HARARE – Civic society groups and the main opposition coalition — the MDC Alliance — are protesting the presidential ballot paper outline, which has been designed in a manner that gives President Emmerson Mnangagwa a prime position ahead of his main rival. [Adz]
HARARE – Harare City Council has forwarded the names of three candidates to be considered for the position of town clerk to the Local Government Board (LGB). Leading the trio is current acting town clerk Hosea Chisango, who scored 1 052 points followed by ex-Zimra finance director Robert Mangwiro with 903 points and University of…
HARARE – Cleopas Mugomba, an alleged husband to a High Court judge, has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrate’s Court facing charges of raping a house helper. The victim claims Mugomba is the husband to a judge (name withheld) who was her employer at the time the rape occurred, according to State papers. The 44-year-old…
HARARE – Harare magistrate Estere Chivasa has referred former Midlands minister of State Jaison Machaya to Gokwe Magistrates’ Court for a possible furnishing of a trial date on August 6. Machaya appeared before Chivasa yesterday facing charges of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly demanded 1 000 residential stands from Gokwe Town Council, which…
HARARE – A social media blogger, who had threatened to lift the lid on Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba’s private life seems to be backtracking on the threatened exposé. Journalist Edmund Kudzayi, who is now a fierce critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, had claimed he will expose Chigumba’salleged shenanigans on micro blogging site,…
HARARE – Health authorities in Zambia are investigating the safety of a popular Zimbabwean juice, Mazoe. There are fears that counterfeit Mazoe products have hit the market and are not fit for consumption. The government suspects that the imported Mazoe drink does not meet the national food safety standards. In a circular to provincial health…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (Zlhr) has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) protesting the decision by the electoral management body to change the positioning of voting booths for theJuly 30 harmonised polls. In a letter dated July 17, 2018, Zlhr said the new requirement that voters should cast their ballots…
HARARE – South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper has issued Business Times with an ultimatum to change its name or face legal action. for the Sunday Times flew into Harare last week for talks with AB Communications, the publishers of Business Times. The Sunday Times has an insert called Business Times, and Times Media Group, its…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) is in the process of upgrading its payment system, which may result in queues forming at its tollgates countrywide. In a statement, Zinara advised the motoring public of the upgrade of its payment solution systems at all tollgates nationwide to improve tolling operational efficiency. “In view of…
HARARE – Another Harare man has been hauled before the courts for allegedly destroying President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election campaign posters. Farai Kuzivamunhu, 44, was released on $50 bail when he appeared before Harare magistrate Milton Serima on Wednesday for contravening section 152 of the Electoral Act, which prohibits the destruction of political campaign posters. Prosecutor…
