HARARE – On a school gate in the Harare West council elections, a hand-written note details the results of MDC municipal primary elections. The winner, by far, was abstention. Barely a third of the registered voters in this working class neighbourhood bothered to cast a ballot at the school, which doubled up as a polling…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s liquidity constraints are now stifling economic activity, with the impact of the currency shortage extending beyond everyday consumers and seeping into other sectors of the economy. This comes as most service stations in Harare have run out of fuel amid a worsening economic crisis, and long queues have formed at the few…
HARARE – A Chitungwiza woman Eunice Makumbe has asked the municipality to intervene and deal with pirate taxi operators, whom she is accusing of disturbing her business. Through her lawyer Charles Chikore, Makumbe wrote to the Chitungwiza town clerk on May 10, calling for the municipality’s intervention, failure of which she threatened to approach the…
HARARE – For decades, Abraham Mateta has struggled to vote. Poll workers have told the visually-impaired Mateta that he will have to be assisted by a police officer to cast a ballot. A law graduate from the University of Zimbabwe, he refuses to countenance another election as a second-class citizen. He started challenging the numerous…
HARARE – Press freedom group Misa-Zimbabwe has condemned the assault of senior journalist with the NewsDay, Blessed Mhlanga by deputy minister of Finance and Member of Parliament (MP), Terrence Mukupe. The assault took place on the evening of May 24 during a live broadcast of Focus, a current affairs programme aired on SFM, a local…
HARARE – Under-fire deputy Finance minister Terrence Mukupe has claimed he enjoys a good working relationship with his boss Patrick Chinamasa. This comes amid reports of fierce run-ins between the two at their New Government Complex offices located at corner Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo Street (4th Street) and Samora Machel Avenue in Harare. Since their…
HARARE – Flamboyant Zimbabwean preacher, Uebert Angel — born Uebert Mudzanire — is splashing a whopping $2 million on a 4-star French hotel, as he expands his business empire in the developed North. The self-proclaimed multi-millionaire and leader of The Good News Church — formerly known as Spirit Embassy — first ventured into real estate…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under huge pressure to sack under fire junior minister Terence Mukupe over a litany of controversial actions and statements that he has made in recent weeks, which have caused palpable anger among many Zimbabweans. It didn’t help matters that Mukupe issued an equally controversial apology yesterday, which only…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under huge pressure to sack under fire junior minister Terence Mukupe over a litany of controversial actions and statements that he has made in recent weeks, which have caused palpable anger among many Zimbabweans. [Adz]
HARARE – Knives have been drawn out against deputy Finance minister Terrence Mukupe after he made remarks live on radio that exposed the stigmatisation that still runs deep in the officialdom towards people living with HIV and Aids. [Adz]
