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Govt funds another dam in Masvingo
HARARE - Government is funding the long-delayed Runde-Tende mega dam project in Masvingo, with work beginning soon, Agriculture deputy minister Davis Marapira has said. He told a Zimbabwe National...
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Zinasu sues top cops for unlawful arrest
HARARE - Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) leaders rounded up in a dragnet arrest as they convened a general council meeting in Manicaland province last September to discuss the welfare of...
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Opposition, lawyers turn up heat on SA govt over Grace
HARARE - South Africa’s deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, faced hostile questions from opposition legislators on Wednesday as he tried to win lawmakers over the controversial decision to grant...
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Fire breaks out at ED's property
HARARE - A mysterious fire broke out at Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s home in Tynwald, Harare and ravaged some sections of the sprawling property before the City of Harare fire tenders battled...
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Police speak on Mnangagwa poisoning
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is still to receive any formal complaints to enable them to investigate the alleged poisoning of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Gwanda while attending...
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Senior nurses give strike notice
HARARE - Nurse managers have given the Health Services Board (HSB) notice of a possible strike, they said at a meeting yesterday. Zimbabwe Nurses Association said a strike could begin as early as...
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DA begins legal fight against Grace immunity
HARARE - South African opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) yesterday launched a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) battle seeking a declaration that the decision by the minister of International...
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People are happy with MDC alliance, says Ncube
HARARE - Welshamn Ncube — leader of the smaller MDC — has leapt to the defence of his counterpart in the MDC Alliance, Morgan Tsvangirai, saying he was convinced that he did his homework before...
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Civil servants oppose Medical Aid Societies Bill
HARARE - Civil servants are opposing proposed legislation seeking to regulate the functions of medical aid societies, describing the new Bill as unnecessary ostensibly because it seeks to duplicate...
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Police pressured to release CIO informer
HARARE – The police buckled under pressure on Thursday and freed a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) informer Delish Nguwaya, following High Court judge Charles Hungwe’s order for his immediate...
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MDC suspends Bhebhe, six youths
HARARE - MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has suspended the party’s national organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, along with six members of the youth assembly pending full investigations into their...
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Tsvangirai's health under the spotlight
HARARE - A document signed by the MDC and some fringe opposition parties forming an alliance has unwittingly exposed deep-seated concerns within the country’s biggest opposition party that its leader...
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'War veterans deserve $500 every month'
HARARE - Our reporter Blessings Mashaya talks to War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube on a wide range of issues. Below are excerpts of the interview. Q: Are you happy with the welfare of the war...
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Harare residents push for devolution of power
HARARE – Harare residents have expressed concern that the promised devolution of power which partially found expression in the new Constitution is yet to be seen. Combined Harare Residents Association...
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MDC youths plan protest against Mugabe's sons
HARARE - MDC youths have threatened to demonstrate against the profligacy of President Robert Mugabe’s sons. Speaking at a press conference in Harare on Tuesday, MDC youth assembly leader Happymore...
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Fired AirZim workers reject retrenchment deal
HARARE - Sacked Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) workers have rejected the parastatal’s retrenchment package, saying it had been imposed on them in violation of the Labour Act. The Daily News on Sunday can...
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Acie Lumumba to bid for Parly seat
HARARE - William Mutumanje, popularly known as Acie Lumumba, says he will not run for the Zimbabwean presidency, the strongest statement to date about his intentions for the 2018 presidential race,...
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No going back on demolition of illegal structures
HARARE - The Harare City Council (HCC) has said there is no going back on the demolition of “illegal structures’’ in the capital city. HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme said the demolitions were meant...
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President speaks on ED's health
HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s health is not yet permitting him to attend public and national events, President Robert Mugabe said yesterday. Mnangagwa was allegedly poisoned in Gwanda...
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Mugabe belts ZRP over its roadblocks
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe yesterday endeared himself to thousands of mourners at the National Heroes Acre and millions of viewers at home, when he shamed the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)over...
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