HARARE – Following exiled former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s chilling threats that he would be back in the country in a few weeks’ time to grab power from President Robert Mugabe, the Zanu PF government says it has put its security systems on high alert to thwart any rebellion. Mnangagwa, who was hounded out of…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is keeping his options open in the wake of former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s dismissal from Zanu PF and government by keeping the door wide open for a possible alliance with the 75-year-old ex-guerrilla fighter. In an interview with Sabc on Wednesday night, Tsvangirai — leader of the country’s…
HARARE – Former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure from his allies and Zanu PF’s rivals to join the ranks of opposition politics. Mnangagwa was sacked from government on Monday for “disloyalty, undermining presidential authority, fanning factionalism and plotting to unseat a sitting president using unconstitutional means.” In the aftermath of his expulsion, allies…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday accused his longtime aide and former deputy — Emmerson Mnangagwa of consulting prophets to succeed him — claiming that when matters came to a head last week, he thought their long-standing relationship would save him from expulsion. Mugabe was addressing Zanu PF youths who gathered at the party’s headquarters…
HARARE – Former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fled into self-imposed exile — vowing to come back and dislodge President Robert Mugabe from power, and also angrily accusing the long-ruling Zimbabwean leader of destroying and running the country like his private property. Mnangagwa, who was fired from his government post on Monday — confirmed in…
HARARE – Former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fled into self-imposed exile — vowing to come back and dislodge President Robert Mugabe from power, and also angrily accusing the long-ruling Zimbabwean leader of destroying and running the country like his private property. Mnangagwa, who was fired from his government post on Monday — confirmed in…
MUTARE – Female artisanal miners in Penhalonga have revealed that they are forced to share information on their monthly periods or when they have vaginal bleeding to male counterparts as they would have to stay away from their gold claims. Beliefs in Mutasa prohibit women from getting into gold mines during their monthly periods. But…
HARARE – Female proportional representative MPs are demanding to be given money from the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), which is allocated to legislators to develop their constituencies by government. This comes as Parliament recently released $5 million towards the Fund, despite grave concerns about abuse of the money by some legislators. The legislators raised the…
HARARE – The broke government has so far spent $500 000 funding the process of renaming Harare International Airport after President Robert Mugabe, the Daily News has learnt. The airport officially assumes its new identity — R G Mugabe International Airport — today. According to a written briefing, which Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Jorum…
HARARE – Angry war veterans yesterday launched a stinging attack on President Robert Mugabe with similar echoes to their infamous communiqué of last year before claiming that they had formed a revolutionary council to take over the affairs of Zanu PF ahead of next year’s elections. This came out of a joint meeting of ex-combatants…
