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 – Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu — who has previously served in the Mines and Mining Development portfolio — could soon be on the radar of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) following Core Mining and Minerals (Private) Limited director Lovemore Kurotwi’s letter to the anti-graft body requesting that it investigates him over corruption. In…
Provincial youth chair likens self to ED MUTARE – Zanu PF Manicaland provincial youth chairperson Tawanda Mukodza was last week heckled after trying to respond to questions of his legitimacy by drawing parallels with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s leadership — suggesting that he too had not been voted into office. The Makoni intra-district meeting was reduced…
HARARE – National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda wants Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill — which seeks to repeal the principal Act crafted in 1961 — passed within two months. Mudenda told a Parliament workshop in Vumba: “Firstly, on the 8th (of) January 2018 when I addressed the post-Budget seminar, I affirmed that the …Bill ……
HARARE – A security guard at N.Richards Wholesalers stole $83 000 worth of groceries using previously checked receipts before being busted on Close Circuit Television, a Harare court heard yesterday. Themba Ngwerume, 63, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa charged with theft and was released on $100 bail. Ngwerume was employed as a security dispatch…
HARARE – Zimbabwe plans to open special economic zones that offer investors greater incentives and fewer restrictions than available to date in the country, so as to attract investment and increase exports. This is contained in an investment policy guideline and opportunities position paper drafted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa entailing radical reformation of economic policies…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday clashed with his opposite number in the opposition MDC — Nelson Chamisa in the National Assembly after the Defence minister appeared to give an arrogant response to the youthful legislator’s question. Chamisa had asked Chiwenga during the National Assembly’s question without notice session why government was still failing…
