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…
HARARE – Religious groups in Zimbabwe are breaking away from social and religious taboos about the use of contraception and taking control of their own bodies — even if they have to do it secretly. The change is happening as health and human-rights advocates sound the alarm over the number of women and girls losing…
MUTARE – Over 1 500 workers who were employed by Mbada Diamonds, Jinan and Anjin remain jobless as Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) fears being held in contempt of court if it employs them before the companies’ court action is finalised. The firms sued government for breach of contract after government banned gem mining in…
HARARE – A Harare man was slapped with a nine-year prison term after being busted selling a python skin belt without a licence. Kingston Gwenzi, 29, of Highfield pleaded guilty to charges of contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act. Gwenzi said he was unaware that having the snake skin was in breach of the law….
HARARE – The Zanu PF faction rallying behind embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa could soon be on the backfoot after it emerged that powerful First Lady Grace Mugabe has been asked to resume her high-octane “meet the people” rallies. Minister of State in Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko’s office Tabetha Kanengoni Malinga asked Grace to resume…
HARARE – A Harare magistrate yesterday dismissed an application by former Zanu PF youth leader William Mutumanje, popularly known as Acie Lumumba, to have his case of insulting President Robert Mugabe struck off the roll. Mutumanje appeared before Harare magistrate Nomsa Sabarauta facing charges of undermining the authority of the president. Sabarauta remanded Mutumanje to…
MUTARE – Police have been accused of facilitating the entry of illegal artisanal miners into Marange diamond fields and mobilising them to attack Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) security. Zimbabwe’s new State-owned diamond miner ZCDC started operations in March last year after the government ordered all mining companies to halt work in the Marange fields….
HARARE – Former War Veterans minister Christopher Mutsvangwa has rubbished President Robert Mugabe’s “revisionist account” that he went to war earlier than him, claiming the 93-year-old was now forgetting what happened. Addressing members of the Zanu PF women’s league in Harare on Thursday, Mugabe slammed party bigwigs and affiliate organisations that are calling for him…
HARARE – Despite frantic attempts by President Robert Mugabe’s publicists to convince the public that the incumbent was as fit as a fiddle, calls by his wife that he must handpick a successor could be out of the realisation that the Zanu PF leader has entered his political sunset. Addressing members of the Zanu PF…
HARARE – Popular pub and grill restaurant Rufaro Shisanyama has been given a reprieve by the Harare City Council after it delayed demolishing its VIP bar to allow management to regularise the anomalies it raised. Shisanyama was opened in June last year by former HCC top official, Raymond Chiromo, and has grown to become one…
