HARARE – President Robert Mugabe says he fears sharing the fate of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi or Saddam Hussein, the deposed Iraqi president sentenced to death by hanging. At a rally at Chibuku Stadium in Chitungwiza yesterday, the Zanu PF leader accused the United States and Britain of trying to topple his regime, and…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has said the chaotic special vote has exposed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s lack of preparedness for a free, fair and credible July 31 poll. MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti told a press conference in Harare yesterday that though his party has respect for Zec commissioners and its chairperson…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has barred an observer mission from the European Union because they imposed sanctions on the country, Foreign minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi has said. Mubengegwi said the EU bloc, which runs one of the biggest observer missions in the world, was not part of over 50 groups invited to oversee Zimbabwe’s crucial election. “We…
HARARE – As the country prepares for the “do-or-die” poll on July 31, Zanu PF supporters in Mashonaland East Province are targeting nothing but victory. On the sidelines of a rally addressed by President Robert Mugabe in Marondera on Monday, the Daily News team consisting of Wendy Muperi and Xolisani Ncube spoke to party supporters…
HARARE – A Waterfalls man yesterday committed suicide after he attempted to kill his wife, sister-in-law and brother-in- law. Josphat Mutizwa arrived home in the early hours of Monday morning, where he woke his wife up to get clarification on rumours that she was being promiscuous. Family members told the Daily News that an argument…
HARARE – Crystal cocaine worth an estimated street value of R17 million was seized at the BeitBridge border post with Zimbabwe, the SA Revenue Service (SARS) said. “The drugs were found concealed in a bag of surgical equipment kits being brought into the country by a female passenger on a long-distance bus travelling between Blantyre…
HARARE – Two Harare Central Police Station officers have been charged for allegedly conniving with the MDC to get a copy of the nominal voters’ roll of all recruited police officers. It is alleged that Tendayi Gift Munyisa, 30, and Victor Jaja, 39, received a $1 600 bribe to furnish the political party with the…
HARARE – In 1980, President Robert Mugabe on the eve of Independence Day correctly observed that: “Tomorrow we shall be celebrating the historic event, which our people have striven for nearly a century to achieve.” “Our people, young and old, men and women, black and white, living and dead, are, on this occasion, being brought…
BULAWAYO – Makokoba is one of the hotly-contested constituencies in Bulawayo. With a total of seven candidates vying for the same seat, it can only be the survival of the fittest. Gorden Moyo representing mainstream MDC, Tshinga Dube Zanu PF, Thabile Ndlovu (MDC) Zenzo Lot Masuku (Zapu), Patricia Ncube (FZC) and Harry Peter Wilson of…
HARARE – Commonplace chaos that characterised the special voting process on Sunday and yesterday has unnerved an expectant electorate wishing to cast its ballots in the synchronised elections at the end of this month. Many are alarmed at the prospect of the bedlam rolling over into the mainstream and their anxiety has some justification. The…
