HARARE – It’s been five years since the bloody aftermath of Zimbabwe’s presidential elections at the end of 2008, an event that hobbled the economy and brought people to their knees. The past few years have been spent trying to focus on healing the country from the inside, working on peace and reconciliation among communities,…
HARARE – Catholic bishops have said the “fairness of the (electoral) process is in dispute”, calling for problems and irregularities to be fully investigated by responsible authorities. Father Frederick Chiromba, secretary-general of the Catholic bishops’ conference, said the “problems and irregularities that were experienced must be investigated by the appropriate” legal authorities and will “provide…
WASHINGTON – The US State Department has told citizens and non-emergency government staff to leave Yemen “immediately” due to security threats. It comes after the sudden closure of 20 US embassies and consulates on Sunday. This was prompted by intercepted conversations between two senior al-Qaeda figures, including top leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, US media said. The…
BULAWAYO – Zanu PF youths in Bulawayo’s Makokoba Constituency on Sunday met with bitter and scornful faces as they took to the streets in the city’s oldest suburb to celebrate their party “victory” in last week’s harmonised elections. The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has rejected the flawed polls and assured the nation that it will exhaust…
GABORONE – Botswana called on Monday for an independent audit of Zimbabwe’s disputed vote last week, saying the elections could not be considered acceptably free and fair in the regional southern African community. The statement from the government in Gaborone contrasted sharply with the unqualified endorsement given by South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, of the…
HARARE – National Constitutional Assembly chairperson Lovemore Madhuku yesterday commended the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for a job well done amid mounting allegations of vote-rigging and urged MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai to concede defeat. Madhuku yesterday told a news conference that Tsvangirai, who lost the polls to incumbent President Robert Mugabe, must accept the result…
HARARE – Six of the eight people who allegedly committed various election related offences have been remanded in custody. Beauty Maenzanise, 36, Nobosi Chamukwira, 42, Kudakwashe Mufari, 43, Annah Bvute and Phillip Mabika were remanded to August 7 for their trial by magistrate Tendai Mahwe while Malvern Maketshemu, 33, was remanded by magistrate Anita Tshuma…
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party, shocked by its overwhelming election defeat, has a battle on its hands to convince supporters it has any chance of taking power in the years to come. The Movement for Democratic Change’s survival may depend on a shakeup of its leadership, which many say was naive in entering a…
HARARE – Volatility in global metal and commodity prices has raised its ugly head and is likely to wreak havoc on the local recovering mining sector. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the near-term outlook for commodity prices, as reflected in future prices, shows broad declines across all main commodity groups, with prices projected…
HARARE – Progressive and Innovative Movement of Zimbabwe (PIMZ) president Tendai Munyanduri, believes the writing off of outstanding water bills by Zanu PF’s Ignatius Chombo, swayed people’s votes in favour of Zanu PF. “I believe the Zanu PF strategy of writing off water bills persuaded people to think otherwise and voted for the party,” Munyanduri…
