HARARE – Government needs to do more to improve Command Agriculture implementation by involving the rural population, hence make it national because the current programme seemed to have benefited Mashonaland provinces only, Senators have said. Debating a report by thematic committee on Peace and Security on the preparedness of the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), Senators…
HARARE – Government through the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) has moved in to control complementary medicines, which include herbal medicines, as the country records an influx of the products. The products which include but not limited to those of Forever Living, Greenworld, Tiens and others will now be required to be registered before…
BULAWAYO – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC’s resolution to boycott by-elections in protest of electoral reforms may backfire as it would be a huge task to reclaim the seats it lost in Bulawayo. After its shock defeat at the hands of the ruling Zanu PF in the 2013 elections, MDC cited electoral fraud and made a…
HARARE – The Zanu PF government has yet again been thrown into chaos after the ministries of Public Service and Finance cut loose thousands of national youth service workers apparently without the approval of President Robert Mugabe who has now ordered their reinstatement. This is not the first time Mugabe has contradicted his ministers, with…
HARARE – Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, who has been facing a series of charges — including treason — is now off the hook. Kasukuwere, who was subjected to months of criticism, including demonstrations from the party’s provinces calling for his ejection or resignation, was yesterday exonerated by First Lady Grace Mugabe at a…
HARARE – Amid concerns over whether the leading contenders in next year’s presidential race can handle a gruelling poll campaign, President Robert Mugabe has opened up on his health, which for a long time, has been kept a closely-guarded secret. The 93-year-old Zanu PF leader, who usually receives medical attention in foreign lands, told party…
HARARE – The First Lady, Grace Mugabe, mauled presidential spokesperson George Charamba yesterday and left Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa hanging by the skin of his teeth as she declared that she is back again to make the crooked in Zanu PF straight. In her address, which was pregnant with meaning and innuendo, Grace insinuated that…
HARARE – A storm is brewing in the ruling Zanu PF party amid suspicions by members of its youth league that the so-called factionalists could be sabotaging President Robert Mugabe’s youth interface rallies in spite of their success. Mugabe is currently going around the country’s 10 political provinces to address youths and get to hear…
HARARE – The MDC headquarters was left empty yesterday after the Deputy Sheriff pounced on the opposition party’s offices and seized property in order to settle a $108 000 debt owed to one of the party’s former employees. The Deputy Sheriff arrived at the MDC offices, along Nelson Mandela Avenue, in Harare, at around 9am….
HARARE – Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi’s political stock is rising amid indications that neutrals in the do-or-die Zanu PF war to succeed President Robert Mugabe are pushing for his elevation to occupy the top office in the event that the incumbent retires or gets incapacitated, the Daily News can exclusively report. This comes as influential…
