HARARE – A Presidential Guard soldier was part of a gang of robbers that stormed into a Harare businessman’s premises and subdued him to surrender USD$91 000 under the guise of Operation Restore Legacy, a court heard yesterday. Elvis Machinga, 26, was represented by Lovemore Madhuku and appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa charged with…
HARARE – National Vendors Union leader Sten Zvorwadza has challenged his placement on remand in a case in which he is accused of undermining the authority of former president Robert Mugabe after he criticised him for removing vendors from the streets. Zvorwadza’s lawyer Jeremiah Bamu said the State had failed to prove a basis for…
HARARE – Serving and retired members of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) were among the most notable winners at an extraordinary congress convened by Zanu PF in the capital yesterday as they emerged with influential party posts. Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) top officer, major general Engelbert Rugeje landed the position of Zanu PF national political…
HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF will count on the army and traditional leaders for its campaigns in the 2018 harmonised elections. “We are going to campaign for Zanu PF along with our army, which is the best in the world and also traditional leaders,” said war veterans’ chairperson, Chris Mutsvangwa, who is also a…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa this week called for the rehabilitation of members of the vanquished G40 faction back into Zanu PF to foster the spirit of unity ahead of elections next year. Following the military-aided ouster of former president Robert Mugabe and his subsequent replacement with Mnangagwa as Zanu PF first secretary, there were…
HARARE – Civil society organisations have said members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) must return to the barracks, further calling for the setting up of an independent body to investigate reports of civilian abuse by soldiers. Soldiers are still in the streets following a takeover of government last month, which saw the resignation of…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has yielded to local and global pressure with a promise that next year’s elections will democratic, free and fair. In his opening remarks at the Zanu PF extraordinary congress in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said his administration was committed to observing the rule of law, live and govern in accordance with…
HARARE – A list of demands for children starting their grade 1 under the Primary and Secondary Education’s new curriculum has drawn fire from members of the public, who say it is too expensive for ordinary parents and guardians. According to the demands, a parent has no fork out between $70 and $100 just to…
HARARE – Three former Zanu PF bigwigs, who are fighting legal battles after being arrested during the Zimbabwe Defence Forces’ Operation Restore Legacy, have once again been arrested for wearing regalia associated with the party and its leadership. Ex-Zanu PF secretary for administration Ignatius Chombo, former Youth league bosses Kudzanai Chipanga and Innocent Hamandishe yesterday…
HARARE – Serial political flip-flopper, Jonathan Moyo, has backed opposition political parties’ calls for the west to maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe until the ruling party has introduced noticeable reforms. Before his latest damascene moment from self-imposed exile, the former Higher and Tertiary Education minister was at the forefront of blaming the United States’ policy towards…
