HARARE – Zanu PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has dismissed fears that allies of former president Robert Mugabe would be pushed out of the party’s politburo and central committee. Mnangagwa gave the assurance in his opening remarks delivered at the party’s politburo meeting held in Harare yesterday. Party’s spokesperson, Simon Khaya-Moyo, told journalists after the meeting…
HARARE – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)’s pledge to inject$1, 5 billion into Zimbabwe will help boost the economy if put to good use, but falls short of the actual amounts needed to turn around the economy, analysts said yesterday. Afrexim bank president and chairman Okey Oramah told reporters after a meeting with Mnangagwa and…
HARARE – A Kadoma hospital has sued mining conglomerate RioZim for mining too close to the health facility, which has been reverberating with the sound of explosions from the Cam & Motar Mine and has seen flying rocks landing on the hospital’s roof and windows. The windows and roof of Eiffel Flats Hospital have been…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo was last night picked up by the Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission (Zacc) on fresh charges relating to settlement of victims of Operation Murambatsvina families on White Cliff farm during his time at the Local Government ministry. Zacc alleges that this happened during the government sanctioned national programme code…
HARARE – National People’s Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru is under pressure to abandon some of her closest allies accused of fomenting discord in the party. The NPP has been hit by serious defections of members, who accuse Mujuru of being misled by the party’s national chairperson Dzikamai Mavhaire and her spokesperson, Gift Nyandoro. Nyandoro…
HARARE – Businessman James Makamba ended 12 years of self-imposed exile when he touched down at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday. One of several businessmen and high-profile politicians who fled Mugabe’s iron fisted rule, Makamba’s unexpected return temporarily brought the arrival section at the terminal to a standstill. James Makamba Family and friends…
HARARE – The MDC Alliance on Tuesday described the intervention by the military in the country’s political affairs as an illegal and illegitimate transfer of power from one faction of the ruling Zanu PF party to another. Tendai Biti, the People’s Democratic Party leader, who led the MDC Alliance delegation to Washington, narrated before their…
HARARE – The United States has set minimum conditions — predicated on far-reaching reforms — that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration must meet if it wants improved diplomatic relations and access to international assistance and cooperation, the Daily News can report. After sweeping to power last month with the aid of the military, Mnangagwa had made…
MUTARE – Financial challenges have stalled the completion of a chicken abattoir, the first of its kind in Manicaland, which was due for completion before the end of the year. The abattoir costs $120 000. Manicaland Poultry Association (MPA) chairperson Enock Mbendani said while they have part of the equipment, which would be the first…
MUTARE – Timber firms in Manicaland are hoping that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government will finally act on invasions on the timber plantations by illegal settlers who were an untouchable lot during the tenure of former president Robert Mugabe’s administration. Thousands of illegal settlers have invaded swathes of plantation land in Manicalaland, leading to loss of…
