HARARE – Work to upgrade and add more lanes to the 900km highway from Beitbridge on the border with South Africa to Chirundu on the Zambian border will begin this month, Transport minister Joram Gumbo has told the Senate. Gumbo said surveyors were working on segments of the road which have been divided into six…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has started the process of replacing the authority’s former Commissioner-General Gershem Pasi, who resigned in May following his suspension on allegations of corruption. In a notice yesterday, Zimra outlined an array of qualifications the aspiring commissioner-general will need to replace Pasi. “The Zimra board invites qualified and experienced Zimbabwean…
HARARE – Citizens Against Violence and Anarchy Trust (Cavaat) has approached the High Court seeking the appointment of a commissioner to determine the damages caused by last year’s demonstration organised by the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera). This comes after Cavaat early this year won an application for the affected parties to launch a class…
HARARE – In a bizarre incident Chief Negomo (real name Luscious Chitsinde) demanded a cow from a widow whose son had committed suicide, saying it was a fine because the hanging had happened within his jurisdiction. Two emissaries of Chief Negomo who had been sent to collect the cow arrived while the deceased was still…
HARARE – The rift between leaders of the National People’s Party (NPP) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has widened, highlighting the poisoned political atmosphere under which Zimbabwe’s opposition parties are trying to negotiate a grand coalition ahead of next year’s polls. For long considered to have Joice Mujuru’s ear even when she was President…
HARARE – Embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has for the first time come to the defence of his beleaguered allies — urging them to unflinchingly stand by their own, the Daily News can report. In a sudden turn of events, Mnangagwa — who had earned a reputation of sacrificing his own to save his skin…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) chairperson Andrew Makoni says voter registration mobilisation and awareness should have started well before the BVR process kicked off as many people are still unaware of the exercise’s processes. “In an ideal situation what should start first is voter awareness, that did not happen, and many people were…
HARARE – Harare’s business community has urged council to deal with vendors and parking marshals who are slowly driving business out of the city. Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce president Christopher Mugaga told stakeholders during a pre-budget consultative meeting that annually businesses lose $2,5 billion to the informal sector. “The cost of doing business in…
HARARE – Misa-Zimbabwe is disquieted by the string of threats that have recently been issued against the use of social media by citizens. This follows a series of threats by ministers Patrick Chinamasa, Mike Bimha and Chris Mushowe to tighten control over use of social media amid claims that this was the cause of shortages…
HARARE – Zanu PF national political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, has reversed the suspension of four senior party officials in Masvingo province, as deadly factional wars rage in the volatile south-eastern region. The four, Mutero Masanganise (provincial secretary for gender), Gutu South MP Tichazorwa Madondo, Teddy Muzoroza (provincial secretary for legal affairs) and a Mazorodze (provincial…
