HARARE – Current Miss Zimbabwe Bongani Dlakama’s reign will end mid-year. She takes us back through her tumultuous reign. What projects did you undertake as Miss Zimbabwe? Do you believe you have achieved your targets? When I was crowned Miss Zimbabwe, I had a passion to work with children. I wanted to do projects which…
HARARE – Despite the uncertainty facing Zimbabwe’s economy following President Robert Mugabe’s election victory, economic experts say the country’s platinum reserves may raise hopes in the mining sector. This comes after Finance minister Tendai Biti recently revised the mining sectors’ growth target for this year from 17,1 percent to 5,3 percent due to falling metal…
GWERU – In one of the most disturbing incidents, an outgoing MDC councillor in Redcliff could not vote because his name was not on the voters’ roll. The former councillor, who refused to be named, said it was strange that after people voted him in the last election where he also cast his vote, he…
HARARE – While Zanu PF is poised for a majority two thirds in Parliament and their presidential candidate Robert Mugabe set to win resoundly, social and political commentators have urged the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai not to lose heart and regroup. Rashweat Mukundu said while there were signs of rigging, “it was also a…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe, was yesterday declared winner of Zimbabwe’s presidential election, but rival Morgan Tsvangirai said he would challenge the outcome in court and asked supporters to avoid violence. Tsvangirai said the controversial result means that Zimbabwe is back to the economic and political crisis that hit the country in 2008. The 89-year-old…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF might have swept to victory through foul means as alleged by rivals, but the grim reality of dealing with a stunted economy and creating jobs are the sternest test for the 89-year-old ruler. Mugabe might also not have the stamina to effectively supervise his ministers, a…
HARARE – Opposition Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) leader Simba Makoni has rejected election results alleging his former party Zanu PF has rigged the outcome. The former Finance minister, who entered into an anti-President Robert Mugabe coalition with Morgan Tsvangirai, told the Daily News on Sunday that Zanu PF engineered the results of the just ended crunch harmonised…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has won a seventh term in office, officials say, amid claims of electoral fraud. Mugabe, 89, won 61 percent of the vote, against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s 34 percent. Tsvangirai earlier said the elections for Parliament and president were fraudulent and promised to take legal action. He said his…
HARARE – There was a time when he was welcomed to a state banquet at Buckingham Palace and knighted by the Queen. Now that Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, has claimed another election win, the quandary for Western governments is whether the time has come to roll out the red carpet and end his international isolation….
HARARE – Zimbabwe yesterday released its full and official results for a disputed election in which President Robert Mugabe’s party romped to victory, and as the opposition held emergency talks over the “sham” polls. Full results showed Mugabe’s Zanu PF party had won two-thirds majority in Parliament required to press ahead with controversial amendments to…
