HARARE – The MDC boycott of by elections has given President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF reason to frustrate calls for reforms because little known opposition parties who have been participating in these mini polls have given them legitimacy, analysts say. This is despite concerted effort by the MDC and other opposition parties that have…
HARARE – Government has gazetted a new law which jails people who falsify information on proof of residence during the voter registration exercise which the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is expected to open to the members of the public ahead of next year’s crucial vote. The new regulations come as legal experts and civic society…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s deputies — Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko — are engaged in a cold war of sorts over the emotive succession debate notwithstanding the camaraderie they exhibit in public, the Daily News can report. No matter how hard they try to conceal the antagonism towards each other, events suggests that the…
MUTARE – Mutare City Council (MCC) has defended the indoor use of the banned and deadly DDT to control malaria, arguing it helped in containing the outbreak of the disease. DDT — a potent pesticide widely famed for control of malaria globally before its widespread ban in the early 1960s due to its cancer causing…
HARARE – The United Kingdom (UK) has released a report in which it says the human rights situation in Zimbabwe has deteriorated on the back of violations by security agents. In its July 2017 global report titled Human Rights and Democracy the UK grouped Zimbabwe together with Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, South…
HARARE – Government is seeking assistance to fund implementation of the new schools curriculum, with Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Paul Mavhima saying they will only be able to disburse resources by year end. The disbursement, he said, will be selective, starting with the disadvantaged rural schools. This comes amid calls for government to…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister and chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) — Christopher Mutsvangwa has warned that the former freedom fighters will not rest until two ministers they accuse of sowing divisions in Zanu PF — Saviour Kasukuwere and Jonathan Moyo are ejected from the party. Mutsvangwa, with the support…
HARARE – Zanu PF has dissociated itself from the terror gangs that have resurfaced in some of the country’s major towns and cities ahead of next year’s elections. The terror groups which claim to be affiliated to the ruling party have gained notoriety for extorting cash from informal and formal traders, as well as terrorising…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe railed against Zanu PF functionaries who are fomenting divisions and plotting to dethrone him from power despite calls for him to continue from the two critical wings of the ruling party, namely the women and youth leagues. With Mugabe, 93, now showing signs of tiring, Zanu PF has been sharply…
HARARE – A Harare City Council (HCC) human resources officer, who reportedly cocked a pistol at a hooker before forcibly taking back the money he had paid her, has claimed the allegations were fabricated by the commercial sex worker after she failed to extort money from him. James Chitsa, 45, who had hired the hooker…
