BULAWAYO – A Binga man who allegedly put on a police uniform in a bid to get free public transport to the city centre has appeared in court. Thembelenkosi Ndlovu, 31, yesterday appeared before magistrate Tinashe Tashaya facing charges of impersonation. He was convicted on his own plea of guilt and was remanded in custody…
HARARE – Legislators on Tuesday slammed Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko for bunking the National Assembly during the second reading of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) Bill. This was after Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere delivered the second reading speech explaining the NPRC Bill on behalf of Mphoko. The debate was forced to adjourn…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) directors — including Mines ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga — face prosecution after the firm defied a court order barring it from looting Grandwell Holdings’ (Grandwell) diamond ore in Chiadzwa. Grandwell, which holds a 50 percent stake in Mbada Diamonds (Mbada), was granted the order by the High…
HARARE – Zanu PF followers, together with nearly half of adult Zimbabweans, believe that a grand opposition coalition led by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has a good chance of unseating the ruling party in next year’s watershed elections. According to the latest survey findings of by think tank Afrobarometer, the notion of a grand opposition…
HARARE – There is gnashing of teeth among Zanu PF’s superstitious bigwigs who are engaged in a deadly dogfight to succeed President Robert Mugabe — after revered prophet, Madzibaba Wimbo, apparently completely ruled out any of them taking over from the wily, but increasingly frail nonagenarian. Well-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday that the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is likely to use the discredited 2013 voter register in next year’s election, as the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) process will not be completed in time, analysts claim. They argued that the BVR system requires careful planning, preparation and implementation, making the whole process time consuming. There is…
HARARE – Fired Chitungwiza Municipality councillors have argued that their dismissal was illegal, accusing Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere of using an unsanctioned audit report to nail them. Last month, Kasukuwere sacked the town’s 25 councillors after they were implicated in corruption, among other rogue deals, in the audit conducted by the local authority. So…
HARARE – The election of 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron as new France president has ignited fresh debate on social media on President Robert Mugabe whose party confirmed him as its candidate for the next presidential election expected in mid-2018, when he will be 94. Mugabe has been in power in the southern African country since 1980,…
HARARE – Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has turned down an honorary doctorate degree from a Dubai-based institute, arguing he would rather earn it through his own academic research. He said the rate at which honorary degrees were being conferred on influential Zimbabweans was now worrying. “I knew my turn would surely come,” he said in…
HARARE – African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) has demanded the dismissal of Mines ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga over his alleged corrupt activities in the diamond sector. This comes after Parliament’s Mines portfolio committee recommended that the Civil Service Commission fires Gudyanga within a month following a report that exposed the gross abuse of…
