POLITICS

MDC Alliance calls for unity

Zimbabwe's main opposition political parties called for unity in the main MDC Alliance consummated to fight the mid-year presidential and parliamentary elections against President Emmerson Mnangagwa.T...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zinara bosses 'sourced' $2.9m from black market

Five Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) executives, charged for fraudulently transferring more than $2 million into bogus companies' accounts in a shady loan repayment deal, have been accu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

POLITICS

Ex-Zanu-PF MP slams Mnangagwa govt

Expelled Zanu-PF central committee member Daniel Shumba has lashed out at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, labelling it "corrupt, partisan and power hungry."Shumba - once viewed as a Mna...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Buyanga offers R1bn for Zim's sovereign wealth fund

The African Medallion Group (AMG) says it has mobilised Rand 1 billion worth of gold assets, which can be leveraged to jump-start Zimbabwe's sovereign wealth fund (SWF).This also comes as the Johannes...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

POLITICS

'Mugabe's birthday bash preps at advanced stages'

ZANU-PF youth league deputy secretary, Lewis Matutu has said preparations are at an advanced stage for former President Robert Mugabe's birthday bash set to be held at his Borrowdale Brooke home, popu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

POLITICS

Chihuri's $2,9m lawsuit takes new twist

THE $2,9 million lawsuit filed by a Harare businessman against retired Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri, whom he accuses of impounding his five cars and changing ownership into his name, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Dry spell renders crops a write-off

LANDS, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Deputy Minister Davis Marapira has said about 30 percent of the country's crops are a write off due to the prolonged dry spell that has hit the country.The co...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

POLITICS

Fall-out in MDC-T leadership deepens

THE fall-out between MDC-T leaders is deepening with MDC-T deputy president Mr Nelson Chamisa saying the party's spokesperson Mr Obert Gutu's announcement that he will contest the Harare East Parliame...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF youths target bigwigs' seats

THE Zanu-PF youth league has declared that it will support any youth standing for any local government and legislative seat ahead of the party's primary elections to be held in March.Addressing youth ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

POLITICS

Work cut out for Mnangagwa

After "charming" global leaders at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos Switzerland last week, the ball is now in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's court to lure investors harvesting from the goodwi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa to meet UK envoy

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is making remarkable headway in taking Zimbabwe to the global arena with the President this week set to receive a special envoy of British Prime Minister ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt buys forex on black market

THE country's foreign currency squeeze has reportedly forced some government departments and parastatals to source the elusive United States dollars from the parallel market to fund their various acti...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

CZI prods industry to grab opportunities

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries says its members must take advantage of the current positive investor sentiment on the country to scout for investments. CZI president Sifelani Jabangwe told d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

POLITICS

MDC-T on the rocks as Chamisa, Gutu fight

THE fall-out in the MDC-T leadership has deepened, with party deputy president Nelson Chamisa saying spokesman Mr Obert Gutu's announcement that he will contest the Harare East parliamentary seat is a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

POLITICS

Chipanga wants bail conditions relaxed

Fired Zanu-PF youth leader Kudzanayi Chipanga, who is facing charges of making statements undermining public confidence in the military, yesterday applied for relaxation of his bail conditions.Chipang...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim targets $2,5bn investment approvals

Zimbabwe expects approved investment proposals to reach a record $2,5 billion this year, on the back of growing positive investor sentiment and interest following political changes that took place in ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

POLITICS

US shoots down MDC Alliance's $15bn claim

The United States has distanced itself from claims by MDC Alliance acting chairperson Advocate Nelson Chamisa at the weekend that President Donald Trump promised the opposition party a $15 billion kit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zinara exonerates execs in fraud case

The case of five Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) executives accused of allegedly fraudulently transferring more than $2 million into bogus companies' accounts in a shady loan repayment ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

OPINION

The time for MDC-T to make a decision is now

Two schools of thought have emerged in the MDC on how the party should resolve the debate around Morgan Tsvangirai's succession.One school of thought is campaigning for an extraordinary general meetin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

POLITICS

MDC-T election preps go up in smoke

The MDC's election preparations are in disarray due to lack of funding as donors continue to give the party a wide berth.The Daily News can report that plans by the MDC to hold primary elections to ch...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

IMF team Harare-bound

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team is Harare bound to have a review of the country's economic performance following the ushering in of a new political dispensation as efforts to normalise ties ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa son in-law's business interests

There is a man right here in Zimbabwe who happens to be a seasoned lawyer, major shareholder in one of the telecommunications companies and son in law to a prominent politician in Zimbabwe. All this i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2018

POLITICS

Chinotimba sued for $842 000

BUHERA South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu-PF) and his son, Edwin, have been taken to court by former Chipinge farm owners H De Foiard Brown (Pvt) Ltd, who are demanding over $842 000 in compensation for...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa family has no plans for dynasty

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Emmerson (Jr), has quashed speculative reports that the family is plotting to grab the country's key political posts with a view to establishing a dynasty as was th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa welcome rally cancelled

ZANU-PF last night cancelled a welcome rally it had organised today for President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The rally was scheduled to take place at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport today, whe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2018

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