HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has signed into law the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill which gives him sole and unfettered discretion to appoint the chief justice, deputy chief justice and judge president of the High Court of his choice whenever there are vacancies for such post. Mugabe signed into law the Bill on Friday…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his deputy Thokozani Khupe will meet tomorrow to try and save the labour-backed opposition from splitting — following a nasty fallout caused by disagreements over a coalition with other opposition parties. Tsvangirai has not been seeing eye-to-eye with his long-serving deputy after the MDC president bulldozed his way…
HARARE – Gwede Mantashe, the secretary-general of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), has hit back at President Robert Mugabe for his recent attacks on him and the late Nelson Mandela as the row ignited by the 93-year-old remarks fails to cool down tempers. Mugabe has in the past few days attacked Mandela and…
HARARE – First Lady Grace Mugabe alleged yesterday that commander of the defence forces General Constantino Chiwenga had falsely claimed that President Robert Mugabe wanted sacked former Cabinet minister Christopher Mutsvangwa to lead war veterans, when it was his own decision to impose Mutsvangwa for unknown reasons. Speaking at the youth interface rally held in…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it is satisfied by the impact bond notes have had on exports which grew up by 17 percent last month although its critics on the other hand, accuse the monetary authorities of failing to stop cash shortages. RBZ governor John Mangudya said bond notes were not…
HARARE – The High Court yesterday ordered the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz) to issue a licence to Econet Group’s pay television service, Kwese TV, to start broadcasting. This comes after Baz declared Kwese TV illegal and warned the company against providing services without licence. The development sparked a legal battle between Econet and President…
HARARE – The head of Zimbabwe’s election body has said she has no intentions to rig polls in favour of President Robert Mugabe, 93, who has ruled the former British colony since independence in 1980. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Rita Makarau told State TV on Thursday night that she will deliver a credible…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party has turned its guns on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bastion of support by pushing for the dissolution of Christopher Mutsvangwa’s Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (Znlwva)’s executive though an extraordinary congress to be held soon, the Daily News can report. Through the extraordinary congress, the ruling…
HARARE – A Lieutenant-Colonel who had been on trial for allegedly raping his maid on Thursday walked free after the court ruled the State had failed to prove the case against and him and that the complainant had lied about the offence. Lt Col Rangarirai Kembo was accused of raping a 19-year-old maid who alleged…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) will hire outside human resources specialists to oversee the selection of the new town clerk. Residents, however, say this is an expensive process which could be rendered useless if the Local Government Board is not satisfied with the settled applicant. HCC has been operating without a substantive town clerk…
