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…
HARARE – Two of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s security aides who were injured last month when a bomb blast rocked an election campaign rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo have been airlifted to South Africa for further treatment. [Adz]
HARARE – Zimbabwean opposition political parties and pro-democracy campaigners have applied to join court proceedings of a registered voter who is seeking to bar the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) from releasing a voters’ roll bearing prospective voters’ photographs as stipulated by the law citing privacy issues. In an urgent chamber application for a joinder to…
HARARE – Prosecutors dropped charges of political violence against expelled Zanu PF Harare political commissar Shadreck Mashayamombe who was accused of fomenting violence at the party headquarters to foil his ouster. Mashayamombe, 32, was jointly charged with Peckias Murindi, 27, Joseph Gakaka,31, Vengai Mutepaire,31, and Charles Ngwenya,26, when they appeared before Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo….
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, has invaded Zanu PF strongholds in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces for the second time in less than two months to douse President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s influence ahead of elections to be held in about a fortnight. Since taking over leadership of the country’s main opposition party following the death…
HARARE – The Bindura Magistrates’ Court will give its verdict on four Zanu PF activists facing charges of hijacking a delivery truck in Concession carrying Harare businessman Tafadzwa Musarara’s campaign material ahead of the Zanu PF primary elections. Bindura magistrate Vongai Muchuchutu is presiding over the robbery case, allegedly committed on the eve of Zanu…
HARARE – Build Zimbabwe Alliance leader Noah Manyika, has taken his presidential campaign to rural areas, holding a series of meetings with chiefs and villagers in Manicaland yesterday. Riding on a wave of resentment against worsening economic hardships, Manyika told villagers in chief Nyashanu’s area in Buhera that the ruling party has failed the nation,…
HARARE – In what is likely to dent the credibility of the forthcoming polls, police officers here were made to cast their postal vote at Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) headquarters at Ross Camp yesterday in the absence of both observers and officials from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). Opposition political parties were also caught unawares…
