HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said banks should dispense money to depositors in time, as government struggles to curb a cash crunch that has forced people to spend hours on end at banks queuing for money. Responding a question in Parliament on Wednesday by Mufakose MDC MP Paurina Mpariwa on what government was…
HARARE – National Social Security Authority (Nssa) is pushing for the prosecution of its former managers accused of making decisions that prejudiced the pension funds administrator of nearly $13 million. Nssa chairman Robin Vela on Wednesday said the law must take its course on those found guilty. This was after the deep-pocketed investor called for…
HARARE – Zanu PF has embarked on its own aggressive door-to-door voter registration exercise — raising fears that the warring ruling party is “sharpening” its rigging machinery ahead of next year’s make-or-break polls. This comes as opposition parties are ratcheting up their protests against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over the government’s hijacking of the…
HARARE – Simmering tensions within former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s struggling National People’s Party (NPP) boiled over yesterday when rash party spokesperson, Jealousy Mawarire, viciously attacked and then allegedly threatened to kill her personal spin doctor, Gift Nyandoro, in incredible scenes which shocked guests at a Harare hotel. The two NPP comrades-turned-enemies clashed over a…
HARARE – Air Zimbabwe pilots are working under appalling conditions, Parliament has been told. Presenting a parliamentary portfolio committee report on Transport and Infrastructural Development, chairperson of the committee Dexter Nduna said the poor working conditions had fast- tracked brain drain. “The pilots noted with concern the lack of job security arising from the fact…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s senior most judge, Luke Malaba, will be sworn in on April 6, as Chief Justice, just over a month after the top judge Godfrey Chidyausiku retired after reaching the mandatory age of 70. Malaba — who has outstanding legal skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline, and has earned widespread support — assumed…
HARARE – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has vehemently refuted claims that it is working in cahoots with opposition parties to effect regime change in Zimbabwe, insisting it does not interfere with political affairs of other countries. This comes amid accusations that the United Nations (UN) agency hatched the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera)’s…
HARARE – Parliament has demanded an investigation into the death of a newly-born baby at Masvingo Provincial Hospital (MPH) due to alleged neglect by medical staff. The health institution’s staff is accused of reportedly failing to attend to a woman in labour, resulting in her baby’s death due to a cold. Parliament’s Public Accounts committee…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s stone-broke government has increased traffic spot fines by nearly 100 percent, in a controversial move it claims will reduce road accidents. This comes as Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has just slapped suffering small businesses — including hair salons, driving schools and commuter omnibuses — with taxes as he bid to…
HARARE – The Zanu PF faction which is rabidly opposed to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding President Robert Mugabe is said to be at “sixes and sevens” as the ruling party’s deadly tribal, factional and succession wars reach a tipping point. Well-placed sources within the burning former liberation movement confirmed to the Daily News yesterday…
