HARARE – Harare municipality which is among many local authorities battling to replace antiquated water supply equipment is set to benefit from a three million euro funding by the Dutch government which is aimed at improving supplies in the capital. According to the director of water Hosea Chisango, the funding will also provide learning opportunities…
HARARE – Chitungwiza Central Hospital nurses yesterday escalated their calls for the provision of basics to use during patient care yesterday, forcing the hospital’s chief executive officer, Obadiah Moyo to meet with them and address theirs and the patient’s plight. This comes as David Parirenyatwa who has been Health minister since 2013 was reinstated for…
HARARE – An exhibit officer based at CID Vehicle Theft Squad Southerton Harare who was accused of swallowing $10 bribe money after being busted by a “trap team” has been acquitted. Tsingano was being charged with criminal abuse of office but Harare magistrate Josephine Sande noted that evidence adduced by the State was not convincing…
HARARE – Former Primary and Education minister Lazarus Dokora has said he gave it his best despite public distrust while his predecessor Paul Mavima believes Dokora was “hugely misunderstood.” Dokora along with Christopher Mutsvangwa and Clever Nyathi had made it into Cabinet last week only for their appointments to be rescinded two days later. President…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has overturned its surprising decision to temporarily ban all police officers from registering to vote in next year’s elections — a move which had raised fears that thousands of its officers would fail to cast their ballots in the much-anticipated polls. As exclusively revealed by the Daily News last…
HARARE – The clampdown against vendors that was supposed to start yesterday under “Operation Restore Legacy” seemed to have failed to kick off as they continued parading their wares on pavements in the Central Business District (CBD). Harare City Council(HCC), Zimbabwe Republic Police and the army had jointly warned vendors over the weekend that they…
HARARE – The two former army chiefs who landed Cabinet appointments last week have promised fireworks in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s new government. In what came as surprise appointments for many, Air Marshal Perrance Shiri of the Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) and Zimbabwe National Army Major General Sibusiso Moyo were part of the 22-member Cabinet…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander, General Constantino Chiwenga, is seen standing a good chance of being elevated straight from the barracks to become one of the two vice presidents at Zanu PF’s extraordinary congress scheduled for this month, the Daily News can report. At the special congress, Emmerson Mnangagwa will be endorsed as…
HARARE – Walter Mzembi was the last Foreign Affairs minister to serve under former president Robert Mugabe. Although his tenure was brief, for it was during his stint that the Mugabe’s regime fell, it was an event-packed period that has not been recorded. Our News Editor Gift Phiri had an opportunity to hear these events…
HARARE – If there was someone queer enough to apply to Guinness Book of World Records to have the title “shortest lived government ministers” added to their database, the category will certainly not be short of takers. Among the frontrunners would be South Africa’s former Finance minister Des van Rooyen who was reshuffled after three…
