BULAWAYO – Some Zimbabwe National Army members camped in Nkayi North’s Gwelutshena have been accused of unleashing havoc and terror attacks on villagers in wards 3, 4, 5 and 6, Welshman Ncube’s MDC has said. Leonard Mhlanga, the MDC Matabaleland North chairperson said soldiers are terrorising villagers in Nkayi, coercing them into voting for the…
HARARE – City of Gweru has gone to tender for the rehabilitation of Whitewater Water Treatment Plant after a break down left many suburbs without water. Town clerk Elizabeth Gwatipedza said the tender documents should have been submitted by February 28. The tender notice comes as the city’s pumping capacity dropped from its usual 70…
HARARE – A cross-section of opposition parties — among them the National People’s Party (NPP) and the MDC Alliance — are engaged in secret talks with banished members of the Generation 40 (G40) faction as they seek to work on their weaknesses and outsmart a resurgent Zanu PF at the forthcoming polls. Read full story…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa insists government will not back down on its decision not to pay newly-recruited Early Childhood Development (ECD) teachers, arguing Treasury cannot afford such expenditure. In his 2018 National Budget, Chinamasa made no provision for ECD learning, saying Treasury cannot afford to employ teachers for ECD. He said government recognised…
HARARE – Veterans of the country’s liberation struggle are making overtures to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai to work with President Emmerson Mnangagwa through a yet to-be-tabled arrangement that might result in the postponement of general elections, the Daily News can report. Although Mnangagwa has announced that the country would go to elections no later than…
HARARE – National Assembly deputy speaker Mabel Chinomona has warned legislators against absenteeism and unruly behaviour during debates. She gave a stern warning this week after Norton’s independent legislator Temba Mliswa complained that there were some MPs who just come and register their names before walking away. “I would like the chief whips to do…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has refused to apologise for the Gukurahundi massacres saying the measures he has put in place to deal with the emotive issue must be allowed to run their course. Mnangagwa was taken to task during an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, on how Zimbabwe was…
HARARE – MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe risks being hauled before the party’s disciplinary committee after snubbing another party meeting this week. Khupe missed last week’s national standing committee (NSC) meeting at the party’s headquarters in Harare and was nowhere to be seen again when NSC met at the same venue on Wednesday. The development…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave his clearest hint that he would appoint another female as the new Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson following Rita Makarau’s surprise resignation, with three female judges being tipped for the high-pressure job, the Daily News can report. At pool of three stellar female candidates are being bandied around, cutting…
HARARE – Former first lady Grace Mugabe’s record-time PhD granted by the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) four years ago only for the thesis to be published this week on the institution’s website, has courted further controversy. Analysts are not amused by the lengthy period it has taken the country’s oldest university to release the thesis…
