HARARE – Ever since she was pushed out of Zanu PF in 2014, former vice president Joice Mujuru has struggled to set her political career on an upward trajectory. Upon exiting the ruling party, she found herself at the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) as the party’s interim leader. It was, however, not long before relations…
HARARE – In the coming 12 months, Harare City Council (HCC) will be rolling out its first phase of 100 000 prepaid water meters, as part of measures to increase revenue collection. While the smart metering system has been met with fierce criticism from residents and pressure groups, the local authority — struggling to balance…
HARARE – Despite the writing-off of all residents’ bills to local authorities countrywide — at the instruction of Zanu PF ahead of the 2013 elections — Zimbabweans’ debts to councils for water and utilities remain a nightmare. While the debt cancellation was widely viewed as a campaign gimmick by President Robert Mugabe’s long-ruling Zanu PF…
HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF party’s behaviour has often been likened to that of baboons, which fight over food, but close ranks whenever there is danger. Another distinctive characteristic of the ruling party is that while it prides itself on being a democratic formation, it brooks no dissent within its rank and file. There…
HARARE – As the Zanu PF succession wars enter a new phase, the list of unexplained break-ins at premises of the ruling party’s bigwigs continues to grow, in a development analysts say indicates the depth of the acrimony between the party members. Observers say the incessant break-ins are inside jobs, aimed at sourcing information to…
HARARE – Former vice president and National People’s Party leader, Joice Mujuru, has spoken out for the first time on her links with the late musician, Dick “Cde Chinx” Chingaira, confirming to the Daily News on Sunday this week that indeed they shared a solid bond that could have cost the liberation war stalwart national…
VICTORIA FALLS – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is engaging the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) to institute stringent controls at the border posts to plug the leakage of bond notes into neighbouring countries. This comes after it emerged that large sums of bond notes are being spirited out of the country by individuals and…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday sprung to the defence of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is the face of the government-run Command Agriculture initiative that has come under severe criticism from within and outside his government for operating outside the confines of the law. Addressing thousands of party supporters, mainly youths, who packed Mucheke…
HARARE – Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono’s appointment as Special Economic Zones (SEZ) board chairperson has been hailed by economic analysts, who said he has the requisite skills necessary to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country. SEZ is mandated to come up with measures to drum up FDI that…
HARARE – Outspoken lawyer Fadzayi Mahere has said she is going to contest to become an MP after realising that legislators were not representing the plight of long-suffering ordinary Zimbabweans. In a live video on Facebook this week, Mahere — who is eyeing the Mt Pleaseant seat — said her interest to become an MP…
