HARARE – Not for the first time, Zimbabwe has been warned that President Robert Mugabe’s failure to resolve the succession issue could plunge the country into bloodletting violence. This comes as much-needed foreign investors are increasingly taking a wait-and-see attitude as the country prepares for the crucial 2018 national elections. Business Monitor International (BMI) —…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said persons who, before the promulgation of the 2013 Constitution were issued with identity documents describing them as ‘‘aliens’’, must forthwith proceed to the offices of the Registrar General to have their citizenship regularised and confirmed. Zec chief elections officer Constance Chigwamba said on the dates of…
HARARE – Construction of mobile phone towers in residential areas has raised fears among legislators who are concerned about their constituents being exposed to radiation. A mobile phone tower or base station sends or receives radio signals and is responsible for forming the cell area. A typical cell tower is made up of the antennas,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is conducting a training programme for police officers to smile more habitually at roadblocks in the hopes of winning over tourists visiting the country’s holiday resorts. Home Affairs deputy minister Obedingwa Mguni told the National Assembly that Zimbabwe’s hospitality agency is conducting training sessions to make police friendlier toward visitors. Mguni was…
HARARE – Zanu PF’s politburo has virtually become a war zone for factional fights playing out in the top echelons of the ruling party, with Wednesday’s meeting proving beyond any reasonable doubt that President Robert Mugabe now remains the glue keeping the party from disintegrating, the Daily News can report. At its previous two meetings…
HARARE – Mystery surrounds the car which was involved in a horrific accident with a biker who was leading President Robert Mugabe’s motorcade last Saturday. On Saturday, one of the bikers leading the motorcade was involved in a crash with an Isuzu truck near the One Commando military base along Airport Road as Mugabe was…
HARARE – Opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (PDP) president Tendai Biti will next week deliver the second edition of the State of the Economy Address (SEA) in Harare. It’s an attempt by the former Finance minister to “assist in finding a lasting solution to the unpalatable suffering of the Zimbabwean people”. This comes as the economy…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will start registering voters for general elections in October, officials have said, in the first concrete step ahead of a crucial vote expected to take place next year. Voter registration will start from October and end in March 2018, officials from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) told civil society groups. In addition…
FAMILIES which were forcibly relocated to Arda-Transau from the diamond-rich Marange fields are bitter over the drastic deterioration of their children’s education standards. Nearly a quarter of the pupils at Chirasika Primary School, which caters for the settlement, are learning under inhumane conditions. The pupils, in excess of 1 300, cannot be accommodated in the…
HARARE – Three more Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) executives appeared in court yesterday facing criminal abuse of duty charges related to the embezzlement of $300 000. Zinara accountant Stephen Matute, regional engineer Givemore Tendai Kufa and director Human Resources management Precious Murove appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande. The trio is jointly charged with…
