party is a cult where one is safe as long as he/she remains part of the group and vilified the moment they jump ship, analysts have said. Several former Zanu PF officials have been disparaged by the party the moment they left, contrary to how they were glorified whilst…
HARARE – Opposition leader Ambrose Mutinhiri has told an election observer team from the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) that regional bodies should deploy military personnel to observe the forthcoming elections alleging over 5 000 soldiers have been deployed to rural areas. Mutinhiri, who leads the National Patriotic Front (NPF) and is a former brigadier…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s military neutralised former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri and former Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Happyton Bonyongwe after they became a political threat by opposing the November soft coup that ousted Robert Mugabe, a comprehensive report on the military takeover says. According to a document titled a “Summary of the issues and…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri failed to appear before a parliamentary panel yesterday which was looking into the illegal deployment of police officers and their ruthless conduct in the Chiadzwa diamond fields. The parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines and Energy postponed the hearing. The panel had summoned Chihuri along with…
HARARE – Nurses at Zimbabwe’s public hospitals have threatened to join striking doctors to put pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s cash-strapped government to increase their allowances and improve their working conditions. This comes after doctors working in Zimbabwean public hospitals went on strike at the start of the month to protest low salaries and shortages…
