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Kwekwe councillors declare assets
Newly sworn in Kwekwe City councillors have declared their individual assets to their party with a pledge to do the same to council. The council is largely dominated by MDC Alliance councillor...Published: 32 mins ago | 34 | by Staff reporter
Chebundo vs Matambanadzo court appeal set for Tuesday
THE poll challenge filed by losing MDC Alliance candidate for Kwekwe Central Blessing Chebundo against National Patriotic Front (NPF) Masango Matambanadzo's narrow victory in the July 30 parliamentary...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 11:00hrs | 1760 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mayor endorses Mnangagwa
New Kwekwe mayor, Angeline Kasipo has chosen to sing from a hymn book different from that of her MDC boss, telling the media weekend she recognised President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership and would,...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:58hrs | 3510 | by Staff reporter
Government reveals plan for Bikita ammonium plant
GOVERNMENT has unveiled plans to facilitate establishment of a multi-million dollar ammonium sulphate processing plant in Bikita, Masvingo province. The project would be useful in import subst...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:00hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance council's grand corruption, shady deals exposed
Corruption and bad governance are rife at Gweru City Council (GCC) and its management has no problem admitting that, albeit behind closed doors.This publication, working in collaboration with ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 15:20hrs | 1733 | by Staff reporter
Prison boss willing to consider inmates conjugal visits
Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Paradzai Zimondi talks to the Daily News on Sunday's Tendayi Madhomu about the state of the correctional facilities in Zimbabwe....Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 14:26hrs | 2132 | by Staff reporter
Komichi believes he was born to fight oppression
MDC-T's newly-appointed deputy president Morgen Komichi believes he was born to fight oppression, misrule and other forms of dictatorship that go against democratic values.Komichi stole the li...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:59hrs | 664 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC anniversary celebrations next week
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has rescheduled its 19th anniversary celebrations to next week at Gwanzura Stadium after a ban on public gatherings due to a cholera outbreak.Chamisa, last week, cal...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:40hrs | 5029 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa approves cholera fund
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved a budget of nearly $64 million for immediate needs in the fight against dual outbreaks of cholera and typhoid in Harare and other parts of the country, chairperson of ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa side-lines Ncube
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent cabinet and party appointments featured curious inclusions and exclusions.After taking over power late last year following a military backed intervention ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 08:35hrs | 16067 | by Staff reporter
Redcliff MP lays down vision
NEWLY-elected Redcliff MP, Lloyd Mukapiko - the undertaker who "buried" President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top ally, Local Government minister July Moyo in July 30 elections - said he will work hard to en...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in U-turn
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has cancelled celebrations to mark the party's 19th anniversary due to the cholera outbreak which is spiralling out of control, the Daily News can report.If anything,...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 21:50hrs | 10355 | by Staff reporter
Bread price shoots up, bakeries shut down
THE price of bread is set to go up today as bakers struggle to secure flour amid rising operational costs and shortage of foreign currency to buy essential raw materials and equipment, it has emerged....Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:24hrs | 2878 | by Staff reporter
Cholera blocks Chamisa 'inauguration'
HARARE's deadly cholera outbreak, that has so far claimed 25 lives, yesterday forced opposition MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa to postpone his party's 19th anniversary celebrations that had been schedule...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:23hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Fuel shortage hits Mvurwi
Fuel shortage has hit Mvurwi in Mashonaland Central. In the photo below people are seen queuing, holding empty fuel containers at Glow Petroleum service station.Apparently six service stations hav...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 14:38hrs | 1093 | by Simbarashe Sithole
3 traffic cops who bashed motorist acquitted
Three traffic police officers based at Kwekwe Central Police station were acquitted of malicious damage of property and assaulting a motorist yesterday by Kwekwe provincial magistrate Mr Stories Rusha...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 14:22hrs | 1340 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'CIOs' in failed police station gold heist
TWO men from Kwekwe have appeared in court for impersonating officers from the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) in a bid to take gold that was kept as an exhibit at West Nicholson Police Statio...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 2630 | by Staff reporter
Police block Chamisa party celebrations
POLICE have officially banned the MDC-T's 19th anniversary celebrations which were set for Gwanzura Stadium, Harare, this weekend citing a cholera outbreak which claimed has so far claimed the lives o...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
Ngarivhume's statement on the recent developments in Zimbabwe
Good day Zimbabwe.After months in hibernation, Grace Mugabe resurfaced at her late mother's funeral to pay her last respects. Nematambudziko. I am really sorry about her loss. In 2015 I lost m...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 15:24hrs | 6139 | by Transform Zimbabwe President Jacob Ngarivhume
Chamisa's MPs heckle shaken Malaba, Chigumba
THERE was drama in the National Assembly yesterday as opposition MDC Alliance legislators heckled and booed Chief Justice Luke Malaba, calling him a "thief" after he entered the House to swear in retu...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 4935 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe, Jonathan Moyo in nasty fallout
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's stunning summersault from being a critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to a "prayer warrior" for the new Zanu PF leader has attracted the scorn of one of her ardent ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:39hrs | 1724 | by Staff reporter
Officials tarnishing ED's name in Midlands, it is never in ED's service
With the birth of the New dispensation conduct of public and government officials, in the mining sector has been corrupt pathetic and disgusting. the offence of Abuse of Public Office is seeing a rena...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:24hrs | 1088 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa paid Jonathan Moyo's children school fees?
NPF spokesperson Mr Jealousy Mawarire has suggested that President Emmerson Mnangagwa paid Jonathan Moyo's shildren school fees when Moyo moved to Kenya.Responding to Mr Prof Moyo's attacks on...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:22hrs | 4027 | by Staff reporter
Sable Chemicals warns of fertiliser crisis
SABLE Chemicals Industries (Sable), Zimbabwe's only manufacturer of ammonium nitrate (AN), says it will only be able to meet just about 38% of national demand this year.AN is a top-dressing fe...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's messy fallout with Grace Mugabe
Media enquiries have drawn my attention to a front-page story in today's (9 September) Standard newspaper in which the former first lady, Mrs Grace Mugabe, is said to have called on her alleged follow...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1937 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa vows to cause sleepless nights for Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa has vowed to cause sleepless nights to his political nemesis President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration after his party nearly made a clean sweep of all urban...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:26hrs | 2134 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to hold first thank you rally in Chitungwiza
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is set to hold his first post election rally in Chitungwiza at Huruyadzo Shopping Centre....Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 09:38hrs | 3688 | by Sithabile Mafu
Chamisa rally given green-light
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Nokuthula Moyo yesterday blasted Kwekwe police for blocking opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's rally, which was supposed to be held in the Midlands capit...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
Gweru faces salary headache
GWERU City Council has, for the second time running, failed to pay its workers on time, citing revenue problems as the local authority struggles to improve its monthly collections, a senior council of...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:16hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Panners pose threat to NRZ tracks
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has raised the red flag over illegal gold panning activities close to railways tracks, a situation which could result in the rail collapsing under the weight of...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Former Zisco worker assumes mayoral post
FORMER Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) plant operator, Clayton Masiyatsva (MDC Alliance), has been elected Redcliff mayor, taking over from Zanu-PF's Freddy Kapuya who has dumped the Midlands ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
MDC 19th anniversary to be held at Gwanzura stadium
The secretary-general for Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T, Douglas Mwonzora, has invited everyone to the 19th anniversary of their party at Gwanzura stadium in Harare next weekend."The MDC Alliance f...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:43hrs | 411 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Kwekwe's first female mayor hits ground running
KWEKWE City Council's first female mayor since independence in 1980, Angeline Kasipo, has hit the ground running — declaring on her first day in office that she had already launched a five-year prog...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1240 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to consult Chitungwiza this weekend
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will this weekend date his Chitungwiza grassroots supporters in an ongoing consultation exercise to map the way forward following the disputed July 30 harmonised ele...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:48hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe elects first female mayor
KWEKWE City Council has broken with tradition and elected a female councillor as mayor to steer the affairs of Midland province's second largest city for the next five years.According to NewZi...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 08:45hrs | 2859 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rally hearing set for tomorrow
THE Bulawayo High Court has deferred the hearing of MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's challenge against stoppage of his Kwekwe rally to tomorrow.The matter was initially supposed to be hear...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
IDBZ gets $150m capital injection
The Government has injected $150 million equity capital into the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe to help the institution discharge its mandate of providing long and medium term funding for...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:28hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 'urgent' rally ban court challenge pushed to Thursday
THE MDC Alliance's urgent High Court application seeking to overturn a police ban on coalition leader Nelson Chamisa's Kwekwe "thank you" rally this past Sunday, will now be heard on Thursday before B...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:19hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Cop who once arrested Mnangagwa finally gets justice
A former junior police officer, who made news headlines when he boldly arrested the now state President Emmerson Mnangagwa 2005 and further refused to cast his vote in front of his superiors, will fin...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:18hrs | 5616 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa challenges police ban
The MDC Alliance has filed an urgent application before the Bulawayo High Court challenging the police's decision to ban its Kwekwe rally that had been scheduled for last Sunday.Police blocked...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:04hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance cracks deepen
FRESH fissures have emerged in MDC-Alliance party over the selection of Gweru's next mayor today. The opposition won all i8 council seats in Gweru in the just-ended July 30 harmonised elections, which...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 13:01hrs | 3719 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from the Natural History of Nations
There is certainly no prize for predicting the reaction of the opposition alliance to the outcome of the elections, and of course the constitutional court challenge. After all, we have been made to be...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 12:39hrs | 420 | by Robert Sigauke
Two people die in road accident
TWO people were killed while two others were seriously injured when the right rear tyre of a Honda Fit they were travelling in burst, resulting in it veering off the road and hitting a tree in Athlone...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:25hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa chickens out on vows to defy rally ban
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his party weekend went back on their vows to proceed with their banned ‘thank you' rally which was set for Mbizo in Kwekwe on Sunday.Police last week b...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 13:13hrs | 2180 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa abandons rally
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday abandoned his planned Kwekwe "thank you" rally, diffusing a potentially explosive situation after his supporters had vowed to disregard a police ban issued...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 3253 | by Staff reporter
Four die, 9 injured in road accident
Four people died while nine others were seriously injured when a Toyota Granvia they were travelling in side-swiped with a Ford Ranger before colliding head-on with a Mazda B1800 along the Kwekwe-Gokw...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:13hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF lines up victory celebrations
Zanu-PF Midlands province has lined up victory celebrations in all constituencies following the revolutionary party's triumph in the just-ended harmonised elections. The province pocketed 22 constitue...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:12hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rally foiled
THE opposition MDC Alliance has condemned the country's courts as "captured" after its urgent High Court Application to overturn the police ban on the coalition's rally was deferred to Monday....Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:27hrs | 1698 | by Staff reporter
Massive drop in poll petitions
The number of challenges against National Assembly and local authority poll outcomes brought to Electoral Courts fell significantly this year as compared to 2013.In all, 28 petitions were file...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:50hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa defies ZRP rally ban
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, is going ahead with his rally scheduled for Kwekwe on Sunday, his first since he lost the July 30 plebiscite to President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zanu-PF.Cham...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 21:19hrs | 4316 | by Staff reporter
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