HARARE – The MDC has filed an urgent chamber application seeking to nullify the proclaimed dates for voter registration, arguing that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is unprepared for the process. Voter registration began yesterday. In the application, MDC cited President Robert Mugabe and Zec as respondents. This comes after Mugabe on September 8, through…
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has allocated an unspecified amount of foreign currency to the pharmaceutical industry in a frantic move to avert a potentially devastating drug shortage in the country. RBZ governor John Mangudya told the Daily News yesterday that the central bank had made the disbursement. This follows an exposé…
HARARE – The appointment of Ray Goba as the new Prosecutor-General (PG) has drawn mixed feelings among lawyers with some questioning his suitability for the job after he was convicted in Namibia for drunk driving and attempting to defeat justice. Goba himself, during the interview to choose the PG vigorously defended himself and said the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe became the first citizen to register under the biometric voter registration (BVR) yesterday in what has enraged the opposition after the Zanu PF leader partook in the exercise in the comfort of his official residence — the State House. Mugabe and his wife, Grace, were the first Zimbabweans to be…
HARARE – A South African model who last month claimed to have been severely assaulted by First Lady Grace Mugabe has stepped up her legal fight to bring President Robert Mugabe’s wife to book with the Pretoria High Court set to hear the case on Tuesday next week. This comes as Grace has claimed that…
HARARE – Three Zvishavane men were jailed for 10 years each last week after being convicted of stealing State-owned telephone firm TelOne’s copper cables. Musavengana Nkululeko, Sifelani Ndiweni and Munyaradzi Gava were found in possession of 122kg of burnt copper at a roadblock in Gweru aboard an InterAfrica bus and were immediately arrested. They were…
HARARE – The Registrar-General’s Office has been failing to process passports within the given timescale. Normal passport applications, processed within three months, have been dragging beyond this time frame, with those who lodged applications in Harare in May yet to get their travel documents up to now. Those wishing to apply for urgent passports are…
HARARE – War veterans yesterday vowed to de-campaign President Robert Mugabe ahead of the watershed 2018 elections, saying they will make sure that the Zanu PF leader will lose by a big margin to the “people’s movement.” Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF party are due to contest a crucial general election next year against…
HARARE – Econet Group’s pay television service, Kwese TV yesterday filed an urgent chamber application — through its partner Dr Dish (Private) Limited — seeking permission to be broadcasting pending a Supreme Court hearing of an appeal filed by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz). This comes after the High Court last week ordered Baz…
HARARE – A critical shortage of drugs is looming in Zimbabwe as pharmacies struggle to stock due to biting foreign currency challenges, which have forced them to hike prices of essential medicines. Zimbabwe is relying on foreign imports for its drugs, equipment and hospital consumables and imports over $400 million worth of basic drugs each…
