HARARE – The Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) visited a selection of polling stations in Banket, Chegutu, Chinhoyi, Karoi, Marondera and Magunje to observe the special voting process on July 14 and 15. The visits aimed at assessing the state of preparedness of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the capacity, effectiveness and…
HARARE – Director of Research in the Prime Minister’s office, Thabani Mpofu, was yesterday found guilty of being in possession of a firearm without a licence and for placing it in an insecure place. Magistrate Anita Tshuma spared Mpofu a custodial sentence by fining him $400 or risk going to prison for two months. Mpofu…
HARARE – The usually sleepy town of Chinhoyi on Thursday roared to life as multitudes flocked to Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) where President Robert Mugabe was holding a rally. The number of people at the rally was not surprising per se, considering that Chinhoyi is the provincial capital of Mashonaland West. Some of the…
HARARE – Human rights lawyers have delivered a formal notification and warning for Tobaiwa Tonneth Mudede, the Registrar General of Voters to withdraw his urgent chamber application barring the Research and Advocacy Unit (Rau) from launching an audit of the voters’ roll. Mudede on Wednesday obtained an interim order interdicting Rau from launching “a full…
BULAWAYO – Rights lawyers have filed an ex-parte application at the Tredgold Magistrates’ Court in Bulawayo, seeking to overturn a police ban on the holding of election debates in Midlands, Matabeleland South and Matabeleland North. The police blocked six election debates organised by Bulawayo Agenda in Gweru, Plumtree, Tsholotsho and Lupane. The meetings, which were…
HARARE – The role of firms and individuals in building cohesive, inclusive and prosperous societies will always be a contested subject. President Robert Mugabe comes from a generation and background that is yet to be convinced that business can be a friend of the poor and unemployed. His generation lived through a period during which…
HARARE – They deal ruthlessly with people whose ideologies differs from theirs and have over the past two decades not taken any prisoners. Even a renowned terrorist like Adolf Hitler could borrow a trick or two from the shadowy militant group which calls itself Chipangano. Chipangano, loosely translated meaning an agreement or oath, is believed…
HARARE – With less than two weeks before elections, President Robert Mugabe is running out of time to convince a hungry and desperate nation what he is offering — something which he has failed to do in his 33 years of power. What has been disappointing is the fact that nothing new is coming out…
BULAWAYO – It looks like Matabeleland has suddenly developed some alluring power which the Chimbetus are also finding hard to resist. Both Suluman Chimbetu and his uncle Allan have lined up shows in Matabeleland this weekend. Sulu, who scooped three National Arts Merit Award (Nama) gongs in February this year, began his tour of the…
DETROIT – Detroit has become the largest US city ever to file for bankruptcy, with debts of at least $18bn (£12bn). The city, once a symbol of US industrial power, is seeking protection from creditors who include public-sector workers and their pension funds. Unions described the bankruptcy filing as a power grab. Detroit has faced…
