By Ketty Nyoni CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) bigwig and mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume, says his party will dethrone the ruling Zanu PF in this month’s crunch harmonised elections. Speaking last night on independent national television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Mafume, also said CCC leader Nelson Chamisa would prevail…
WITH Zimbabwe’s energy situation continuing to improve, the government plans to further expand its electricity generation capacity to enable the country to export power. Speaking yesterday, after commissioning Hwange Power Plant’s new units 7 and 8 — which have injected 600 megawatts into the national grid — President Emmerson Mnangagwa confirmed that the country would…
By Rutendo Ngarangarar@dailynews.co.zw FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe, yesterday made a rare appearance in public, when she joined thousands of mourners paying their last respects to the late Archbishop Ezekiel Guti. Guti — the founder of the Zimbabwe Assemblies of God in Africa (Zaoga) Forward in Faith — had strong ties with the Mugabe family….
THE Supreme Court sitting in Harare yesterday set aside a High Court judgment which barred 12 Bulawayo Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentary hopefuls from contesting in the August 23 harmonised elections. Last Thursday, Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Bongani Ndlovu, barred the 12 candidates from contesting despite the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) accepting their…
POLICE yesterday confirmed the death of one person in Glen Norah, Harare, during public violence, while the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) claimed that the deceased, identified as Tinashe Chitsunge, was a party activist attacked in suspected political clashes. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) confirm an incident of public violence in Riverside area, Glen…
THE government has released funds towards the operationalisation of three gold centres in the country’s three provinces. The gold centres are located at Makaha in Mashonaland East Province, Mukaradzi in Masho[1]naland Central Province and Penhalonga in Manicaland Province. A gold service centre is a one stop shop that offers technical services to miners, access to…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF are relishing in the myriad challenges being faced by their political rivals ahead of the country’s upcoming national elections. Addressing Zanu PF supporters during a star rally in Cowdray Park yesterday, Mnangagwa also taunted the opposition saying their quest to lead the country was an unachievable dream….
THE Supreme Court will today deliver its ruling in a matter in which 12 aspiring Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Bulawayo MPs are seeking to nullify a High Court judgment issued last Thursday that barred them from contesting in the upcoming general elections. Last Thursday, Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Bongani Ndlovu granted an application…
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) say they are failing to conduct public voter education as they are yet to be registered by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to carry out the exercise ahead of the August 23 general elections. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, Women’s Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE)…
ZIMBABWEANS returning from South Africa at the expiry of their resident permits there in December will be exempted from paying duty on food items, vehicles and capital equipment. The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) confirmed yesterday that it would facilitate the smooth return of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (Zep) holders back home. “In order to ensure…
