HARARE – The family of the late former minister of Health Timothy Stamps who died on Sunday aged 81, has asked for privacy while they mourn their father. Stamps died of a lung infection at Borrowdale Trauma Centre in Harare, and was subsequently declared a national hero. Traditionally, national heroes have their funerals taken over…
HARARE – The corruption storm raging around former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo yesterday sucked in more victims who were denied bail by Harare magistrate Josephine Sande. The former Home Affairs minister is currently awaiting commencement of trial on December 8 while behind bars. Yesterday, Local Government, Public Works and National Housing deputy director valuations Rejoice…
HARARE – The inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week has seen the costs of United States dollars on the parallel market tumbling down by 30 percent while banks have started disbursing the elusive greenback to depositors. A survey done yesterday revealed that US$100 now cost the equivalent of $130 in bond notes on the…
BULAWAYO – The MDC Alliance has said there is need for the ruling Zanu PF to search its conscience in the way they operate as they have for decades now proved to be hypocrites. This, the Alliance said, was proven by the recent development where the ruling party made nationwide resolutions in support of the…
BULAWAYO – Former War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has taken a dig at some of the policies, which were implemented under former president Robert Mugabe’s government, describing them as impractical. Dube, who was expelled from his ministry by Mugabe due to his alleged links with then vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, yesterday told the Southern News…
HARARE – Zanu PF has hammered the final nails on the political coffins of former Cabinet ministers — Jonathan Moyo, Saviour Kasukuwere and Ignatius Chombo – when it recalled the trio and two others from Parliament which duly announced yesterday that they had ceased to be members of the National Assembly Also expelled from being…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has indeed hit the ground running, issuing a chilling warning yesterday to individuals and corporates that externalised foreign currency to return the money within the next three months or face the full wrath of the law, the Daily News can report. In a statement, Mnangagwa revealed that Operation Restore Legacy…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it is on course to biometrically register seven million citizens ahead of the 2018 elections. By this Monday, the commission had registered three million voters. The total voters registered to date stands at 3 152 694 with less than a month before the end of the biometric…
HARARE – The State yesterday claimed that businessman Shingirayi Mukandi was murdered in a premeditated incident that was made to look like an accident, a Harare court heard. Culpable homicide charges that were being levelled against Alfred Takudzwa Machipisa and his brother Fanwell Lloyd were altered to murder charges but their bail was not revoked….
HARARE – The engagement of external debt collection services by Chitungwiza municipality which claims to be owed about $60 million by residents and business combined is against the wishes of many ratepayers, council budget consultative meetings showed. The Chitungwiza and Manyame Rural Residents Association (Camera) said: “We also implore the council to consider the harsh…
