HARARE – Another coalition of opposition parties — which are offshoots of the ruling Zanu PF party — could emerge ahead of polls in 2018 to take on President Robert Mugabe, whose party is already scheming against another alliance consummated over the weekend, under the leadership of Morgan Tsvangirai. The Daily News can report that…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai is arguably Zimbabwe’s most enduring opposition leader. He has fought against Zanu PF since the MDC’s formation in 1999, and has gone through thick and thin since then. Our News editor, Gift Phiri, spoke to Tsvangirai at his exquisite mansion in Highlands, Harare on Monday about the raft of challenges confronting…
COMMUNITIES in Bulawayo have expressed mixed feelings over Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s day-old chicks donations, with some accusing the politician of “dumping substandard” birds on them, while others are backing the initiative. Last year, Mphoko — a shareholder in the Choppies supermarket chain — went around Bulawayo suburbs — including Nkulumane, Pumula and Mpopoma —…
HARARE – Drug-resistant HIV strains are turning up in parts of Zimbabwe as the virus stretches beyond high-risk groups and gains a stronger foothold on the general population. The World Health Organisation has issued an alert warning of drug resistant HIV in six countries including Zimbabwe, which reported levels of pre-treatment HIV drug resistance above…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has set aside $5 million to lend to physically challenged persons. RBZ deputy director for Bank Supervision Division Norah Mukura said the $5m was part of empowerment funds under the central bank’s five-year National Financial Inclusion Strategy. The money will be given as loans to support projects…
HARARE – A United Kingdom (UK)-based couple has slapped social media sensation Lameck Chimoka with a $50 000 lawsuit for emotional abuse. This emerged in court after Patricia Chakanyuka Zenda and her husband, David, were granted a peace order against Chimoka who gained popularity after speaking ill of his in-laws at a funeral. Chimoka, who…
HARARE – Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has reversed an order issued by his ministry evoking the closure of more than 300 private schools and independent colleges alleged to be “operating illegally”. Of the 300 private schools and colleges, more than a third of them were domiciled in the capital city. The notice…
HARARE – Amid ugly infighting over his succession, President Robert Mugabe is pinning his re-election hopes on the Zanu PF Youth League, which he is using to neutralise bigwigs jostling to succeed him. The shrewd politician, who is going around the country’s 10 political provinces to meet the youths, seem to be losing patience with…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai and some of his top officials are headed for a showdown over the terms of an alliance deal inked by the MDC president on Saturday, along with leaders of other fringe opposition parties, in what is likely to present a litmus test for the former trade unionist ahead of next year’s…
HARARE – Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has suspended three Harare City (HCC) councillors over their alleged involvement in a $31 million tender scam. Councillors Wilton Janjazi, Urayayi Mangwiro, and Paula Macharangwanda sat in the HCC procurement board which allegedly awarded a shadowy company, Energy Resources Africa Consortium (ARAC), a contract to rehabilitate Firle and…
