BULAWAYO – MDC Alliance officials spent a night at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) headquarters at Ross Camp here in a bid to thwart police officers from casting their votes. Top MDC Alliance official Gideon Shoko, one of those who laid an all-night vigil at the camp, alongside provincial chair Gift Banda, Bulawayo central legislator…
HARARE – Legal watchdog — Veritas — has raised alarm over the conflation of State and Zanu PF in ongoing efforts to prohibit political parties from using school property and forcing attendance of school children to political rallies. This comes after the Supreme Court set July 27, three days before the elections, as the day…
CHIREDZI – Chiredzi Town Council is set to introduce prepaid parking discs in their central business district (CBD) from next month. In a statement, council said there would be two parking discs, one for 30 minutes and another covering one hour. “Notice is hereby given that in terms of section 229 of the Urban Councils…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has embarked on a door-to-door physical audit of electricity connections on consumer premises. This comes against the backdrop of the rise in the number of consumers who are being apprehended by police for by-passing and tampering with their prepaid meters or effecting direct connections without…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office has said the text-messaging campaign that debuted this week was part of the ruling Zanu PF’s sophisticated online campaign that had absolutely nothing to do with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). This follows an innovative political advertising campaign canvassing votes for Mnangagwa and Zanu PF parliamentary candidates, which has…
HARARE – The trial of Children’s Clinic owner, Alexander Tarasana Guni, who dragged his wife to court after she allegedly stole various items from his company, including a safe containing $400 000, resumes on Monday. The wife, Christina Hamiton, 26, is answering to fraud and theft charges before Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo. According to State…
HARARE – Grain Marketing Board Pension Fund chief executive officer Taona Munzvandi is being charged with fraud after allegedly fleecing his employer of $1 million in a botched land sale deal. Munzvandi, 48, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa yesterday. He was released on $800 bail. As part of bail conditions, Munzvandi was ordered to…
HARARE – A cop attached to Avondale Police Traffic Section is answering to 104 counts of fraud and abuse of office after he reportedly cashed-in on motorists’ fines using a fake receipt book, a court heard. Claudius Mazvimba, 35, appeared before Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo for trial but would not respond when questions were posed…
HARARE – The government has suspended Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba — pending the outcome of a probe which could see him being sacked for the second time in less than a year. Goba confirmed his suspension to the Daily News yesterday, while declining to comment further. “Yes, I have been suspended,” he would only say….
HARARE – Political tension is rising in Zimbabwe as the country prepares to hold its national elections in two weeks’ time — with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday accusing the election management body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), of being “biased” and “incompetent”. This came as angry opposition parties and rights groups also warned authorities…
