HARARE – Surge in murder cases has prompted the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to ban the carrying of weapons such as slingshot catapults and also rope in traditional leaders and churches in order to fight the scourge. There has been an increase in murder cases especially over petty disputes something that the police say requires…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC)’s failure to collect garbage and its poor waste management record could pose a potential health risk to residents, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) said. Ema’s education officer Liberty Mugadza told the Daily News last week that the current model of dumping waste at Pomona and Golden Quarry dumpsites is…
HARARE – Former Mashonaland Central youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has warned that the turmoil in the women’s league could claim Zanu PF’s scalp in next year’s polls while leaping to the defence of the embattled Eunice Sandi Moyo and Sarah Mahoka, who are facing the boot over allegations of plotting against First Lady Grace Mugabe….
HARARE – Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has laid into Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and appeared to accuse the Midlands Zanu PF godfather of orchestrating a dirty campaign against him using inaccurate command agriculture projections. Moyo said while evidence on the ground shows that those participating in the programme will not produce bumper harvests,…
HARARE – Zanu PF national political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, says some ruling party bigwigs who are allegedly plotting to remove President Robert Mugabe from power have also now hijacked programmes of the former liberation movement’s women’s league to advance their “successionist” agendas. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Kasukuwere said he and…
HARARE – Outspoken Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister, Mandiitawepi Chimene — who could become the latest Zanu PF bigwig today to face a demonstration by her party comrades, for taking on Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa — says “only death can stop me” from continuing to defend President Robert Mugabe and his powerful wife Grace. This comes…
HARARE – Three generations of Peter Haritatos’ family have owned bakeries amid the rocky outcrops jutting up at the centre of the Kadoma mining area, which provides gold, copper and nickel here. He is popular in town, and speaks fluent Shona. Haritatos is just one of the locals, he even has a Shona nickname —…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau has backed down on her earlier decision to shut the door on opposition parties committing to engage them in future discussions on elections, MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora said. Last week, Makarau called off a meeting with opposition political parties, accusing them of engaging the commission through…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has no plans to introduce command economy, Information minister Chris Mushowe has said. This comes after recent reports indicated that government intends to introduce the Soviet-style model to revitalise the country’s ailing economy and ease cash shortages. A command or planned economy occurs when the government controls all major aspects of the…
HARARE – The entire Manyame River — providing water to more than 3 million Harare residents is contaminated, a top official has warned. Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment Council (UMSCC) compliance assistant Susan Nyarugwe told commemorations of the UN World Water Day hosted by Wildlife and Environment Zimbabwe (Wez) on Wednesday that Manyame — which connects to…
