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THE State has withdrawn charges against a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative, Raphios Mufandauya, who was arrested together with Miners Association of Zimbabwe president, Henrietta Rushwaya and others at the airport on allegations of gold smuggling. Mufandauya was jointly charged with Rushwaya, Gift Karanda and another CIO operative, Stephen Tserayi, who were on Wednesday remanded…

SOME opposition stalwarts say they are embarrassed by the worsening shambles that have become the hallmark of the ruling Zanu PF’s political opponents in the country. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, they also warned that the country’s largest opposition party for the past two decades, the MDC, could disappear from the political…

A HARARE lawyer and University of Zimbabwe lecturer has taken police to court over their current operation targeting plate-less, unlicensed and unregistered vehicles — contending that this is illegal. In papers filed at the High Court, Tazorora Takunda Goto Musarurwa, says that the blitz is unlawful as police have no lawful powers to impound vehicles….

RUMBIDZAI NGWENYA  THE government has, through its US$75 million worth Kuvimba Mining House investment, started disbursing dividends to pensioners as compensation for the loss they incurred following the country’s 2019 monetary reforms. The reforms discarded the fixed 1:1 exchange rate peg between the US$ and the local currency and liberalised the market — a move…

FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, donated agricultural inputs to commercial sex workers in Zvishavane on Thursday, in a bid to help them start income-generating projects. Zvishavane district Aids coordinator Dennis Jaravani said such initiatives by the first lady were important in reducing HIV/Aids prevalence in the country.  “Once they (commercial…

HEALTH experts say authorities can now fully open the economy and allow face-to-face schooling, as the country is past the worst of…

ZANU PF’s primary polls for the March 26 by-elections got off to a poor start yesterday after they were hit by serious logistical problems which led to delays in voting. Such was the chaos that voting was yet to begin by mid-day in most provinces, contributing to a low voter turn-out in many areas visited…

THE chaos that has been long ravaging the opposition reached new depths yesterday after suspended MDC deputy president, Thokozani Khupe, announced a breakaway party. The announcement comes hard on the heels of her surprising suspension by opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora over “taking party issues to court”. Yesterday’s announcement by Khupe came amid continuing warnings by…

B ULAWAYO City Council (BCC) health director Edwin Sibanda has accused Zimbabwean citizens based in South Africa of largely contributing to the…