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Good Violence is good for Zimbabwe's progress - Tsvangirai turned in his grave
I hate bad violence but I support good violence. There are two kinds of violence namely, good violence and bad violence. Bad violence is the one that was engineered by ZANU and ZANU PF against the mur...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 14:23hrs | 2254 | by Don Chigumba
Bulawayo grinds to a halt
Anti-riot police here had to be called to disperse hundreds of disgruntled protesters who heeded calls for a national shutdown protest against deepening economic crisis in the country.The prot...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:22hrs | 2330 | by Staff reporter
Mwaruwari blasts Zifa
Ex-Warriors skipper Benjani Mwaruwari has come out guns blazing blasting the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) over preparations and the anarchy that ensued the much-publicised Caf Champions League...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:03hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to hike public sector salaries
A Zimbabwean businessman has urged government to raise wages in a bid to prevent the meagre income of public sector workers becoming a source of anger for citizens.In a letter to President Emm...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 14:56hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa should act or Zimbabwe will burst'
Having started the year engulfed with a myriad of problems - from fuel shortages, soaring prices of goods and services, shortages of drugs to labour disputes - the Daily News on Sunday's Assistant Edi...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:38hrs | 5897 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe facing foreign currency shortages, not fuel, says Mnangagwa
News Editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba about the stuttering economy and what government is doing to address the ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:28hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Majongwe regrets ousting of Mugabe by Mnangagwa
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe secretary-general Raymond Majongwe regrets the ousting of former president Robert Mugabe in a November 2017 soft coup.He posted on social media how r...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:27hrs | 2377 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC meets over economic crisis
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC will this week meet to discuss the way forward on how to put more pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to solve the current economic crisis.MDC spokesperson Jaco...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:22hrs | 1043 | by Staff repoirter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga once held Mugabe hostage in his office for 4 hours
LAWRENCE Kamwi, who held a top position as Mugabe's Principal Private Secretary said his former boss' sins are exaggerated as he was not responsible for everything that came out of his Government....Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:02hrs | 12303 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa motorcade blocked by fuel queue, forced to abandon trip
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's motorcade was on Friday allegedly blocked by a long-winding fuel queue at Westgate roundabout in Harare West.Mnangagwa is said to have been on his way to attend ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | 9439 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Noyo exposes Madhuku, Madhuku exposes Jonathan Moyo
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, who turns 62 yesterday, may have had a birthday he would want to quickly forget after Professor Lovemore Madhuku exposed him for stretching...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:44hrs | 7386 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs in fix over luxury cars
As Treasury prepares to splurge millions of scarce United States dollars on luxury utility vehicles (SUVs) for legislators serving in the ninth Parliament, MDC representatives and their leader Nelson ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:33hrs | 4636 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shelves 'thank you' rallies
Zanu-PF has shelved President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "thank you rallies" across the country as the economic situation continues to deteriorate.Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo told the Dail...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:32hrs | 2136 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC hardliners oppose Mnangagwa, Chamisa dialogue
The much-talked about talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are being frustrated by hardliners within both the ruling Zanu-PF and the MDC, the Daily News can ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:31hrs | 896 | by Staff reporter
Cop calls for Mnangagwa's resignation
A Lupane cop has been nabbed for saying President Emmerson Mnangagwa must step aside for failing to address the deepening economic crisis characterised by civil servants' strike action and fuel shorta...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:29hrs | 3164 | by Staff reporter
Mosona under the spotlight
WARRIORS skipper Knowledge Musona will be under the spotlight in the coming weeks as he has to prove to the Belgian giants Anderlecht that they have to keep him after being stalked by a huge possibili...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:09hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is between the rock and a hard place
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is between the proverbial rock and a hard place as he battles to mitigate the country's worsening economic rot — with his impending business trip to Eastern Europe drawi...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 19:14hrs | 8381 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths plan series of demos
MDC youth assembly is set to hold a series of demonstrations next week to protest worsening economic conditions in Zimbabwe.In a statement, the youth assembly said the demonstrations will be h...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 19:11hrs | 4212 | by Staff reporter
George Shaya rushed to hospital
Legendary ex-footballer George "Mastermind" Shaya, 72, was rushed to hospital yesterday after his health condition briefly took a toll on him but is now in a stable condition, the Daily News has learn...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 18:10hrs | 4314 | by Staff reporter
Vandals target solar lights
Thieves are helping themselves to solar street lights installed along Harare's Airport Road while others have fallen prone to vandalism despite a decision by Harare City Council to conceal batteries t...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:26hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Students turned away over fees
Hundreds of students across the country have been turned away from school for non-payment of fees despite government's directive not to send learners away.This comes after Primary and Secondar...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:17hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Harare won't charge in US dollars
Despite the continued economic hardships, Harare residents will not be compelled to pay their water bills solely in United States dollars.In an interview with the Daily News, Harare City Counc...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:16hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet fails to sit
Cabinet failed to sit on Tuesday despite the fact that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had to cut short his annual leave to attend to a crippling strike by doctors in public hospitals.Cabinet is ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Govt holds fuel crisis meeting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's under-fire government yesterday held an emergency meeting over the country's worsening fuel crisis.The debilitating fuel shortages have now resulted in desperate...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1514 | by Staff reporter
Anxious Mnangagwa looking East
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is between the proverbial rock and a hard place as he battles to mitigate the country's worsening economic rot — with his impending business trip to Eastern Europe drawi...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:15hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's lies on Masiyiwa exposed?
On Monday exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo wrote a scathing statement on Twitter seeking to expose how Telecoms Guru Strive Masiyiwa funded ZANU PF campaign during the bloody 200...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 13:07hrs | 4584 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans become more restless
Political analysts have warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that his government is running out of time to fix the country's worsening economic rot - which has triggered strikes and growing unrest amon...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 13:01hrs | 1722 | by Staff reporter
Travellers stranded in Zimbabwe as fuel crisis grows
The double whammy of biting fuel shortages and steep transport fares is leaving thousands of commuters stranded - forcing many of them to hitch precarious rides on lorries and pick-up trucks, in the l...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:58hrs | 3952 | by Staff reporter
Political drama engulfs 2018
The curtain came down on 2018 and as 2019 is finally into full swing, the Daily News spoke to a number of social and political analysts who gave us what they think were the political highlights of the...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:55hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to finalise Chamisa's hefty Con-Court bill
Zanu-PF's legal team is yet to come up with the bill of costs in the presidential suit they won at the Constitutional Court in August last year against Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Cha...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:11hrs | 2515 | by Staff reporter
Neither Zanu-PF nor Mnangagwa are to blame
Neither the ruling party nor President Emmerson Mnangagwa are to blame for the country's economic woes that are giving rise to labour unrests, Zanu-PF's information tsar said yesterday."This i...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:07hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will start rolling out the demonstrations next week
A showdown is looming between the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC and the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) after the youth wing of the country's biggest opposition political party resolved to conduct massive pro...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:00hrs | 1851 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa is not a Zimbabwean Intellectual Prostitutes: Jonathan Moyo is!
I am sharing this for the benefit of those who do not have a complete background of where Jonathan Moyo is coming from. Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF brothel is brimming with intellectual prostitute...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 17:38hrs | 6354 | by Dr. George B. Ayyittey
Parents resisting school fees hike
Some parents at Chinhoyi High School with the help of a named Member of Parliament are resisting the fee hike, accusing the school authorities of unilateralism.Government has given some school...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:16hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
War vets blast striking civil servants
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has blasted civil servants for demanding to be paid in American dollars saying the public workers were ignorant of the challenges the...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:11hrs | 2078 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt engages workers in crucial meeting
Members of the Apex Council, which brings together unions in the civil service, will today meet representatives of government in a crucial meeting that will discuss civil servants' working conditions ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:11hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Harare rations water
Residents of the Zimbabwean capital Harare have begun to experience water rationing as part of a local government preservation measure during a drought.The rolling cuts to water service will a...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:09hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Clive Malunga sets eyes on politics
Musician Clive Malunga has expressed ambitions of getting into politics, eyeing the Norton parliamentary seat in the next election that is due in 2023.Malunga, who has taken a back seat in the...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:09hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allowing his wife 'to usurp constitutional power'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing allegations of allowing his wife Auxilia "to usurp constitutional power". Analysts said Mnangagwa's wife has no right to run government, and questioned i...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 19:29hrs | 2355 | by Staff reporter
Soft drink shortages to persist
Delta corporation Limited (Delta), the country's biggest supplier of soft drinks and beer, has said shortages of its beverages will persist pending supply of foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 18:58hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Jonathan Moyo spills the beans on Strive Masiyiwa
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Jonathan Moyo has come out guns blazing against telecoms guru Strive Masiyiwa. In a series of Twitter thread Moyo revealed how Masiyiwa has always been a staunch supporter of...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 15:53hrs | 20390 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's wife overstepping her mandate
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing allegations of allowing his wife Auxilia "to usurp constitutional power". Analysts said Mnangagwa's wife has no right to run government, and questioned i...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 8217 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe heads for shutdown
Government could be headed for a complete shutdown if it does not urgently address the concerns of its employees who are downing tools to press for better pay and improved working conditions, analysts...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:05hrs | 5807 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe duped $3,5 billion
Government has been prejudiced in excess of $3,5 billion by company directors who shut-down their firms in order to avoid payment of taxes only to re-establish themselves under different trading names...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:59hrs | 7357 | by Staff reporter
Major events of 2018
As we say goodbye to 2018, the Daily News on Sunday reflects on some stories that grabbed newspaper headlines and dominated social media. Below are some of the highlights....Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:56hrs | 1050 | by Staff reporter
'Current economic chaos to define future'
As Zimbabwe hurtles towards into the New Year, the majority of the country's population is bruised economically, socially and politically. The "Daily News on Sunday's Assistant Editor Maxwell ...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:55hrs | 605 | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Mnangagwa must admit failure'
As Zimbabwe's economy continues to deteriorate, the opposition MDC has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to admit failure and open way for negotiations towards the setting up of a national transit...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:18hrs | 4042 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets spies on striking doctors
Government is using unorthodox tactics including political intimidation to force striking doctors to abort their industrial action, the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) has claimed....Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:14hrs | 3991 | by Staff reporter
Beer prices up +100%
Beer drinkers may now need to think twice before downing the so-called wise waters.This follows the steep increase in the price of clear beer – by more than 100 percent – hours after Delta...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:09hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Nyarota lands top journalism training post
VETERAN journalist and founding editor of the Daily News, Geoffrey Nyarota, has been appointed head of journalism and communication training at the Christian College of Southern Africa (CCOSA)....Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:10hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
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