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HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) may be forced to let the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) procure Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits, as calls to let the technical expert handle the process grow louder. Opposition parties and civil society are concerned over rigging and credibility of the forthcoming 2018 presidential elections, after government announced…

HARARE – Disgruntled Christopher Mutsvangwa-led war veterans are planning to hold a national indaba ahead of the 2018 presidential elections. Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) spokesperson Douglas Mahiya told the Daily News that following a national executive meeting held in Harare last week, they resolved to convene the grand indaba together with all…

HARARE – Zimbabweans were yesterday shocked by new threats from Zanu PF Harare provincial political commissar Shadreck Mashayamombe to expel all Indian nationals from Zimbabwe. The threats were accompanied by the kind of worrying rhetoric which threatens to place the ruling party in the same league as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin who hounded out the…

HARARE – Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader Joice Mujuru is on the backfoot after powerful First Lady Grace Mugabe resumed her high-octane “meet the people” rallies on Friday, which the opposition contends will act as a catalyst for the implosion of the ruling Zanu PF regime. Grace resumed her countrywide “meet the people” rallies in…

HARARE – The Daily News on Sunday’s Bridget Mananavire speaks to former Health minister and opposition MDC shadow Health minister Henry Madzorera about healthcare in Zimbabwe which varies from the most basic primary healthcare, supposed to be offered free by the State, to highly specialised, hi-tech health services available in both the public and private…

HARARE – In the wake of the Supreme Court throwing out a High Court order barring the holding of interviews to replace outgoing Chief Justice (CJ) Godfrey Chidyausiku and lawmakers starting to conduct public hearings on Friday on a proposed Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 1) Bill that allows President Robert Mugabe to solely appoint…

HARARE – Sometime in 2014, Gideon Gono, the former governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) was within spitting distance of a seat in the Senate, the upper chamber of Parliament, before it was dramatically snatched away. He was the Zanu PF nominee to replace Kumbirai Kangai, who had died not long after the…

HARARE – After praying for much-needed rains for years, the drought-prone Matabeleland region is counting the cost of flash floods which have left a trail of destruction in the area after violent Cyclone Dineo storms swept through southern Africa over the past two days. The storms, which have killed seven people and left about 130…

HARARE – In a statement that has further highlighted the ruling Zanu PF’s deadly tribal, factional and succession wars, powerful First Lady Grace Mugabe revealed on Friday that some party bigwigs are working feverishly to scuttle her high-octane meet-the-people rallies. Addressing hundreds of Zanu PF supporters in Buhera — as the influential first lady made…

HARARE – The reversal of the 15 percent hike on value-added tax (Vat) on all meat products and cereals will come into immediate effect and there will be no postponement of the implementation date, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. A Government Gazette notification was issued yesterday and no retailer would be allowed to sell…