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 – Zimbabwe’s opposition political party leaders must breakdown the Zanu PF mould of conceiving power which is centralised in the presidency as this makes the post very much coveted, social and political analysts’ content. The comments arise from the bickering and jostling among opposition political parties on who should lead the mooted grand coalition….
HARARE – Deputy Sheriff has attached Pandhari Hotels’ property for sale after failing to settle a judgment debt to its former employees. The property — belonging to the Harare accommodation and conference facility located in the upmarket suburb of Glen Lorne — went under the hammer on Thursday in Harare, Revelations Auctioneers advised in a…
HARARE – Youths who were making a living leasing off wheelbarrows to desperate residents in Epworth, could soon be out of business after the Epworth Local Board (ELB) stepped up standardisation of the dormitory town’s road system. Epworth’s ward seven had been hardest hit by inaccessibility after residents haphazardly built their homes on the back…
HARARE – Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) has set end of next month as the date for its inaugural congress where a substantive executive is going to be elected. This was revealed by ZPF interim president Agrippa Mutambara during his meet the structures tour here over the weekend. “We are still working on the date but…
