MUTARE – While Mutare North is rich in minerals and farming land, its communities still live in poverty as only a few politically connected individuals are benefitting, an aspiring legislator has said. Irimai Mukwishu, an aspiring Mutare North parliamentary candidate for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, is adamant that if elected during the coming elections,…
BULAWAYO – The spotlight will this weekend focus on coaches as the Castle Premiership race ?enters the second half of the season which will clarify a number of unanswered questions thus far. At least six teams still have a realistic chance to win the title in the upcoming 15 rounds of action while at the…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday begged for votes from presidential scholarship beneficiaries so as to increase his chances in the impending polls. Over 500 students on the presidential scholarship were bused from Compensation House in Harare for “lunch” with Mugabe at State House, where they were reminded to return the education favour in…
MASVINGO – A Masvingo dad allegedly killed his three children before hanging himself inside his house, police confirmed on Wednesday. Peter Zhanero, the Masvingo police spokesperson, told the Daily News that Aaron Muchwa (51) of Rukudo village under Chief Ndanga in Zaka was on Tuesday morning found hanging in his house with the hacked trio…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF for a longtime has taken brickbats for freezing out young people from actively participating in the higher echelons of its politics. But as it edges towards crunch elections, it has sent a message that it is regenerating itself by allowing young candidates participation in the polls. Our Senior…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party is falling apart just before the impending make-or-break elections, as candidates who felt cheated during the party’s shambolic primary elections vow to stymie the ex-majority party’s victory. After watching their poll bid being stolen right in their eyes last week by so-called heavyweights, disgruntled Zanu PF officials…
HARARE – Zanu PF will bus supporters and members of the public to swell numbers at its manifesto launch on Friday at the Zimbabwe Grounds. Mugabe will preside over the event. The manifesto launch marks the beginning of the campaign season. The event will be held under the theme “Indigenise, Empower, Develop, and Create Employment.”…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says he is going to transform rural life as well as deal with incessant corruption that has destroyed the country. Tsvangirai, who is on a whirlwind tour of the nation ahead of crunch elections, was in Masvingo on Wednesday where he met MDC party structures and community leaders. “The…
HARARE – State-owned television station Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation Television (ZBC TV) has refused to air a 50 seconds-long advert from the Prime Minister’s office. Luke Tamborinyoka, Tsvangirai’s spokesperson, says the failure by the State broadcaster to flight “a politically colourless advert” while playing Zanu PF jingles smacks of double standards. “We gave ZBC an advert…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court will on Thursday deal with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and three others’ applications, in which the quartet is contesting the holding of elections by end of this month. The four applications were made after President Robert Mugabe unilaterally proclaimed July 31 as the day for the holding of elections, following…
