HARARE – At least 38 people have died from snakebites since January this year, Health ministry permanent secretary Gerald Gwinji told Parliament recently. This comes as the Meteorological Services Department (Met) has warned residents to be on the look-out for the reptiles which are leaving their natural habitat to invade residential areas due to the…
HARARE – A gang of thieves that stole $5 510 from a dying woman who had an accident along the Harare-Mutare highway will spend one-and-a-half-years in jail. Enerst Jonga, 23, Sedrick Kachengo, 20, Innocent Gumbo, 17, and 21-year-old Kevin John of Matapi Flats in Mbare were convicted of theft after a full trial before Harare…
HARARE – Violence and a deeply chauvinistic society are locking middle-aged women out of politics in Zimbabwe, a new survey has found. The study, by the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), found that women are more politics averse than men. The polarised and often violent politics of Zimbabwe in the past two decades seem to…
HARARE – The MDC has escalated its 2018 election campaign, with the Morgan Tsvangirai-led party deploying its senior officials to the rural areas to consolidate its support base in the countryside. The rural areas have been the stronghold of the ruling Zanu PF, where it has been garnering most of its support as compared to…
HARARE – Parliament has called on police to curb the many unwanted roadblocks that they are mounting, saying they are terrorising both locals and international tourists. The call comes as police are also under intense pressure to discontinue throwing spikes at moving vehicles at roadblocks. At the same time, a new directive by Home Affairs…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday used the burial of the late Brigadier General James Murozvi to reignite his feud with war veterans — who he bluntly said were not special — in addition to rebuffing their growing calls for the nonagenarian to step down now and pave the way for a successor. Most interestingly,…
HARARE – Embattled acting Zanu PF chairperson for Mashonaland Central Dickson Mafios says party members who recently demonstrated against him and his brother Saviour Kasukuwere included “desperate” followers of former vice president Joice Mujuru. He also told the Daily News yesterday that he was still firmly in charge in the burning province despite the ongoing…
HARARE – Irrepressible opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai — the only politician to beat President Robert Mugabe in an election hands down — says he has fully recovered from his recent illness and is champing at the bit to take Zanu PF head-on in the make-or-break 2018 national elections. This comes as the resurgent MDC leader…
HARARE – Flamboyant businessman Philip Chiyangwa has been compensated by government for the loss of his 587-hectare Stoneridge farm after he was given two pieces of land in Harare’s Manyame suburb and a portion of the annexed property. This effectively puts to rest a seven-year saga and dispute, which started when President Robert Mugabe’s administration…
HARARE – The driver of a South Africa-registered haulage truck that crashed with a bus at Nyamatikiti River near Chaka in Chirumhanzu, killing dozens of passengers, was charged with culpable homicide in an indictment unsealed on Friday. The indictment contained 20 counts of vehicular homicide against Regis Mungwari, 29, who was driving to Harare, according…
