HARARE – Former vice president Joice Mujuru’s National People Party (NPP) is seeking $4,8 million in donations to fund its campaign for the forthcoming 2018 elections. This comes as opposition parties have hit hard times, with the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC recently admitting it was going through financial difficulties and desperately awaiting a $2 million-plus payment…
HARARE – Zanu PF’s national political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, is regaining lost ground in the ruling party — buoyed by First Lady Grace Mugabe — who threw her full weight behind the Mount Darwin South legislator more than five weeks ago after his nemeses had sharpened their knives over his alleged political indiscretions. Kasukuwere was…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s opposition and Judiciary must learn from the Kenyan election experience, where the courts nullified results that had declared Uhuru Kenyatta the winner ahead of National Super Alliance (Nasa)’s Raila Odinga, following objections. Last Friday, Kenya’s Supreme Court nullified the August 8 presidential election won by Kenyatta, following a petition by Odinga. The…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s latest presidential bid could run into serious trouble as he battles to steady the ship rocked by internal party strife. This comes as the MDC leader is at loggerheads with his longest serving deputy Thokozani Khupe, who snubbed his Bulawayo rally on Saturday, along with national chairperson Lovemore Moyo…
HARARE – “Mugabe unveils heir,” screamed one local newspaper on its front page the morning after President Robert Mugabe named the then Justice minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa as one of his two deputies in December 2014. Many believed that by appointing Mnangagwa vice president, Mugabe had all but solved the bewildering succession question; yet only days…
HARARE – The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has assigned three magistrates to deal with politically-motivated violence ahead of the Harare Municipality by-election. In a Government Gazette published on Friday, JSC chairperson Luke Malaba designated Elisha Singano, Victoria Mashamba and Stanford Mambanje in accordance with the Electoral Act. “It is hereby notified that the JSC has…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is set to receive normal rains in the 2017/18 season, but they will be falling late, the Meteorological Services Department (Met) has predicted. The rainfall patterns are divided into two sub-seasons — October to December 2017 and January to March 2018. “Using statistical, other climate prediction schemes and expert interpretation, the climate…
HARARE – A 71-year-old man — Enock Mbiriyakura — was left homeless after his son allegedly fraudulently used his house’s title deeds to acquire a loan, and failed to pay it back. The court heard that Mbiriyakura was shocked when he was asked to move out of his house by another person who had purchased…
HARARE – Former gospel musician, Elias Musakwa, who is being charged for threatening to shoot a neighbour, has applied for an acquittal, arguing the prosecution failed to prove a case against him. Musakwa — answering to charges of threats to commit future violence before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko — had allegedly been asked by the…
HARARE – Senior Harare lawyers — Fred Machokoto and Pardon Nhokwara — are facing theft of trust property charges after they reportedly pocketed $57 000 which they had received on behalf their clients. Machokoto, 42, appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande and was released on $200 bail, but his co-accused, Nhokwara, a lawyer at Madzingira…
