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HARARE – South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday called President Emmerson Mnangagwa and affirmed their commitment to a South Africa-Zimbabwe strategic partnership, Union Buildings said. Mnangagwa was due to be sworn in after securing a lean victory over MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, polling 50,8 percent against his main challenger’s 44,3 percent. The election is…

HARARE – Zimbabwe could be headed for a power-sharing deal after President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s contested narrow win, which perpetuated Zanu PF’s 38-year rule, political analysts have said. Mnangagwa won with 50,8 percent of the votes, defeating MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, who got 44,9 percent of the votes. However, Chamisa insists he won the elections…

HARARE – Former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko has lost his staggering $50 million lawsuit against the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) — the publishers of the Daily News, Daily News on Sunday and the Weekend Post. Mphoko had filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, challenging a High Court order, which dismissed his exorbitant claim….

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF party has won a commanding majority in Zimbabwe’s parliamentary elections on Monday, sweeping aside opposition parties and securing a powerful mandate that will enable it to amend the Constitution. The result, based on official figures, redraws Zimbabwe’s political landscape, humiliating the main opposition party MDC that alternated…

HARARE – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has rejected President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory, saying the results announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) early Friday morning were “fake” and unverified by his party. Zec declared Mnangagwa winner of the July 30 presidential election with 50,8 percent of the vote. Chamisa came second, with…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) website has been hacked and vandalised, with the commission forced to pull the portal down. The hackers defaced the website by having it display pictures of unarmed civilians killed by soldiers during protests against Zec. The picture collage was headlined “Zimbabwe will never forget August 1, 2018 (Zec…

HARARE – Thousands of Harare City Council (HCC) workers have threatened to go on strike to force their employer to settle salary arrears stretching four months. They claim the HCC last paid them in March. The impending strike comes as outgoing Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni warned the local authority to review high salaries paid to its…

HARARE – An investigating officer yesterday nailed a cop attached to Avondale Police Traffic Section who is answering to 104 counts of fraud and abuse of office after he reportedly cashed-in on motorists’ fines using a fake receipt book. Investigating Officer Thomas Mabwe who testified in the trial of Claudius Mazvimba, 35, told the court…

HARARE – Two Chinese nationals who are facing attempted murder charges at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts have refused to testify in their trial by choosing to remain silent. Luo Tin Gpen, 27, Li Yize, 27, who have been charged together with Gamuchirai Nigel Zuze, 23, have refused to testify after the State proved they had…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he is in talks with MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa following the mayhem that rocked  central Harare on Wednesday. This comes after government unleashed soldiers on civilians who were demonstrating against perceived bias by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in the manner in which they handled the just-ended…