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]
HARARE – A number of civilians were hospitalised over the last two months as the MDC Alliance and Zanu PF turned Epworth into a hotbed of violence during their disputed primary elections. On Saturday, political intolerance reigned supreme as six people were heavily assaulted during disputed MDC Alliance Epworth primary elections relating to ward four….
HARARE – A Chitungwiza man will spend the next 10 years behind bars after being caught stealing $260 worth of copper cables. Kelvin Changana, 24, of Unit L Seke Chitungwiza was convicted of contravening section 89(4) of the Postal and Telecommunications Act which prohibits wilful damage, interference of theft of Telecommunication lines and apparatus. Changana…
HARARE – A soldier reportedly stole $237 000 that had been mistakenly transferred into his bank account during a system failure at Cabs Bank Limited last year, a court heard. Arnold Lethlale Pullen, 27, was released on bail when he appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba. He is employed by Airforce of Zimbabwe, National Defence…
HARARE – A former wages clerk at Safeguard Security Company (Pvt) Ltd who reportedly connived with other employees and pocketed $425 000 worth of salaries paid into ghost workers’ accounts has appeared in court. Nobert Mudzinge, 46, who is now a human resources manager in the Justice ministry appeared before Harare magistrate Edwin Marecha charged…
HARARE – An aspiring presidential candidate must be nominated by at least 100 voters, as well as pay a nomination fee of $1 000. This was revealed by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday. Zec said the 100 nominations must be drawn from the country country’s 10 political provinces, with each region providing at least…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been hauled before the High Court by the little known Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), which is seeking to force the electoral body to use ordinary bond paper for printing of ballot papers. In an urgent chamber application filed at the High Court, Zanu, through its leader…
HARARE – All is set for the main opposition MDC Alliance’s demonstration scheduled for today to press for electoral reforms. Yesterday, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) okayed the protest march, a rarity during former president Robert Mugabe’s iron-fisted rule that spanned nearly four decades before it was ended by a soft coup last November. In…
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 – Harare City Council (HCC) has been undertaking major repairs on roads in the Central Business District, low and high density areas as part of the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme that was launched last year. The city’s roads had been marked as a national emergency after most of them could not be trafficable due…
