HARARE – Mystery surrounds MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai’s emergency trip to South Africa amid swirling speculation that President Robert Mugabe’s government paid for his chartered medical ambulance. Highly-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday that government paid for Tsvangirai’s trip although it was not clear whether it had done so because of his status as…
HARARE – It is exactly a month before a controversial prophet’s predicted President Robert Mugabe’s date of death. Cleric Phillip Mugadza has a matter pending at the Constitutional Court after he was charged for undermining the authority of the president when he released the prophecy in December last year. A month from now, the prophecy…
HARARE – Like one at the end of a bungee rope, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa always springs back while those who love the nerve-wrecking sport talk of their experiences. After falling sick in Gwanda last month, his allies were holding their breath. The more daring ones kept claiming he was poisoned by political rivals in…
HARARE – The MDC Alliance has threatened to stage protests against proclaimed dates for voter registration, arguing that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is unprepared for the process. This comes after President Robert Mugabe said in an official government notice that the Zec would start registering voters on September 14 and would end the process…
HARARE – Victoria Falls is seeking city status, with a formal motion seeking city designation by the current mayor being put before Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere. Victoria Falls mayor Sifiso Mpofu said city status was one of the town’s main priorities and there was no good reason why it should not be granted. Mpofu…
HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru, who now leads the opposition National People’s Party (NPP), has warned that President Robert Mugabe could unleash genocide on the Karanga population for opposing his grand plan of a dynasty. The NPP leader, who served as Mugabe’s deputy for a decade, said his erstwhile ally-cum-foe’s recent utterances at…
HARARE – The Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ) has confirmed that Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi has undergone specialist medical training and has qualifications from Sweden that meet local standards or legislation to practice as a medical doctor. MDPCZ’s revelation published on its website is seen shaming war veterans leader, Christopher Mutsvangwa, who…
HARARE – Traditional chiefs — Zanu PF’s unofficial political commissars — are playing hard to get with the ruling party, threatening to paralyse its campaign for next year’s polls if Treasury does not consent to their inflationary demands, the Daily News can report. The chiefs, who have been instrumental in engineering Zanu PF’s electoral victories…
HARARE – When the First Lady Grace Mugabe was dealing mercilessly with former vice president Joice Mujuru in 2014, many thought the powerful Zanu PF women’s league secretary did not have the blessing of her husband, President Robert Mugabe. With Mujuru increasingly appearing vulnerable towards her last congress in Zanu PF in 2014 in the…
HARARE – Opposition lawmakers have launched a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) battle seeking to overturn a decision by President Robert Mugabe to sign into law a bill that restores his singular authority to name the Chief Justice (CJ). With passions inflamed by the passage of the controversial Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) Bill last month,…
