HARARE – The myriad of challenges bedevilling Zimbabwe today are essentially man-made, a senior Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) official has said. Addressing a press conference on the state of Zimbabwean economy in Harare yesterday, TZ president Jacob Ngarivhume said the cash crisis, vendors, unfriendly laws and policies, obsolete infrastructure and the rampant greed and looting are…
HARARE – Harare City Council has begun to reject the change of use of residential properties into lodges after complaints that the houses are being used as brothels. This comes as council is receiving more than 10 applications of change of use every month. Acting director of works Priscilla Charumbira said council had noticed that…
HARARE – War veterans are set to meet next week in Harare to push that President Robert Mugabe be challenged at the elective Zanu PF congress scheduled for December. The meeting by war veterans — tentatively set for next week Friday — comes amid deepening political tensions, with all Zanu PF provinces resolving last weekend…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has applied for rescission of judgment following a High Court order for him to pay $50 000 to Moreprecision Muzadzi, a man who claimed to have offered coalition consultancy services to the veteran politician ahead of the 2013 elections. Muzadzi told the court he entered into a verbal agreement…
HARARE – Civic Society Organisations (CSOs) have launched an aggressive campaign to have Zimbabweans register to vote in next year’s watershed elections. This comes as there are growing concerns that millions of people may not participate in the eagerly-awaited elections due to difficulties in registering for the biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise which has been…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has reached out to his disaffected deputy, Thokozani Khupe — meeting her in Harare on Monday to resolve differences related to key strategies ahead of the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national elections. Tsvangirai’s spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka, told the Daily News yesterday that the two MDC leaders had met at the Highlands…
HARARE – There is once again growing uneasiness in the market as the country has been hit by another shortage of cooking oil, which retailers blame on oil manufacturing companies — who are said to be selectively supplying a few “favoured” outlets. At the same time, the Oil Expressers Association of Zimbabwe (OEAZ) — a…
HARARE – As Zanu PF’s succession wars reach a deadly climax, former State Security minister, Didymus Mutasa — who was for decades one of President Robert Mugabe’s closest confidants — has warned that things “could end very badly” for his longtime boss, the ruling party and the country as a whole if they are not…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), Election Resource Centre (ERC) and several civic organisations, drew thousands of people as they launched a national campaign of roadshows to urge people to register as voters. The launch was held at Chigovanyika Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza on Saturday, October 14. The organisations have produced voter education material…
HARARE – A government investigative audit of Highfield 2 High School has unearthed abuse of funds, flouting of tender procedures and other malpractices that have prejudiced the institution of tens of thousands of dollars. Highfield 2 High School headmaster Morgan Magwenzi declined to comment on the issue.” The audit, which was done in May, unearthed…
