HARARE – Protesting MDC youths clash with riot police in the Harare CBD on Wednesday.
HARARE – Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa says the five percent health levy introduced by government on all air time purchases will improve ordinary citizen’s access to drugs and better health care. Government began deducting a five percent health levy on all airtime purchases this March which it said would help fund purchases…
HARARE – A suspected MDC supporter has been charged with the murder of a policeman who died in Harare during violence which broke out near the party’s Harvest House headquarters. Barnabas Mwanaka, 35, of Glen View appeared in court yesterday where he was remanded in custody to July 24 by Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande. He…
HARARE – Former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa has announced he will be bringing the curtain down on his long political career once a substantive leadership has been elected for his Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) opposition party. Mutasa was sacked from both government and Zanu PF in 2014 together with other party stalwarts — who…
HARARE – The case in which a Mutare-based entrepreneur wants the State Liabilities Act to be struck off the statutes has taken an interesting turn with the State, arguing that the businessman could cause the arrest of Home Affairs inister Ignatius Chombo if he is found to be in contempt of court. This comes after…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe looks certain to ambush his rivals, currently in sixes and sevens over coalition talks, through an early proclamation of poll dates in order to catch them napping, the Daily News can report. With the opposition parties haggling over who should lead their mooted grand coalition, Mugabe and his Zanu PF…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) said yesterday it was not worried about opposition plans for a peaceful protest today to press for electoral reforms. MDC youths will gather in central Harare today for the latest protest to demand political change and wider electoral reforms. Zec chairperson Rita Makarau told journalists during an update…
HARARE – Government is tightening its grip on the bond notes by subjecting cross-borders to serious scrutiny as the money authorities bid to deal with a thriving parallel market of the surrogate currency on its borders. This comes after Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) official Azvinandawa Saburi told guests at the Zimbabwe National Chamber of…
HARARE – Marondera and Chipinge residents are living in areas with severely limited water resources, putting them at risk of contracting deadly diseases like cholera and diarrhoea, the Auditor General Mildred Chiri said. In her 2017 report on local authorities, Chiri said the two areas had limited water supplies, and the demand for water today…
HARARE – Former Mbare officer-in-charge, Violet Sigauke — who attempted to swallow $60 bribe money — has made a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) application challenging the disciplinary proceedings instituted against her by police. Sigauke, who is represented by Rubaya and Chatambudza Legal Practitioners, resigned from the force on February 14 following the charges. She is arguing…

