HARARE – The MDC Alliance led by former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai has made moves to add within its ranks once Zanu PF ministers — Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo — in a bid to include experience and special skills to its unit ahead of next year’s elections. This comes as former vice president and…
HARARE – Newly-appointed Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi could be ruing his attempts to ingratiate himself with President Robert Mugabe after masterminding his short-lived appointment as the first ever World Health Organisation (WHO) African ambassador for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Uruguay’s capital city of Montevideo last week. The Daily News can reveal that Mzembi, who…
HARARE – Members of Parliament (MPs) have turned to selling their fuel coupons allocation and livestock in a desperate bid to “maintain the lifestyle of a legislator.” The lawmakers across the political divide who are owed $15 million in outstanding sitting allowances brought the National Assembly to a standstill on Thursday refusing to debate until…
HARARE – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rescinded an honour it had bestowed on President Robert Mugabe last Thursday in the wake of a deafening global outcry from affiliate organisations and stakeholders in the health services sector, the Daily News can report. In a move befitting an entry in the Guinness Book of World…
HARARE – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has rescinded an honour it had bestowed on President Robert Mugabe last Thursday in the wake of a deafening global outcry from affiliate organisations and stakeholders in the health services sector, the Daily News can report. In a move befitting an entry in the Guinness Book of World…
WITH investment of the right amounts and types of finance, modern and sustainable energy access is within reach for poor families in developing countries. The energy access context: electricity and cooking Currently, some 4 million people every year – mainly poor women and children – die as a result of breathing in smoke from traditional…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe fast approaches the 2018 elections there are fears among pro democracy groups, civil and political activists, and opposition political parties that the ruling Zanu PF government will not put in place mechanisms to allow special groups like prisoners and those living in the Diaspora to vote based on technical operational arguments…
KENT – The latest twist to Zanu PF’s long-running succession saga is that the ruling party will hold an extraordinary congress in December. To seasoned watchers of Zimbabwean politics, this doesn’t come as a big surprise. The timing is, however, rather curious, coming, as it does, just months before the next general election due…
KEZI – There was drama in Kezi, Matabeleland South Province on Saturday, when Ibhetshu Likazulu pressure group activists led by Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa confronted dozens of riot police who had blocked their way to Bhalagwe, one of Gukurahundi atrocities flash points. The visit was meant to kick-start the long journey by Ibhetshu Likazulu where…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (Zipra) intelligence supremo Dumiso Dabengwa has sensationally claimed that he was dragged to be part of the Unity Accord by the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo. Dabengwa said Nkomo and the Zapu leadership demanded that he participated in the accord so as to save the lives of the…
