HARARE – Vocal former Zanu PF provincial youth leader Godfrey Tsenengamu — facing charges of attempting to subvert President Robert Mugabe’s government — was yesterday freed on $100 bail. High Court judge Priscillah Chigumba ruled that the 34-year-old politician was a suitable candidate for bail after prosecutor Tapiwa Kasema consented to the request. “It is…
HARARE – It never rains but pours for long-suffering and impoverished ordinary Zimbabweans who will have to brace for the worst at government hospitals after senior doctors yesterday joined the on-going nationwide strike by their juniors. In an urgent memorandum to the Chitungwiza Central Hospital management, the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) gave notice that…
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s supporters — who go by the moniker Team Lacoste — say they are encouraged by President Robert Mugabe’s recent hint that the warring ruling Zanu PF could hold a special congress to choose his successor. This comes after Mugabe suggested during his 93rd birthday celebrations in Matobo at the…
HARARE – Fresh from celebrating his 93rd birthday in Matobo with thousands of Zanu PF supporters last weekend, President Robert Mugabe flew out to Singapore in the wee hours of yesterday for what his office said was for a “scheduled” health check-up. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba, while refreshingly forthcoming about Mugabe’s Far East medical time-out…
HARARE – Tsholotsho villagers urgently need to be relocated following downpours that have destroyed their homes, with more rain expected in coming days, a top Meteorological Services Department (MSD) official warned yesterday. This comes as about 800 villagers in Tsholotsho North have appealed to the government to be relocated saying they were no longer prepared…
HARARE – State-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has been ordered by the High Court to stop looting diamond ore in the Chiadzwa mining fields belonging to Grandwell Holdings (Grandwell), which owns 50 percent shareholding in Mbada Diamonds (Mbada) as concerns grow on the controversial organisation’s capacity to mine the precious stone. Mbada was among…
HARARE – In yet another major setback for Zimbabwe’s international standing, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) yesterday released a damning report in which 10 000 tourists complained about the police — with 500 of them promising never to return to the country again, citing harassment by law enforcement agents. At the same time, 14…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe and his warring ruling Zanu PF — fearful of receiving an even bigger poll shellacking than they got in 2008 — are already working feverishly to steal next year’s make-or-break harmonised elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Tsvangirai’s spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka said the former…
HARARE – The Sunningdale man, Elton Nyamudahondo, accused of printing and supplying fake $5 bond notes was granted bail by a Harare court yesterday. The 33-year-old — who allegedly produced $600-plus of the counterfeit currency — was charged with possession of articles for criminal use when he appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande. He was…
HARARE – Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) elders — Rugare Gumbo and Didymus Mutasa — have said they will not fight former ally Joice Mujuru over the party’s name but co-exist as separate political entities using the same name. Gumbo told the Daily News yesterday that while he and Mutasa were the founders and custodians of…
