HARARE – Former Industry and International Trade minister Nkosana Moyo announced yesterday that he will run for president in 2018, but his presidential bid has been met with whispers of disapproval, especially from civic society leaders who are concerned about the possibility of splitting the opposition vote. Moyo, who was appointed in President Robert Mugabe’s…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe flies into the volatile Masvingo Province today for his youth interface rally amid ugly fighting within his deeply-divided Zanu PF whose factional and succession wars this week saw the military issuing a chilling warning to Cabinet minister and politburo member Jonathan Moyo over his criticism of a government-sponsored Command Agriculture…
HARARE – Activist Patson Dzamara yesterday made an emotional plea to be spared jail saying it would strip his missing brother Itai’s children of a bread winner. Dzamara was subsequently ordered to perform 315 hours of community service at Rotten Row Magistrates Courts over charges of obstructing the course of justice during #Occupy Africa Unity…
HARARE – Activist Patson Dzamara yesterday made an emotional plea to be spared jail saying it would strip his missing brother Itai’s children of a bread winner. Dzamara was subsequently ordered to perform 315 hours of community service at Rotten Row Magistrates Courts over charges of obstructing the course of justice during #Occupy Africa Unity…
HARARE – Norton residents have organised a demonstration against legislator Temba Mliswa arguing that his interference in town council business was disrupting service delivery. Chairperson of Residents Forum Norton chapter Samson Nduna said Mliswa’s consistent interference was causing problems for management and elected officials. The demonstration is slated for July 4. “The legislator is very…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe will not align subsidiary legislation to the new Constitution because that will be tantamount to reforming himself out of power, a former Cabinet minister has said. Paul Mangwana — co-chairperson of the parliamentary committee that drove the constitutional reforms representing Mugabe’s Zanu PF party — told the Sapes Trust organised…
HARARE – Government must release funds to bankroll the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to ensure a seamless, safe operation imperative to maintain the fluidity of the national rail network, NRZ artisans have said. “We do not have safety clothing,” Railways Artisans Union (Rau) president Edmore Africa told a news conference on Tuesday. “Again if…
HARARE – Renowned Zimbabwean academic George Kahari has been nominated as International Educator of the Year 2017 by the England-based International Biographical Centre of Cambridge (IBC). “This prestigious award will be made available only to a few illustrious individuals whose achievements and leadership stand out in the international community,” IBC director-general Nicholas Law said in…
HARARE – Egypt’s El Sewedy Electrometers will in the coming months start assembling pre-paid water meters at a contract manufacturer’s plant being set up in Harare, a council official has said. Harare deputy mayor Enock Mupamawonde — who led a delegation of council officials to Egypt to assess the standing of El Sewedy Electrometers —…
HARARE – A top official in opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said Morgan Tsvangirai must represent the opposition alliance in the presidential election mid-next year, his fourth time as a presidential candidate. “I have always said we will never have a perfect leader…. Let Tsvangirai lead us in the coalition. Let us have in…
