HARARE – The majority of ex-security officials who participated in the just-ended Zanu PF primary elections were rejected by voters, an indication that the former soldiers are finding it tough to ease into civilian life. Since the takeover of government last November, engineered by the military, and the subsequent elevation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed David Hamadziripi as Zimbabwe’s new ambassador to South Africa. Hamadzirpi will replace Isaac Moyo, who is now the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) boss. Moyo took over as head of CIO after it had run for a few months without a substantive head following the elevation of Happyton Bonyongwe…
HARARE – More than 10 masked robbers reportedly punched a security guard to the ground at Thokozani Khupe-led MDC deputy president Obert Gutu’s law chambers in Harare on Wednesday and ran off without stealing anything. “There was a break-in at Negona Chambers around midnight on Wednesday, May 2, 2018. More than 10 burglars armed with…
HARARE – MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa this weekend leaves for the United Kingdom where he will take the opportunity to interact with Zimbabweans in the Diaspora. MDC presidential spokesperson and director for communications Luke Tamborinyoka said Chamisa will meet members of the academia, key UK government officials as well as address think-tanks, among them…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday wished Vice President Kembo Mohadi a speedy recovery amid reports he is critically ill in hospital in South Africa. Mohadi and Retired General Constantino Chiwenga were sworn in as vice presidents by Chief Justice Luke Malaba on December 28 in a brief ceremony at State House. Mohadi, 68, previously…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) residents are complaining that the 25 percent ward retention scheme meant to benefit communities is being abused. According to the Harare Residents Trust chairperson Precious Shumba, the scheme meant to benefit residents is being abused by council to pay its bureaucrats’ hefty salaries. The city’s 25 percent ward retention…
HARARE – Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni has been tasked by councillors to follow up on the delivery of refuse compactors that were purchased last year. According to ordinary council minutes, acting town clerk Hosea Chisango visited the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to inquire on the disbursement of foreign currency to cover the city’s needs….
HARARE – An MDC candidate for the Thokozani Khupe-led splinter group in the forthcoming elections has won the Zanu PF primary elections. Tavengwa Mukuhlani, the under-fire Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) chairperson initially printed posters for the 2018 parliamentary elections standing on an MDC-Khupe ticket for Mhondoro-Ngezi, but curiously chose to run in Zanu PF primary elections…
HARARE – An election watchdog has raised alarm that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is only registering 100 people per day at Cecil House and Remembrance Complex static voter registration centres in Harare, with the prospective registrants being turned away as early as 11am. The observation, having been made on March 29, 2018, was communicated…
HARARE – Former head of Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) forced to quit his job ahead of a government inquiry into allegations of homosexuality, has won a Zanu PF primary, sending him into a general election for a Mberengwa South National Assembly seat. Alum Mpofu, former chief executive of the ZBC, who resigned in 2002 after…
