HARARE – Under-fire Transport minister Joram Gumbo has claimed that government kept the deal to register the new Zimbabwe Airways (Zim Airways) airline under wraps after advice that some former commercial white farmers wanted to attach its six planes from Malaysia, if they were in Air Zimbabwe (AirZim)’s name. According to Gumbo, who has made…
HARARE – ZANU PF’s election manifesto is just hot air and only proves the ruling party has nothing new to offer long-suffering Zimbabweans after 38 years in power, analysts have said. The party released its 2018 election manifesto — themed “Unite, Fight Corruption, Develop, Re-engage and Create Jobs” — last Friday at a colourful occasion…
HARARE – The Zanu PF politburo has ordered a rerun of primary elections in 10 National Assembly constituencies where results are being hotly contested due to gross electoral malpractices. The politburo also resolved to engage independent agents to investigate reports of rigging and other electoral anomalies in many other constituencies, and action would be taken…
HARARE – It never rains but it pours for businessman, James Makamba. Less than five months following his return to his motherland, analysts fear that Makamba could be contemplating going into self-imposed exile once again after falling out with the new government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Makamba ended his 12-year-long absence in December last year…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s advisor Chris Mutsvangwa has blamed Temba Mliswa for his Zanu PF primary election loss in Norton. Mutsvangwa, who was hammered by Langton Mutendereki, alleged Mliswa wanted a weak candidate which he can defeat in the National Assembly polls and also alleged he bribed police details, who were returning officers. “The…
HARARE – Musician-cum-politician, Elias Musakwa‚ named in a list released by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of people who illegally externalised funds, was elected as the Zanu PF nominee for a Bikita West National Assembly seat in chaotic primary polls. Musakwa allegedly externalised $9 million to Portugal but has reportedly engaged the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC will kick-start their primary elections today to pick candidates for Zimbabwe’s looming general elections. This comes as the ruling Zanu PF’s just-ended primary elections have been sullied by accusations of ballot-stuffing, multiple voting and violence, observers and participants said, raising fears of further turmoil in looming national elections. MDC…
HARARE – ZANU PF failed to unveil its parliamentary election candidates for the forthcoming general elections at the launch of its elections manifesto yesterday due to disputes that rocked the internal polls held earlier this week. Addressing delegates at the launch of the manifesto in Harare yesterday, party leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the candidates…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga brushed off the main opposition MDC Alliance and its youthful leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday, as ambitious figures promising pie in the sky, in a trademark moment of the ruling party’s manifesto launch focused on the old guard’s bid for a five-year term. As Chamisa’s upstart candidacy gains traction ahead…
HARARE – The MDC Alliance could join forces with the National Patriotic Front (NPF), headed by retired brigadier-general Ambrose Mutinhiri, to enhance their chances of winning the forthcoming polls. Insiders within the Alliance told the Daily News yesterday that there were behind-the-scenes manoeuvres to incorporate NPF into the coalition, led by firebrand MDC leader, Nelson…
