HARARE – When football enthusiasts look back at the 2018 World Cup, the name of referee Nestor Pitana will loom large even above the stars of a French side that fired past a battling Croatia 4-2 to lift world football’s most lucrative silverware. The ref awarded Antoine Griezmann a free-kick when he appeared to dive,…
HARARE – At least 24 people have been arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Court for public violence, following violent clashes between the army and civilians on Wednesday, which left seven people dead. The group of people, who include former Zanu PF member Shadreck Mashayamombe, was arrested at MDC headquarters at Harvest House. Mashayamombe, 35, is…
HARARE – Jet-setting Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who was arrested on Thursday in connection with his power deals which saw him being advanced $5 million by Zesa Holdings (Zesa) before work commenced, will spend the weekend behind bars after Harare magistrate Elisha Singano deferred his bail ruling to tomorrow. Chivayo and his company Intratek Zimbabwe…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has disowned soldiers reportedly harassing people in high density suburbs of Harare saying these should be reported to the police. Residents in Harare and Chitungwiza reported that soldiers raided their suburbs where they beat up residents following the political mayhem that rocked the capital city on Wednesday resulting…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is at present highly divided, fragile and calls for a leadership with the ability to unite people, social and political analysts have said. They said one sure way to solve the ongoing electoral dispute, would be for the main protagonists in the crisis – President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zanu PF and his…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been dealt a heavy blow after the United States asked the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to release comprehensive results of the just-ended presidential elections based on data collected from polling stations, in a move that could open new faulty lines between Washington and Harare. In a damning statement issued…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been dealt a heavy blow after the United States asked the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to release comprehensive results of the just-ended presidential elections based on data collected from polling stations, in a move that could open new faulty lines between Washington and Harare. [Adz]
HARARE – Zimbabwe Parliament will this term have three musicians who won seats in their respective constituencies at the just concluded 2018 harmonised elections. The three — Elias Musakwa, Energy Mutodi and Joshua Sacco — are all representing the ruling Zanu PF. The Daily News on Sunday caught up with their fellow artistes who were…
HARARE – Since the emergence of the opposition MDC party in 1999, Zimbabwe continues to have contested election results as Zanu PF maintains grip on power 38 years after the country attained independence from the British colonisers. The country’s long history of disputed electoral outcomes has impacted negatively on the State’s legitimacy question and consequently,…
HARARE – Emmerson Mnangagwa, the leader of the ruling Zanu PF party, has been declared the winner of Zimbabwe’s presidential election. But his margin of victory — he garnered 50,8 percent of the votes — has led the main challenger, Nelson Chamisa of the Movement for Democratic Change (who secured 44 percent of the votes),…
