HARARE – MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti yesterday challenged the authority of Zimbabwean courts to prosecute him, arguing that he was “abducted” from the Zambian government, which denied him asylum on Wednesday. Biti is being charged with contravening the Electoral Act by prematurely announcing the election results and inciting the violence that rocked Harare…
HARARE – Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa finally filed his court challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s hotly-disputed victory in the July 30 election yesterday — thereby suspending tomorrow’s planned inauguration of Zimbabwe’s new leader. In essence, Chamisa is seeking to either have the presidential election declared as null and void or to be affirmed as the…
HARARE – Zanu has gone into an overdrive to legitimise its contested poll victory by roping in fringe opposition parties to endorse the outcome of the just-ended elections. President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa won the July 30 presidential election with 50,8 percent of the votes cast, against his nearest contender, Nelson Chamisa of the MDC Alliance’s 44,3…
HARARE – Tendai Biti — a senior MDC Alliance official — was arrested in the early hours of Thursday before he was made to appear in court later in the day, facing charges of violating the Electoral Act. He was released on bail. A fierce critic of President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa, Biti was hauled…
BULAWAYO – Former Zipra intelligence supremo, Dumiso Dabengwa has sensationally claimed that Zimbabwe is now under military rule. A former Home Affairs minister and leader of Zapu, Dabengwa alleged yesterday that crucial national decisions were being made by the military. “After the November coup, we have actually been living under military rule,” he said. “The…
MUTARE – The heightening tensions in Zimbabwe over the disputed July 30 elections have betrayed Zanu PF and the MDC Alliance’s lack of appreciation of democracy, a prominent cleric has said. Retired Anglican bishop Sebastian Bakare told the Daily News yesterday that the protagonists in the evolving political impasse have a duty to save the…
HARARE – US President Donald Trump has signed into law new sanctions against Zimbabwe on Wednesday, ending hopes for better ties with the Trump administration. The Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Amendment Act of 2018, which amends the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001, was introduced into Congress on March 22. It was…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is set to scuttle president-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inauguration, which had been scheduled for Sunday. This follows an announcement by his lawyer Thabani Mpofu yesterday that the Alliance would be filing a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) application before the expiry of a seven-day deadline within which all electoral challenges must…
HARARE – Dark clouds are hanging over Zimbabwe as the impasse over the hotly-contested July 30 presidential election continues — with political analysts warning yesterday that the country is entering “dangerous waters” where there will be no winners, the Daily News can report. [Adz]
HARARE – MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti has been arrested at the Zimbabwe-Zambian border. Biti who is on police wanted list was set to seek political asylum in Zambia his lawyer said. Tendai Biti [Adz] [GoogleAd]
