HARARE – Pressure is mounting on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) as members of the MDC Alliance are expected to pour onto the streets of Harare today to demand a raft of electoral reforms. MDC chairperson, Morgen Komichi, told the Daily News yesterday that the demonstration was going ahead as scheduled to drive the point…
HARARE – The rift between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the country’s opposition parties taking part in the forthcoming polls has widened in the wake of the short-message service (SMS) saga that erupted on Monday, the Daily News can report. This comes after Zanu PF mandarins took their electoral campaign several gears up by…
HARARE – The rift between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the country’s opposition parties taking part in the forthcoming polls has widened in the wake of the short-message service (SMS) saga that erupted on Monday, the Daily News can report. [Adz]
HARARE – A number of teachers are unhappy at their exclusion from participating in the forthcoming elections as polling officers. During harmonised elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) enlists the services of teachers and other civil servants to work as polling officers. The Daily News can, however, report that while the ministry of Primary and…
HARARE – The chairperson of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Justice Luke Malaba has warned newly-appointed magistrates to refrain from corrupt activities. Sixty magistrates were recruited by the JSC recently to plug serious staff shortages that had hit the commission after government had imposed an employment freeze. On Monday, Malaba — who is also the…
HARARE – More than six months after former president Robert Mugabe was dramatically ousted from power — and with Zimbabwe’s crunch national polls a mere three weeks away — the nonagenarian continues to hog the limelight in the country’s fluid body politic. [Adz]
HARARE – Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) National Council (NC) met in Harare on Saturday and resolved to deal with the threats arising from former members — some of whom it claims are now members of political parties. This comes as some interest groups sought to take advantage of the recent withdrawal of funding to…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is yet to receive over $8 million from the $12 million that the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) allocated to the municipality. According to environmental management committee minutes, the last disbursement of road funds was made on May 22 this year. “The director of works (Zvenyika Chawatama) reported that…
HARARE – Axed Zanu PF Manicaland youth chair Mubuso Chinguno has obtained an urgent court interdict preventing army officials from invading his farm. This comes amid sustained pressure by officials angling to takeover the farm belonging to the provincial member of the vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction. Chinguno recently returned to Zimbabwe after fleeing to…
HARARE – Harare doctor Alexander Guni yesterday narrated how his wife conned him into a marital union and then stole from him. Guni was testifying during the trial of his wife Christina Hamiton, 26, who is facing a series of fraud and theft charges committed during their five-month stay after their nuptials. Hamiton is appearing…
