HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa will on Saturday officially open the 26th Session of the Child Parliament. The Zimbabwe Youth Council will coordinate and oversee the operation of the Junior Parliament, which serves as a leadership development and advocacy arm on children’s rights. Junior Parliament also seeks to facilitate participation of youths in governance issues….
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday consoled the Lumbe family following the abduction and murder of their two-year-old child Professor by suspected Zanu PF activists following his father Rambai’s defection to the Joice Mujuru-led opposition National People’s Party (NPP). In a statement yesterday, Mnangagwa said the police must apprehend the murderers. “I am shocked and…
HARARE – Former influential Zanu PF youth league leader Kudzanai Chipanga has dragged Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa to the High Court accusing her of illegally grabbing his farm and handing it over to a white farmer. Chipanga was among members of the G40 political faction allied to 94-year-old former President Robert Mugabe who…
HARARE – As the nomination court sits today, the chances are high that both President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF and Nelso-n Chamisa’s MDC Alliance will end up with multiple candidates contesting the same constituencies in next month’s eagerly-anticipated national elections. The impending chaos is a result of both major parties having failed to arrest…
HARARE – A former Cabinet minister who was at the centre of Zanu PF’s power-retention strategies between 2000 and November 2017 has sensationally claimed that the ruling party has devised an elaborate plan to rig next month’s elections. Zanu PF reacted angrily to the allegations yesterday, dismissing them as “hogwash”. Jonathan Moyo, a former politburo…
HARARE – A recent survey by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (Mpoi) and Afrobarometer has revealed that most Zimbabweans trust religious leaders and place the military and police ahead of politicians although they say the two agencies must stay out of politics. The survey was conducted between April 28 and May 13 this year. According…
HARARE – Harare is under-performing, experiencing challenges in transport and water provision, acting town clerk Hosea Chisango has said. At the fifth wave of the Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) workshop held yesterday, Chisango said Harare City Council was now focussing more on the key enablers which include automation, streamlining procurement processes and resource mobilisation. “From…
HARARE – Harare City Council owed Zesa holdings more than $100 million for electricity as at August 2017. According to audit committee minutes, heavy users of electricity are Morton Jaffray, Warren Control, Prince Edward and Firle water treatment and sewer works. The huge bill comes as the city is failing to meet its statutory obligations…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF national political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, yesterday displayed 113 AK47 bullet shells that were recovered at his residence after he and his family survived what he says was an execution plot during last November’s military intervention in the country’s governance. The bullet shells were displayed during an inspection-in-loco that was conducted…
HARARE – The fledgling National Patriotic Front (NPF) — the new political outfit which is linked to former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace — reiterated yesterday that it was in advanced discussions with the MDC Alliance on the two parties working together. At the same time, analysts warned that the country’s main opposition…
