HARARE – Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (Zuj) registered concern following the hate speech and abuse directed at two journalists by the leadership of the MDC and some rowdy youths. Zuj said the attacks against the journalists were made at a press conference last Thursday. Zuj secretary-general Foster Dongozi said: “We call on the MDC together…
HARARE – Twenty security guards are counting their losses after their workmates swindled them of $19 094 in subscription fees for non-existent housing stands. Security guards Clever Mandaza and Gervas Zanga appeared before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande on Thursday facing charges of fraud. They were remanded out of custody on $100 bail. Allegations are that…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Samuel Undenge yesterday petitioned the court to relax his bail conditions to allow him time to hunt for a job. The plea was granted by Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande, who relaxed Undenge’s reporting conditions from once a week to once a fortnight. He reports at Highlands Police Station. Undenge had…
HARARE – One of the main funders of the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) — a grouping of political parties lobbying for electoral reforms — has broken ranks with the coalition and will go it alone in the 2018 elections. Joseph Makamba Busha, founder of J M Busha Investment Group responsible for managing about R5…
HARARE – The glue that had appeared to bind Zanu PF after it got rid of “criminals” around toppled despot Robert Mugabe seems to be peeling off at critical stages when President Emmerson Mnangagwa is about to test his popularity at the forthcoming polls after assuming power in November last year. Read full story in…
HARARE – Zimbabweans in the Diaspora are planning to stage a protest at the Zimbabwean embassy in London on Wednesday in a bid to push government to deal with police brutality. This comes amid calls by civil society activists for authorities to compensate families of two people that were recently shot dead by the police….
HARARE – Delays by Zanu PF in distributing new party regalia emblazoned with Emmerson Mnangagwa has resulted in continued use of paraphernalia emblazoned with toppled despot Robert Mugabe’s face, it has emerged. Despite President Mnangagwa’s ruling party prohibiting the wearing of Mugabe’s regalia following his military aided ouster last year, T-shirts bearing Mugabe’s name remain…
HARARE – Parliament is set to initiate proceedings to charge Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) bosses Basil Nyabadza, pictured, and Willard Mbona with contempt of Parliament for allegedly not taking the business of the Legislature seriously. On two occasions last month, Nyabadza, who is the board chairperson of Arda, refused to comply with the…
BULAWAYO – MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe’s vehicle was yesterday attacked while her personal assistant Witness Dube was badly injured after violent scenes broke out at the party’s provincial offices. According to insiders, Khupe had called the meeting — which was attended by suspended party national spokesperson Obert Gutu and national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe…
HARARE – Time is running out for MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe to build bridges with the party’s new leader, Nelson Chamisa, with whom she is fighting a terminal turf war. The MDC’s national council gave Khupe — one of the founding members of the labour-backed party — a seven-day ultimatum last week to smoke…
