HARARE – MDC Alliance election agents, vendors and ordinary people who are part of 27 civilians arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Court for public violence, yesterday refuted the allegations during bail hearing. The 27 are currently in custody following violent clashes between the army and civilians on Wednesday which saw the army shoot and kill…
HARARE – British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing has come under spotlight after two legislators who visited the country before last week’s national harmonised elections accused of her of ridiculing opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and backing the Zanu PF government. This comes as the MPs — Kate Hoey and Conor Burns — who both visited…
HARARE – MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa is today expected to announce the steps he is going to take in his bid to overturn results of the just-ended polls. Asked yesterday at a press conference when the MDC is going to court with the issue of presidential results, Chamisa spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda said his boss…
HARARE – Vendors at the congested Copacabana termini in Harare arrived early in the morning on Saturday to find their market stalls destroyed with only heaps of rubble left. The demolishment was carried out during the night without their knowledge as everyone had vacated the place. The demolitions are not entirely new in Harare’s Central…
HARARE – Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, will have to fight for his freedom from remand prison after he was denied bail yesterday on grounds that he was a flight risk. Chivayo and his company — Intratek Zimbabwe (Private) Limited — are being charged with fraud, money laundering and contravening two sections of the Exchange Control…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says people should expect to withdraw more cash from their banks in the coming weeks, just like what happened at the weekend when Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) dispensed United States dollars to the amazement and elation of many. This comes as the RBZ has increased its cash…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) is searching for a director. This follows the decision by its board last year to dismiss some of its directors, including Isau Nhandara, its chief principal officer at the time. The decision came after Zimsec had ordered a rewrite for the leaked 2017 Ordinary Level English Paper…
HARARE – The commission of inquiry into the sale of State land which was sworn in in February will be visiting six provinces as part of their inquiry into the sale of State land in and around urban areas since 2005. In a press statement yesterday secretary of the commission Virginia Mabhiza gave notice of…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is yet to give its employees the residential stands it promised them in lieu of outstanding salaries. According to ordinary council minutes, the city was failing to peg the areas designated for employees because of existing maize fields. HCC owes its employees more than $200 million with salary backlogs…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s condemnation of the recent killing of protesters by the army and the disruption of a press conference at a Harare hotel a few days later has created a lot of confusion, which has left Zimbabweans wondering who really is calling the shots in government. On Wednesday last week, the military…
