HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to do everything possible to stop the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) from manipulating the July 30 general elections in favour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Opposition political parties have been demanding a raft of electoral reforms that they argue will guarantee a free and fair election. Part…
HARARE – Former Morgan Tsvangirai’s ally Eddie Cross believes his former mentor’s nemesis President Emmerson Mnangagwa has turned a new leaf and is on the right track, subtly endorsing him as a viable candidate for the July 30 polls. Mnangagwa plunges into his first presidential election at the end of this month with the prospect…
HARARE – Local authorities have appealed to the parliamentary portfolio committee to coerce the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) to disburse the full amount for road repairs and maintenance. In a report released last week by the committee on Local Government, councils complained that Zinara’s staggered disbursements were not alleviating the road problem. Urban and…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has relegated former liberation fighters to back benchers in the supposed new dispensation and surrounded himself with the same criminals that were around deposed leader Robert Mugabe, war veterans have said. Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) spokesperson Douglas Mahiya said war veterans had fought fiercely for the removal…
HARARE – Goodness and Mercy Ministries’s Tapiwa Freddy has been hit with a $100 000 lawsuit after publishing a prophecy that allegedly exposed a Harare man’s extra marital affair. The plaintiff, Berry Mutimbe of Unit O Seke, Chitungwiza, wants Freddy to foot defamation damages of $100 000 because his community now sees him as an…
HARARE – Government has waived income tax for expatriate staff of World Vision Zimbabwe (WVZ) and projects financed by the United States (US) government. This follows provisions provided for under Statutory Instrument 127 of 2018 published in last Friday’s Government Gazette. According to the gazette, the exemption is provided for in the framework agreement, Zimbabwe…
HARARE – Harare Central Hospital — one of Zimbabwe’s major referral health institutions — has fixed its chemistry analyser machine, which tests blood samples among other, after it broke down nearly a fortnight ago, an official has said. The hospital, in dire straits due to collapsing antiquated infrastructure and shortage of professional staff, had stopped…
HARARE – The Health ministry says it has injected the necessary funding to enable public health institutions to offer blood for free with effect from this month. This comes as the ministry scrapped user fees for blood accessed from public health institutions. The David Parirenyatwa-led ministry has injected nearly $7 million as a subsidy into…
HARARE – Hearing of the dispute involving Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe over ownership of the MDC name, symbol and logo is expected to commence today at the High Court. The two’s legal counsels had last Friday, tentatively, agreed to postpone commencement of the trial to Sunday depending on the schedule of Thabani Mpofu, who…
HARARE – The country’s pro-democratic movement has suffered a huge setback after one of the key funders of civic society groups championing rights and peace-building terminated its funding over noncompliance issues. United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has terminated its contract with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights), Counselling Services Unit (CSU), the Election…
