HARARE – Our News Editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with new Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi. Find below excerpts of the interview. Q: Congratulations on your appointment as Secretary of State. We are humbled that you agreed to this interview even after writing unflattering things about you. Why? A: Firstly, I…
HARARE – Ray Goba has been shown the door as the country’s Prosecutor-General (PG), barely two months after assuming the high-profile position. President Robert Mugabe rescinded Goba’s confirmation as PG yesterday, in a move seen as a direct attack on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who presided over his appointment in his previous capacity as Justice, Legal…
HARARE – Ailing MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai was on Wednesday airlifted to South Africa for urgent medical attention as his failing health begins to cause panic in his 18-year-old opposition party. The Daily News can report that Tsvangirai boarded the South African Airways flight on Wednesday afternoon, in the company of his wife, Elizabeth. Read…
HARARE – The succession issue has cost Zimbabwe a lot in the past few years within and without the ruling Zanu PF. There is no denying the fact that President Robert Mugabe — at the helm of the country since independence from the British in 1980 — is now frail and in the twilight of…
HARARE – Authorities are warning Zimbabweans about a series of armed robberies in Beitbridge and Zvishavane. According to a community alert, police have responded to several robberies in the two areas. The surge in robberies comes as the economy is collapsing as evidenced by the critical shortages of cash and shooting up of prices of…
HARARE – Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) general Constantino Chiwenga has declared ahead of next year’s synchronised polls that the military will not allow whites and disloyal citizens to ascend to the seat of power. Chiwenga was quoted by a Masvingo provincial newspaper saying “we will never allow sell-outs or whites to take…
HARARE – A Harare motorist who reportedly caused the death of CBZ Holding’s chief governance and compliance officer, Walter Ngonidzashe Zure, after ramming into him during his routine morning jog, appeared in court yesterday. Farai Nhende, 34, of Munro, Cranbone appeared before Harare magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura charged with culpable homicide. He is a holder of…
HARARE – Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi says he has no regrets about his decision to lobby for the role of World Health Organisation (WHO) goodwill envoy for President Robert Mugabe and shall not be deterred from marketing the veteran leader by angry hecklers. In an exclusive interview with the Daily News yesterday, Mzembi denied…
HARARE – Ailing MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai was on Wednesday airlifted to South Africa for urgent medical attention as his failing health begins to cause panic in his 18-year-old opposition party. The Daily News can report that Tsvangirai boarded the South African Airways flight on Wednesday afternoon, in the company of his wife, Elizabeth. MDC…
HARARE – Harare City Council wants to introduce a typhoid vaccine in a bid to prevent infections in Zimbabwe’s capital. Health services director Prosper Chonzi said council had been dispensing the vaccine to some of its employees but now want to roll it out to the rest of the city. This comes as health officials…
