PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored party structures to guard against people who want to manipulate the ongoing Zanu PF restructuring programme. This comes barely 48 hours after Mnangagwa called on war veterans who are squabbling over the holding of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) congress to close ranks for the good of…
BY RUTENDO NGARA CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) activists yesterday demonstrated at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts after 78 party members were denied bail by magistrate Ruth Moyo. The accused were arrested two weeks ago in Avondale, Harare, and are facing charges of allegedly participating in an unsanctioned gathering and also for disorderly conduct. Moyo passed…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday read the riot act to keyed up war veterans who have been toyitoying over their delayed elective congress. Addressing a Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare, Mnangagwa ordered the restless former freedom fighters to cease their agitation immediately, saying this was not good for both the ruling party and the country….
OPPOSITION parties are cranking up their push for national dialogue, which they insist remains crucial to moving the country forward. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been engaging some opposition top cats over the past few months, including the interim leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Welshman Ncube. Speaking to the Daily…
By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zwTHE government has launched Zimbabwe multi-sectoral drug and substance abuse plan which is expected to reduce consumption and supply of narcotics in communities. President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched the national plan yesterday on the occasion of the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Harare yesterday.Officiating at the…
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw HARARE city health authorities have revealed that the increasing number of influenza cases being recorded at its clinics have prompted them to carry out tests to find the source of the outbreak. The city’s chief epidemiologist and disease control officer, Michael Vere said the most affected were western suburbs such as Glen…
HARARE businessmen, Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, were yesterday consigned to a night in prison after being charged with committing a US$7 million fraud, relating to the multi-million dollar presidential goat pass-on scheme. Both Chimombe, 43 and Mpofu, 49, will be back in court today for their bail hearing. Yesterday the court heard that the…
ZANU PF will hold three crucial meetings this week, amid rising tension within its war veterans’ ranks and concerns over its latest restructuring exercise. The crunch meetings will start with today’s politburo gathering in Harare, which will be followed by a caucus of the party’s central committee and its national consultative assembly (NCA). This will…
By Cloud Fusire fusiref@dailynews.co.zw THE rot in local football under the Zifa normalisation commitee (NC) chaired by Lincolin Mutasa is worsening. This follows the latest shambolic preparations for the forthcoming matches for the senior men’s soccer team, the Warriors — who revolted against Zifa on Monday after they were made to camp at the association’s…
A COMPANY that won a tender to supply goats under a presidential scheme, Blackdeck, has profusely denied duping the government, adding the contract was not worth US$40 million as alleged on social media platforms. In a statement yesterday, Blackdeck said the tender was cancelled by the ministry of Agriculture despite that it had the capacity…
