HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will today wind up a two-day training for election agents for all political parties participating in Monday’s crucial national harmonised elections. In a statement Zec’s acting chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana said those who will complete the training will form part of the observation teams for the polls….
HARARE – The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has deployed a short-term election observer mission for next Monday’s harmonised elections. The advance party of the Comesa delegation arrived in Harare on Saturday. Ambassador Ashraf Gamal Rashed, a member of the Comesa Committee of Elders from Egypt, is leading the mission. He is…
HARARE – ZANU PF has dragged two erstwhile members contesting as parliamentary candidates in the forthcoming elections, seeking to bar them from using its slogans in their campaigns. In two separate urgent chamber applications, Zanu PF is suing Wilbert Mubaiwa and Oswell Ndumo Gwanzura, accusing them of using President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s picture on their T-shirts…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) said yesterday it welcomes the decision by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to review the positioning of voting booths ahead of next Monday’s harmonised elections by reverting back to the set-up in previous elections. The proposed positioning of the voting booths which would have seen voters casting…
HARARE – A bulletins manager at ZBC yesterday denied commissioning or airing news items that Zanu PF legislator and television personality Oscar Pambuka charged Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) $12 650 for. Maziwisa and Pambuka are answering to fraud charges before Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube. They allegedly charged ZPC $12 650 for facilitating to have the…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi yesterday told the court that he was undergoing cancer treatment in South Africa when he missed a court hearing. Mzembi — who is facing a slew of corruption charges — was represented by Job Sikhala who tendered proof that his client was battling cancer, and had missed a…
HARARE – Petrol prices are marginally increasing at some pump stations after holding steady for the better part of the month. Observers fear the increases, blamed on bottlenecks in the supply chain, could have ripple effects on food prices. As of yesterday, some fuel stations were retailing petrol at $1,43 from $1,37 earlier in the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) slammed the door on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday, saying there was no going back on poll preparations even as the main opposition party is attempting to put spanners into the works. At its meeting with observers yesterday, Zec vice chairperson Emmanuel Magade said the dispatch of…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) slammed the door on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday, saying there was no going back on poll preparations even as the main opposition party is attempting to put spanners into the works. [Adz]
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has intensified efforts to revive road and bridge projects that were abandoned more than 30 years ago. The country’s road infrastructure is in dire need of rehabilitation to improve economic growth and meet international standards after years of neglect resulting in most roads going beyond their 25-year life span….
