HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has set up a team to engage their disgruntled Alliance partners and party members who filed their papers as independent candidates. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC national chairperson Morgen Komichi said his party is making frantic efforts to solve the problems in the MDC Alliance. “We are…
HARARE – A member of Zimbabwe National Parks anti-poaching team will spend the next 18 years in jail after he dragged and raped a woman in a maize field. Michael Chirambwi, 37, of Madokero in Harare was convicted of the rape charge after a full trial before Harare regional magistrate Lucy Mungwari. Chirambwi claimed that…
HARARE – Zanu PF is cracking down on individuals who filed papers as independent candidates — with some including former Harare province political commissar Shadreck Mashayamombe facing jail while others risk losing their properties. This comes as the influential Vice President Constantino Chiwenga recently warned that the heat would be turned on Mashayamombe — who…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has formally designated Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to oversee the running of the Defence and War Veterans Affairs ministry. The formal appointment was made under Statutory Instrument 97 of 2018, published in the Government Gazette last week. Chiwenga was appointed to oversee the Defence and War Veterans Affairs ministry through…
HARARE – Preisdent Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he was sacked as the country’s vice president last year by Grace Mugabe, using her influence on former president Robert Mugabe, whom he said was no longer in a position to lead the country. Mnangagwa revealed this in a High Court application in which he challenged and sought…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) triggered a fresh storm yesterday after it availed the voters’ roll to the British Embassy while denying same to candidates participating in the forthcoming general elections. In a tweet posted yesterday, the embassy revealed receiving the contentious voters’ roll from Zec offices — immediately triggering a social media…
HARARE – Factions within the ruling Zanu PF and the main opposition party, MDC will end with this year’s election, social and political analysts contend, adding that the poll will also see an end to several political careers. For the first time President Emmerson Mnangagwa who leads the Zanu PF Lacoste faction will contest the…
HARARE – The man who deposed longtime president Robert Mugabe is literally wearing his campaign promises on his sleeve six weeks before a historic election: Fight corruption, develop the economy, re-engage with the rest of the world and create jobs. Emmerson Mnangagwa’s colourful blazer, which also bears his portrait below the shoulder, resembles a model…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is looking into water mining as a way to improve the quality of water pumped to ratepayers. The city’s acting director of water Mabhena Moyo told the Daily News that the method will help reduce the amount of chemicals used in the purification process. Currently, Harare is using seven…
HARARE – As the eagerly-awaited July 30 polls beckon, the national elections management body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), is reeling from multiple lawsuits — with the High Court set to hear the latest legal action today in which lawyers are demanding that it reveals the names of “suspicious” people working for it. This comes…
