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 – Deputy ministers are up in arms with Members of Parliament as they are failing to answer questions pertaining to their ministries in the absence of their principals who most times would be attending Cabinet meetings. Currently, President Robert Mugabe’s government has 20 deputy ministers. Ironically, the deputy ministers cannot act as ministers in…
HARARE – Just like the ruling Zanu PF party, Zimbabwe’s largest opposition party — the MDC — is facing the same headaches of succession that have become apparent now that its charismatic leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is under the weather. The MDC leader was airlifted to South Africa earlier last month where he is receiving colon…
HARARE – Two of Zimbabwe’s former Finance ministers who served at critical junctures in the history of the country’s economy are seeing the nation’s economic prospects worsening if President Robert Mugabe gets re-elected in 2018. The two former ministers are Simba Makoni, who served as Finance minister between 2000 and 2002, and Tendai Biti, who…
HARARE – Irvine’s Zimbabwe is among a list of approved poultry breeders who received a shot in the arm after government suspended duty on six approved fertilised poultry eggs importers. This comes after the poultry industry has been recording a slump owing to the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza virus commonly known as bird flu,…
HARARE – War veterans leader, Chris Mutsvangwa, testified over the phone in a United States tax fraud case — which had sucked in Zimbabwean senior government officials — resulting in the conviction of former Chicago Congressman, Mel Reynolds. Reynolds was convicted of deliberately failing to file tax returns for about $400 000 in income he…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted to a loophole in the voter registration process, which allows multiple registration using different national identity documents as the biometric voter registration (BVR) kits are not interconnected. Speaking at a Zec media workshop held in Darwendale last week, Zec commissioner Qhubani Moyo said chancers can biometrically register…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is set to meet with South African leader Jacob Zuma on Tuesday amid an escalating socio-economic and political crisis north of the Limpopo. Zuma’s spokesperson, Bongani Ngqulunga, confirmed the South African president will be hosting Mugabe. “President Jacob Zuma will on Tuesday, 3 October 2017, host the president of the…
HARARE – The meltdown gripping Zimbabwe’s once-prosperous economy has conspired with stress, and domestic violence to cause a spike in marriage breakups with the High Court in Harare alone registering 42 divorce cases in one week. Legal experts and organisations that work with women told the Daily News on Sunday this week that the high…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) this week responded to a fire disaster which left 25 families homeless and destitute at Stapleford Farm, 2km along the Chinhoyi highway. The Red Cross response follows a call by the department of Civil Protection (CPU) for disaster relief. The humanitarian player availed non-food relief items among them…
