BULAWAYO – MDC senator Michael Carter has said he is optimistic that MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa will rise above all the negative machinations by his opponents. Carter said the current onslaught by the Zanu PF propaganda machinery against Chamisa were not only a clear sign of desperation but will as a matter of fact…
HARARE – Contracts for the construction of an $80 million National Building Society (NBS) housing project were allegedly fraudulently awarded to land developers without the knowledge of the responsible authorities, a court heard yesterday. This was revealed before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba when former NBS strategic executive assistant to the general manager Tirivavi James Chiuta…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s forthcoming election does not offer opposition parties a level playing field amid a host of problems marring a vote that could define the future of the country, the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has said. ZCC, representing 26 different denominations, said in a statement that as political parties and aspiring candidates intensify…
HARARE – Former Midlands provincial governor Jason Machaya’s $70 000 criminal abuse of office case is set for trial on July 19 at the Anti-Corruption Courts established at the Harare Magistrates Court. Machaya, 65, appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba yesterday. Prosecutor Linda Gadzikwa alleged that between 2011 and 2017 Machaya was the governor and…
HARARE – A commissioner at the under-fire Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has ignited a furore on microblogging site Twitter by “liking” a tweet denigrating opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of the MDC. Zec commissioner Natsai Mushonga stirred the hornet’s nest on Monday evening after she “liked” a tweet which read “mediocrity is when you think a…
HARARE – A chief in Mashonaland Central, Bramwell Bushu, is under fire for winning primary elections to represent Zanu PF as its parliamentary candidate in the Shamva South Constituency in the July 30 elections. His opposite number, MDC candidate Leman Pwanyiwa, is challenging Bushu’s selection, which he argues is unconstitutional. In the application before the…
HARARE – A civil society activist Bongani Nyathi has approached the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) challenging the army’s intervention last November, which led to former president Robert Mugabe’s resignation. The army led an exercise code-named Operation Restore Legacy that ousted 94-year-old Mugabe, one of the world’s longest serving dictators, in a bloodless takeover. In the court…
HARARE – The National Patriotic Front (NPF) — which has the blessings of ousted former president Robert Mugabe — yesterday threw its weight behind the MDC Alliance in its protest march against what it perceives as the slow pace of electoral reforms ahead of the July 30 vote. The development came as thousands of MDC…
HARARE – With the clock ticking towards make-or-break harmonised polls on July 30, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is stewing in massive legal bills following an increase in the number of election-related lawsuits brought against the country’s under-fire elections management body. Over the past few months, individuals and political parties have been dragging the commission…
HARARE – With the clock ticking towards make-or-break harmonised polls on July 30, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is stewing in massive legal bills following an increase in the number of election-related lawsuits brought against the country’s under-fire elections management body. See more details in today’s paper. [Adz]
