HARARE – Nigel Chanakira headlines a stellar cast of top names vying for the coveted Harare town clerk Job. The Daily News can report that Chanakira, founder of the now defunct Kingdom bank and current chairperson of the Zimbabwe Investment Authority board, is one of the nine finalists who were interviewed for the job on…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has created the Cyber Security, Threat Detection and Mitigation ministry as an instrument to deal with abuse and unlawful conduct in cyberspace, his spokesperson said yesterday. This comes as the creation of the new ministry has sent shivers down the spines of pro-democracy groups and ordinary social media users who…
HARARE – A top aide of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has disclosed that the former prime minister is battling an aggressive tumour that could spread throughout his body. It has been three weeks since Tsvangirai was discharged from a South African hospital after being airlifted from Harare following the sudden onset of severe vomiting. The…
HARARE – Embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today get an opportunity to present a dossier to the Zanu PF politburo on Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo’s alleged plot to destroy the former liberation movement from within as the infighting ripping apart the deeply-divided party escalates. Mnangagwa is likely to be subdued when he presents his…
HARARE – In an intriguing turn to the factional wars ravaging Zanu PF, President Robert Mugabe now faces re-election at a special congress to be convened by the party in December at which new faces could emerge in the party’s top echelons, the Daily News can exclusively report. The extraordinary congress, according to Zanu PF…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe announced a long-awaited reshuffle of his Cabinet last night and axed five ministers as he moved to freshen up his government. Mugabe, whose three decade-plus grip on power is being tested by an internal party challenge, announced a new line-up with changes at the top, dropping Emmerson Mnangagwa from the…
HARARE – The United Nations and the Office of the President and Cabinet, have held a special meeting with key stakeholders aimed at enhancing the Strategic Development Goals’ implementation in the country. The meeting the first multi-stakeholders meeting of Zimbabwe Development Cooperation Forum brought together 150 senior officials from government, United Nations, ambassadors and diplomats accredited…
HARARE – The trial of a police boss who demanded cash from a subordinate to facilitate her transfer to the National Traffic Section was yesterday deferred to October 16 so that the two can be tried in one court. Takawira Sigireta — who is based at Police General Headquarters (PGHQ) — was initially charged alone…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will start officially accrediting observers for the biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise, with the opposition complaining about the $10 accreditation fee for each observer. The opposition MDC said it is looking to register 10 000 observers to be deployed at the 10 000 registration centres that have been set up countrywide, which…
HARARE – A warrent of arrest has been issued against a Harare woman for illegally dealing in foreign currency after she failed to pitch up for her sentencing at court yesterday. Rosa Sanudi, 40, had pleaded guilty to contravening the Exchange Control Act when she appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande on October 6. She…
