HARARE – Businessman and musician Energy Mutodi’s application to be removed from remand on charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe was thrown out yesterday, with the court indicating the case was proceeding to trial. Mutodi appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande on charges of causing disaffection among members of the defence forces and undermining or…
HARARE – The MDC Alliance has said it will present a detailed economic blue print in the near future, former Finance minister Tendai Biti has said. Speaking at the Bulawayo launch of a pre-election pact involving seven political organisations on Saturday, the opposition PDP president said a grand plan will be part of the package…
HARARE – At least 35 youths have quit Joice Mujuru’s National People’s Party (NPP) protesting inept leadership and alleged corruption within party ranks. The mass resignations last week left the youth wing’s Hatfield district in Harare with no representation. In a stinging letter addressed to the NPP Harare provincial youth chair, Donald Chimatira, Hatfield acting…
HARARE – A man who drove his SA-registered haulage truck into a bus at high speed in a fatal accident at Nyamatikiti River near Chaka in Chirumhanzu on April 5, killing dozens of passengers, has been jailed for one year for dangerous driving causing death, after his claims of mechanical failure were rejected. Mvuma magistrate…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said metal identity cards will be accepted during the biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise. This comes after Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede said only holders of machine readable plastic identity cards will be able to register to vote, while those with metal cards would be excluded. “Following recent press…
HARARE – Veterans of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle are courting former Home Affairs minister and Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa who left Zanu PF a decade ago after growing disillusioned with policies of the former liberation movement. It is not clear what role the war veterans want the decorated liberation war hero to play. Zimbabwe National Liberation…
HARARE – Opposition parties and protest movements under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) have castigated Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo for threatening to arrest those criticising the First Family. This comes after Chombo said police must arraign everyone criticising the first family, in apparent reference to Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has asked Parliament to retire Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede on the grounds he has long passed the retirement age. As first reported by the Daily News last month, government is violating public service regulations by keeping in its employ bureaucrats who are way past their pensionable…
HARARE – South African socialite Zodwa Wabantu will not be stopped from coming to Zimbabwe despite a ban imposed on her by the Board of Censors, government disclosed yesterday. This comes after the Board of Censors barred Zodwa from participating in the ongoing Harare International Carnival on the basis that her signature look — short…
HARARE – Introduced in November last year as part of measures meant to address the liquidity crisis, bond notes have fallen sharply in their value, stirring a wave of massive price increases, especially of basic goods. The Daily News can report that the high demand for foreign currencies required to effect payments for goods and…
