HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday appointed a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the sale of State land in urban areas. A proclamation from Mugabe’s office said the panel would “investigate and identify all State land in and around urban areas that was acquired and allocated to the ministry of Local Government, Public Works and…
HARARE – The MDC Alliance has said its Bulawayo launch was a success even though the MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe boycotted the White City stadium rally. MDC national chairperson Lovemore Moyo and suspended national organising secretary Abedinico Bhebhe, together with Khupe, boycotted the event and were also conspicuously absent at the first Alliance launch…
HARARE – The Zimbabwean government has been urged to accelerate the country’s debt repayment plan to allow industry easy access to affordable fresh capital. Speaking at a meeting with President Robert Mugabe, former Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) president Charles Msipa said most businesses had pinned their hopes on government’s re-engagement efforts and clearance of…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe will formally open a new session of Parliament on Tuesday amid full-scale British pageantry. The fifth session of Parliament will be summoned for the ceremonial State opening that marks the final session before elections scheduled for 2018. As part of the State opening, the president delivers a speech setting out…
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 – The moment government sent mixed signals over South African socialite — Zodwa WaBantu’s ( pictured) appearance at the Samba Night in Harare during the ongoing Carnival — fears were heightened that her visit was going to end in tears. Indeed for the thousands of showbiz followers in Harare and Mutare who had been…
HARARE – One of the rival church groups fighting to have influence over the ageing spiritual leader, Aaron Mhukuta — also popularly known as Madzibaba Wimbo — has written to President Robert Mugabe, drawing his attention, once again, to the long-running dispute in the Johanne Masowe Vadzidzi vaJeso sect, which has assumed factional undertones in…
