HARARE – Emmerson Mnangagwa has been declared president of Zimbabwe amid protests and violence. But Zimbabweans are now in a post-political, economy-first mood. Before Zimbabwe’s general election on 30 July, there was a lot of talk about there being “landmark change” and “credibility.” But in many ways it was déjà vu. Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF…
HARARE – Police “cooked up” documents used to drag MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti from Zambia, where he had sought asylum, a court heard yesterday. This was revealed by Biti’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa who appeared together with Alec Muchadehama and Harrison Nkomo during the continuation of the former Finance minister’s trial. Biti is challenging the…
HARARE – The Harare Residents Trust (HRT) has called on government to punish rogue soldiers behind the August 1 killing of civilians in the capital. In a recent report, HRT said the demolition of market stalls in central Harare impacted negatively on the livelihoods of vendors, adding that the burden of ending unemployment lied squarely…
BULAWAYO – Former Speaker of the National Assembly Lovemore Moyo has said he has now put behind him the trauma of the just-ended election where his party the United Movement for Devolution (UMD) was thoroughly trounced. Moyo did not throw his hat in the presidential ring but opted to have his members contest parliamentary and…
HARARE – MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti, who is being charged for prematurely announcing presidential election results acted lawfully in accordance with provisions of the Electoral Act, a court heard yesterday. Biti was represented by Beatrice Mtetwa, Alec Muchadehama and Harrison Nkomo when he appeared before Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo for continuation of a hearing…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is experiencing technical glitches with its prepaid electronic personal parking meters, otherwise known as Smart Park. According to City Parking, HCC’s parking venture, the technical challenges have affected the reloading of the meters, prompting it to advise motorists to use prepaid cards until the problem has been rectified….
HARARE – The Zanu PF women’s league has conveyed its condolences to the Mathuthu family on the passing on of former deputy Information minister Thokozile Mathuthu at the age of 61. In a statement, the wing’s secretary Mabel Chinomona said Mathuthu was a hardworking and dedicated cadre who played a pivotal role during and after…
HARARE – The Harare City Junior Council (HCJC), in association with the One-Soul Foundation will conduct the draw for the Million Pads Campaign Raffle on Friday next week at Town House at 10:00hrs. The initiative is meant to raise awareness as well as providing sanitary wear in rural and urban settings. Event organisers have been…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s civil society has asked the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to discuss Zimbabwe’s military-led post-election reprisals that have led to democratic regression and the contestations around the legitimacy and accuracy of the election results at a summit of the regional bloc in the Namibian capital Windhoek today. Southern Africa’s regional body is…
HARARE – Police on Thursday charged Costa Machingauta, an opposition MDC Alliance party legislator for Budiriro constituency with public violence for allegedly participating in protests staged over delays in announcing the results of harmonised elections. Machingauta, who is represented by Tarisai Mutangi of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights was summoned to report at Law and…
