HARARE – The formation of a mooted opposition grand coalition is growing into a big possibility with two key players — the MDC and the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) — both yesterday indicating that they were under pressure to formalise the electoral alliance. Both the MDC and the ZPF have been on nationwide tours trying…
HARARE – The High Court Sheriff yesterday stormed the Umwinsdale home of opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) founding member Didymus Mutasa to attach property after he failed to settle a $26 000 lawyers’ debt. An armoured vehicle and armed officers is what the Sheriff’s department used to collect the civil judgment from the former Speaker…
HARARE – Central bank governor John Mangudya yesterday put himself in line of fire when he suggested that the country should not prioritise payment of DStv subscriptions at the expense of raw materials. Presenting his Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) in Harare yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) chief said he was working on various…
HARARE – Government has now secured $17 million to fund the acquisition of biometric voter registration (BVR) kits for the 2018 elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) said yesterday. Government had pledged $17 million while other development partners through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) pledged the balance. The biometric polling station-based voter registration process…
HARARE – Thousands of people are at risk as Zimbabwe braces for devastating storms and floods which weather forecasters say could leave a trail of destruction in three provinces which are set to be hardest hit. The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said yesterday that tropical Cyclone Dineo was approaching Matabeleland South, Masvingo and Manicaland, where…
HARARE – The war tearing apart the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) took a surprise turn yesterday when war veterans threw their weight behind one of the troubled party’s two factions — the one led by the outfit’s elders, Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo. Although the Daily News was unable to thread together the full import…
HARARE – The Prosecutor-General’s office has asked High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi to recuse himself from handling the trial of suspended Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges. Jonathan Chingwinyiso, leading the team of four prosecutors who included Malvern Musarurwa, Thompson Hove and Timothy Makoni, filed the application, claiming the judge…
MUTARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said projected good harvests will undermine President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF’s capacity to abuse poor rural voters by politicising food aid. Speaking to journalists after meeting church leaders, civic leaders and businesspeople here, the indefatigable opposition leader said while there was fear of intimidation, the ability of rural…
HARARE – Hundreds of doctors yesterday downed tools in a bid to push government to improve their conditions of service. This is the latest time doctors have gone on strike in the protracted dispute over pay and work rules. Several surgical operations have been cancelled as a result of the walkout by medical professionals, though…
HARARE – The State yesterday made sensational claims that Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo and his deputy Godfrey Gandawa — accused of embezzling more than $400 000 funds — were responsible for stalling progress to have their co-accused prosecuted. This was said by prosecutor Lovett Masuku during routine remand proceedings of Nicholas Mapute,…
