HARARE – Former War Veterans minister Chris Mutsvangwa has charged that the $250 million Dema Emergency Power Plant was a money-spinning project by the ruling party’s G40 faction. Sakunda, owned by Zanu PF benefactor Kuda Tagwirei, partnered President Robert Mugabe’s in-law Derrick Chikore, brother to Simba, who is married to the president’s daughter Bona, in…
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 – Government is implementing new technology to deal with the contentious issue of spot fines payment by offending motorists, Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni has revealed. This comes amid furore and confusion over spot fines, with the courts ruling that they are not mandatory, but the police continuing to impose them on the…
HARARE – Government’s move to impose a tougher 60-year jail term for rapists has been hailed across the political divide, though observers said more needs to be done in avoiding the crimes rather than censuring the perpetrators. The proposed stiffer sentence comes as rape cases have worryingly escalated in Zimbabwe’s society, with children as young…
BULAWAYO – Zanu PF’s hopes of uniting its warring officials in Bulawayo ahead of the crucial 2018 elections could be diminishing as the provincial leadership on Saturday painted a picture of a party gripped by lawlessness and loss of trust among its officials. Visiting secretary for administration, Ignatius Chombo sat stoned-faced as Bulawayo chairperson, Denis…
HARARE – The Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) has shortlisted eight candidates to be interviewed for the Prosecutor General’s (PG) job which became vacant following the sacking of Johannes Tomana (pictured) in June. In an announcement yesterday, the JSC said the eight candidates would be publicly interviewed on Monday, August 21, in Harare at the Rainbow…
HARARE – There is growing consensus among political analysts that the country’s opposition will find it difficult to defeat President Robert Mugabe and his deeply-divided Zanu PF in next year’s much-awaited national elections. Working against the prospects of an opposition victory are the continuing discord among opposition leaders on who should lead the mooted electoral…
HARARE – Zanu PF supporters on Friday turned on one of the suspected terror groups, forcing it to flee Lupane on Friday moments after an angry President Robert Mugabe had finished his address in which he disowned rogue youths terrorising ordinary citizens using his wife’s name. Mugabe was left seething with anger when he was…
HARARE – Three council officers are facing criminal abuse of office charges after they reportedly demanded a $260 bribe from a businessman to process his shop licence. The trio — Jabulani Madoda, 45, Innocent Marimo, 49, and 32-year-old Tonderai Nemasango — appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande last week, who remanded them out custody to…
