HARARE – The Harare City Council and Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) enforcement team tasked to restore order in the city centre has begun using metal spikes again, the Daily News can reveal. The team, which is not only targeting vendors but pirate taxis (mushika shika) and kombis, has been using the controversial metal spikes in…
HARARE – Opposition MDC spokesperson, Obert Gutu, has insisted that the opposition parties’ coalition name — MDC Alliance — will not be changed. This comes as other opposition parties, including Joice Mujuru’s National People’s Party (NPP), have been calling for a neutral name for MDC Alliance — a coalition of seven opposition parties. In a…
HARARE – Justice minister Happyton Bonyongwe has dismissed as baseless and unfounded allegations by the opposition that Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau is compromised by serving as a Supreme Court judge and leading the national elections body at the same time. The opposition has consistently claimed that Makarau should choose whether or not…
HARARE – Following President Robert Mugabe’s decision to fire his long-time aide and deputy, Emmerson Mnangagwa, political analysts yesterday had their say on the unexpected development. Stephen Chan Professor of World Politics “This has taken the outside world by surprise in terms of the speed with which it has suddenly happened — although it was…
HARARE – Several allies of former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa have been fired by their respective provinces, with the decision now awaiting ratification by the Zanu PF politburo. There was a complete whitewash of Mnangagwa’s acolytes in Manicaland, where a provincial coordinating committee (PCC) meeting held in the mountainous city of Mutare purged 38 of…
HARARE – Emmerson Mnangagwa has been fired from his position, a month before he could celebrate his third anniversary as vice president of the Republic. Breaking the news of Mnangagwa’s sacking, minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Simon Khaya Moyo said President Robert Mugabe had used the powers vested in him by the Constitution…
HARARE – It never rains but pours for Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Hardly a day after President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, blasted the 74-year-old politician for allegedly fomenting divisions in Zanu PF, the first lady fired another salvo yesterday. In her address to thousands of apostolic church members in Harare, Grace took her…
HARARE – As MDC president and MDC Alliance leader Morgan Tsvangirai battles with his health, there has been serious talk about the lack of a succession plan within his party. The Daily News spoke to a number of political and social analysts who believe the MDC has the necessary leadership material, even outside the current…
HARARE – Zanu PF secretary for legal affairs Patrick Chinamasa has come under increasing pressure from Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rivals to amend the party constitution to pave way for the election of a female VP. At the Zanu PF Victoria Falls conference in 2015, the party’s women’s league agitated for a quota compelling the…
HARARE – The Zanu PF leadership in Mashonaland Central has recommended the expulsion of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa from the party for plotting to unseat President Robert Mugabe. The provincial executive convened a provincial coordinating committee meeting yesterday where they resolved to write to the politburo, asking for the expulsion of the vice president. Provincial…
