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…
HARARE – Desperate Zimbabwean students studying in Cyprus are engaged in dangerous activities which include drug trafficking, prostitution and gambling as they bid to fund their university education, Parliament revealed yesterday. In its startling remarks, Parliament’s Foreign Affairs committee warned that there was need for intervention as some students had been jailed for various offences…
HARARE – A rival section of former freedom fighters opposed to the Christopher Mutsvangwa-led executive, has organised a massive demonstration against War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube for backing calls to have President Robert Mugabe name a successor. The demonstration will be held in Harare this morning at the Zanu PF headquarters. George Mlala, who is…
HARARE – A woman busted at Harare International Airport hiding 3,8 kg of cocaine in her luggage was jailed for 10 years yesterday. Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube suspended two years on condition of good behaviour and handed a lenient sentence because she was a first time offender. Drug trafficking has a mandatory 15-year sentence. In…
HARARE – Some Harare residents have said they have received bills for thousands of dollars more than they actually owe. Harare City Council director of works Phillip Pfukwa acknowledged that there have been some issues but said they were moving to improve billing accuracy, after years of complaints. “We are still doing manual meter reading,”…
HARARE – Train fares are being slashed by a third, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has said, possibly because of lower-than-expected ridership. The cash fare for a one-way trip from Bulawayo to Harare, Bulawayo to Victoria Falls and Bulawayo to Sango Border Post or vice versa will be cut by 30 percent. The…
HARARE – Zanu PF has embarked on a restructuring exercise to prepare for next year’s elections amid reports that party factions battling to influence President Robert Mugabe’s succession are readying themselves for a bruising fight. The term of office for the ruling party’s lower leadership — the cell and the branch — expires at the…
HARARE – In spite of inking a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai last month, signalling their intention to forge a grand coalition ahead of next year’s polls, National People’s Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru is pursuing a parallel initiative whereupon she is seeking to get into bed with the Coalition of…
