HARARE – Former Industry and International Trade minister Nkosana Moyo announced yesterday that he will run for president in 2018, but his presidential bid has been met with whispers of disapproval, especially from civic society leaders who are concerned about the possibility of splitting the opposition vote. Moyo, who was appointed in President Robert Mugabe’s…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe flies into the volatile Masvingo Province today for his youth interface rally amid ugly fighting within his deeply-divided Zanu PF whose factional and succession wars this week saw the military issuing a chilling warning to Cabinet minister and politburo member Jonathan Moyo over his criticism of a government-sponsored Command Agriculture…
HARARE – War Veterans minister, Tshinga Dube, had a one-on-one meeting with President Robert Mugabe after yesterday’s Cabinet meeting, the first such encounter since a furore broke out over the retired colonel’s controversial remarks over the weekend. The former Zimbabwe Defence Industries chief executive won the hearts of many when he declared his support for…
HARARE – As President Robert Mugabe prepares for the make-or-break elections next year, in which the opposition could contest as a coalition, the Zanu PF leader faces a dilemma as to whether he should completely ditch the war veterans who are increasingly getting outspoken about his leadership or lean towards the youths for his 2018…
HARARE – Government must release funds to bankroll the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to ensure a seamless, safe operation imperative to maintain the fluidity of the national rail network, NRZ artisans have said. “We do not have safety clothing,” Railways Artisans Union (Rau) president Edmore Africa told a news conference on Tuesday. “Again if…
HARARE – Renowned Zimbabwean academic George Kahari has been nominated as International Educator of the Year 2017 by the England-based International Biographical Centre of Cambridge (IBC). “This prestigious award will be made available only to a few illustrious individuals whose achievements and leadership stand out in the international community,” IBC director-general Nicholas Law said in…
HARARE – Egypt’s El Sewedy Electrometers will in the coming months start assembling pre-paid water meters at a contract manufacturer’s plant being set up in Harare, a council official has said. Harare deputy mayor Enock Mupamawonde — who led a delegation of council officials to Egypt to assess the standing of El Sewedy Electrometers —…
HARARE – A top official in opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said Morgan Tsvangirai must represent the opposition alliance in the presidential election mid-next year, his fourth time as a presidential candidate. “I have always said we will never have a perfect leader…. Let Tsvangirai lead us in the coalition. Let us have in…
HARARE – The old guard in Zanu PF has all but hijacked President Robert Mugabe’s youth interface rally set for Masvingo tomorrow, amid indications that the event could be used as a platform to assert factional preferences. Party insiders told the Daily News yesterday that Zanu PF politburo members, Josiah Hungwe and Shuvai Mahofa, have…
HARARE – A report by Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri has exposed serious loopholes at the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) which failed to account for $28 million used during the 2012 national census — amid concerns over veracity of suppliers’ invoices and suspicious registers of participants who claimed expenses during the exercise. The damning report…
