HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is demanding an apology from Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko for his remarks that the former prime minister was once involved in an assassination attempt on the late national icon Joshua Nkomo and that he was also behind the Gukurahundi atrocities. Mphoko told journalists after a closed door meeting in…
HARARE – A few days after President Robert Mugabe railed at top guns in his party who are jostling to succeed him, Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi has weighed in, saying there was no vacancy at State House. The Defence minister, who is one of the presumed dark horses to succeed Mugabe, said Zanu PF party…
HARARE – Zanu PF National Assembly members were yesterday ordered to pass the controversial Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) Bill when it was brought for the third reading amid fierce resistance from the opposition MDC. Members of Parliament from Zanu PF overwhelmingly backed the proposed Bill, which seeks to restore sweeping powers to the…
HARARE – Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo has filed an urgent chamber application seeking to stop his arrest on contempt of court charges after he failed to comply with an order directing him to facilitate the release of funds belonging to Mutare businessman, Tendai Blessing Mangwiro. In the application, Chombo cites the Sheriff for Zimbabwe,…
HARARE – The sheriff has been asked to engage the commissioner-general of police, Augustine Chihuri and director-general of the Central Intelligence Organisation, Happyton Bonyongwe, to facilitate in the arrest of Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo (pictured) for contempt of court. This comes after security officials blocked the sheriff from arresting Chombo at the Zanu PF…
HARARE – The Zanu PF Youth League, which carries the ruling party’s hopes of retaining power at next year’s elections, has hit turbulence owing to seismic divisions among its members over President Robert Mugabe’s attempts to distance his party from terror gangs that are wreaking havoc countrywide, the Daily News can report. At his fourth…
HARARE – High Court judge Lavender Makoni yesterday dismissed with costs former NetOne chief executive Reward Kangai’s urgent chamber application challenging the advertisement to fill his vacant post by his ex-employer. Kangai approached the court early this month, claiming that he was still the NetOne boss, arguing that his post can only be replaced after…
HARARE – A parliamentary panel yesterday sought public comments on a draft bill which seeks to cap the salary and perks for managers of government-owned entities and city council bosses. The views of stakeholders are being sought by August 25 on the Public Entities Corporate Governance Bill, set to be scrutinised by a parliamentary committee….
HARARE – Zimbabweans are more afraid today than they have been in a long time, with the majority unable to exercise their free will in elections because they are worried about being victims of political violence, the Catholic Commission of Justice and Peace (CCJP) has said. Fear pervades Zimbabweans’ lives and politics, the CCJP said…
HARARE – Struggling firms in Zimbabwe have “fallen over each” other to wish First Lady Grace Mugabe many more years to come as she turned 52 on Sunday. Embattled State entities took up expensive advertising slots in all newspapers, including the private media, State television and radio to bootlick “Dr Amai”. The struggling Air Zimbabwe…
