HARARE – An ailing Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC Alliance can still defeat President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his “reformed” Zanu PF hands down in this year’s eagerly-anticipated harmonised elections, an MDC official has said. MDC national executive member Job Sikhala told the Daily News this week that if Mnangagwa was to allow a free and…
HARARE – After 23 years of enforcing law and order as the country’s top policeman, the tables have been turned against former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri who is being accused of impounding five cars and later changing ownership into his name while still heading the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP). Read full story in today’s paper….
MUTARE – Hoteliers and industry leaders have welcomed government’s plans to construct an airport in Mutare, saying the move will integrate the eastern border town with the global economy. Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe (Haz) vice president Clive Chinwada told Eastern News that the planned facility is a key driver of the travel and tourism industry….
HARARE – Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (Parirenyatwa) is targeting 1 000 women to undergo free cervical cancer screening and treatment. Parirenyatwa in partnership with Hunan Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital from the People’s Republic of China are inviting up to 1 000 women aged between 25 and 65 for free early cervical cancer screening…
MUTARE – Deployment of armed soldiers at the Forbes Border Post is doing little in preventing the rampant smuggling of goods. Investigations by the Eastern News showed that there has not been any changes of smugglers’ modus operandi in spite of the presence of armed soldiers who are positioned outside the border. Carriers who traffic…
HARARE – Independent election watchdogs have welcomed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) announcement to extend the national biometric voter registration (BVR) blitz exercise from January 10 to February 8. A total of 4, 897, 482 out of a targeted 7 million people have so far successfully registered as voters for the harmonised elections scheduled for…
HARARE – Former NetOne chief executive officer Reward Kangai was yesterday arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on corruption charges. Kangai was last night detained at Avondale Police Station in Harare and is expected to appear in court today. [Adz] Zacc spokesperson Phyllis Chikundura confirmed the arrest and said the charges relate to flouting…
HARARE – MDC MP Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has tabled a motion in Parliament seeking to compel the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya to urgently capitalise Onsdale Enterprises, one of the country’s major sanitary wear manufacturers that is on the verge of shutting down. She said she was alarmed by the high cost of…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate yesterday relaxed former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo’s bail conditions to allow him to tend to his farm in Mashonaland West. Chombo, detained by the military before Robert Mugabe resigned as president, was granted bail by the High Court last month on a slew of corruption charges, including trying to defraud…
HARARE – The country’s main opposition parties have reacted angrily to plans by the ruling Zanu PF to use its majority in Parliament to scrap a constitutional provision that devolves powers to provinces. Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda, let the cat out of the bag when he beseeched lawmakers recently to urgently amend Chapter 14…
