HARARE – The wife of ailing MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is being denied access to visit him in a Johannesburg hospital where the 65-year-old opposition leader is receiving medical treatment, his spokesperson has confirmed. The Daily News can exclusively reveal that Tsvangirai’s family members are refusing to allow Tsvangirai’s wife, Elizabeth, to see him at…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi and consultants that he worked with during the 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) General Assembly appeared in court yesterday on allegations of misappropriating over $1, 6 million meant for the event. Mzembi, 54, Tourism and Hospitality ministry consultant Aaron Dzingira Mushoriwa, 62, and the ex-permanent secretary…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has redeployed nationwide close to 400 police officers and suspended 19 others amid allegations of various acts of misconduct as it continued with its acts of trying to win back public confidence following the fall of its former chief Augustine Chihuri who was widely blamed for the rot…
HARARE – The Generation 40 (G40) faction is bidding to bring together former vice president Joice Mujuru and the MDC as part of its wider campaign to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa from winning this year’s make-or-break elections whose dates are yet to be announced. G40 was locked in a bitter political war with Mnangagwa whom…
HARARE – Mabvuku-Tafara legislator James Maridadi has reignited debate about the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara)’s 80 motorised graders after petitioning Transport minister Joram Gumbo to explain the suitability and technical specifications of the six-year old equipment. While the issue has remained a source of constant political bickering and conjecture since 2014, the roads manager…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday mocked a proposed opposition party linked to the vanquished G40 faction saying it will stand no chance against the ruling party if it contests this year’s general elections. Buoyed by thousands of Zanu PF supporters who thronged famous religious leader, Aaron Mhukuta Gomo’s shrine in Shamva, Mashonaland Central Province…
HARARE – Vice President Kembo Mohadi is demanding $20 million in damages from a Beitbridge-based company for selling a fuel station he was renting without giving him the right of refusal to purchase the property as agreed. Mohadi and his business partner Josias John Moyo have since approached the High Court seeking to compel the…
HARARE – Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni is not going to run for public office again when his term expires, vowing he will continue trying to make a difference on the issues he cares about. He said he turned down an offer by his opposition MDC party to run either for a National Assembly seat in…
HARARE – Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere and his son Mangwiza, who is accusing his “father” of witchcraft, have both now agreed to undergo a paternity test to identify if the Censorship Board chairperson is the real father. This comes after Chigwedere filed an application seeking to compel his son to undergo a DNA test,…
BULAWAYO – A founding member of the Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans Association (ZLWVA) John Netsiyanwa has challenged Zapu president Dubiso Dabengwa to come clean on his role in the emotive Gukurahundi disturbances, accusing him and the Zipra command of triggering the conflict back in the liberation war. Netsiyanwa, a military instructor during the war of…
