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HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru’s fledgling National People’s Party (NPP) has once again cast doubt about its participation in the mooted grand opposition coalition — attacking MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai as “power drunk”, while expressing reservations about him leading the alliance in next year’s watershed national elections. The NPP, through its rash spokesperson…

HARARE – As expected, powerful First Lady Grace Mugabe and her influential Zanu PF women’s league yesterday sacked embattled party heavyweights Eunice Sandi Moyo and Sarah Mahoka from within their ranks — meaning that it may be a matter of time before the two are in turn jettisoned altogether from President Robert Mugabe’s warring former…

HARARE – While groundwater tested in 28 boreholes from 30 of Harare’s suburbs is clear of cholera-causing E.Coli bacteria, some of the water is highly acidic and contains rust from rotten plumbing equipment. Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment Council (UMSCC) chairperson Endy Mhlanga said the assessment was conducted in Greater Harare suburbs such as Mabvuku, Borrowdale, Greencroft…

HARARE – Broke President Robert Mugabe’s government has introduced taxes for commuter operators – popularly known as kombis – and hairdressers, as part of desperate moves to raise funds. According to last Friday’s gazette, authorities were given legal teeth to compel the “operators of hairdressing salons (to pay) $10 per chair per month” while “informal…

HARARE – The Defence ministry’s books are in shambles, with revenue returns and payments accounts improperly filed while an asset register has not been maintained, a report by Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri has revealed. According to Chiri’s damning forensic audit report tabled in the National Assembly a fortnight ago, the Sydney Sekeramayi-led ministry failed to…

HARARE – David Parirenyatwa’s Health ministry is demanding back fuel it gave to Zanu PF for use during President Robert Mugabe’s 93rd birthday celebrations in Matobo last month. In a February 27 letter to Zanu PF’s politburo Health secretary, Cleveria Chizema, Health ministry permanent secretary Gerald Gwinji revealed that they gave the ruling party 320 litres…

HARARE – MDC is targeting the women’s vote in the forthcoming 2018 election, with the party embarking on ‘‘kitchen meetings’’ mainly in the rural areas. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC women’s assembly leader Lynnet Karenyi said the party seeks to increase its voting numbers in the much-anticipated poll. “We want to mobilise mothers…

HARARE – In a ruling that is set to leave State Security officials that torture and abduct citizens on the edge, a High Court judge yesterday ordered officials that abetted Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) director Jestina Mukoko’s abduction and torture to be sued in their personal capacities. High Court judge Nyaradzo Munangati-Manongwa yesterday ruled that…

HARARE – Civil society and human rights organisations in Zimbabwe present at the 34th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHC)’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process in Geneva, Switzerland this month have welcomed government’s acceptance of a number of important recommendations to improve the human rights situation in the country. At the end of…

HARARE – Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) is concerned about reported cases of intimidation, vote buying, selective application of the Public Order and Security Act and abuse of traditional leaders which have characterised the campaign period in the run up to the Mwenezi East by-election. Zesn national director Rindai Chipfunde-Vava said the scale of the alleged…