HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) has said there is no going back on the demolition of “illegal structures’’ in the capital city. HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme said the demolitions were meant to pave way for sustainable development. The exercise will also help the municipality in its bid to execute the capital city’s master…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s health is not yet permitting him to attend public and national events, President Robert Mugabe said yesterday. Mnangagwa was allegedly poisoned in Gwanda while attending a Zanu PF youth interface rally. Speaking at the joint burial of Moudy Aloisia Muzenda and George Rutanhire at the National Heroes Acre yesterday,…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday endeared himself to thousands of mourners at the National Heroes Acre and millions of viewers at home, when he shamed the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)over its ubiquitous roadblocks and “culture” of bribe-taking on the roads which the 93-year-old warned should stop forthwith. He received thunderous applause while the cameras…
HARARE – South African opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) yesterday launched a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) battle seeking a declaration that the decision by the minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane to grant diplomatic immunity to Zimbabwe First Lady Grace Mugabe be declared unconstitutional and invalid. With passions inflamed by the decision to let…
HARARE – Welshamn Ncube — leader of the smaller MDC — has leapt to the defence of his counterpart in the MDC Alliance, Morgan Tsvangirai, saying he was convinced that he did his homework before committing to the formation of a coalition. The reaction by Ncube follows serious differences between the former prime minister in…
HARARE – Civil servants are opposing proposed legislation seeking to regulate the functions of medical aid societies, describing the new Bill as unnecessary ostensibly because it seeks to duplicate the functions of the Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec). Cecilia Alexander, chairperson of the Apex Council, the umbrella civil servants body, told the Daily News yesterday…
HARARE – The police buckled under pressure on Thursday and freed a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) informer Delish Nguwaya, following High Court judge Charles Hungwe’s order for his immediate release. His lawyer Jonathan Samukange confirmed the development to the Daily News yesterday. “They released him yesterday (Thursday), but his hand was broken and I am…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has suspended the party’s national organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, along with six members of the youth assembly pending full investigations into their alleged involvement in the violent skirmishes that targeted his deputy, Thokozani Khupe, recently. Only two weeks ago, Tsvangirai cracked the whip by suspending deputy treasurer-general, Charlton Hwende…
HARARE – A document signed by the MDC and some fringe opposition parties forming an alliance has unwittingly exposed deep-seated concerns within the country’s biggest opposition party that its leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who is suffering from cancer, may not be fit to last the distance if they secure victory in next year’s make-or-break elections. The…
HARARE – Nurse managers have given the Health Services Board (HSB) notice of a possible strike, they said at a meeting yesterday. Zimbabwe Nurses Association said a strike could begin as early as September 8. Zina secretary-general Enoch Dongo told the Daily News that the nurses’ grievances were not new to the board as they…
