HARARE – Learning is an ongoing process. Last week, my son in grade two refused to go to school until he had something to give to the teacher. He said “I want to donate my sports shorts to some children whose parents are dead”. I asked him why and he told me they had been…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday brushed-off calls for him to step down, saying he has the mandate to remain at the helm of the MDC until 2016. The former prime minister also poured cold water on calls for an extraordinary congress to decide leadership changes amid a feigned confidence crisis being created by…
HARARE – A mainstream MDC provincial executive who was arrested last week on insult charges for denigrating President Robert Mugabe at a funeral appeared in court yesterday. Tsepiso Mpofu, the Bulawayo provincial organising secretary, popularly known as “Iron Lady” in the MDC circles, appeared before Magistrate Gladmore Mushowe facing charges of violating Section 33 of…
HARARE – Four months after the MDC’s devastating electoral defeat, the rhythm of politics in the opposition party makes one’s head spin. Irreconcilable social forces are on the move and tending towards a clash. The moment for clarity has arrived. Among all the candidates vying for the MDC presidency, Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani…
BULAWAYO – The MDC Veterans Activists Association (MDCVAA) has charged that the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has been infiltrated by (mafikizolos) Johnny-come-late, who only care about getting positions while destroying the party from within. The association is a grouping of founding members of the worker-based party that has posed a serious threat to President Robert Mugabe’s…
HARARE – Convicted MDC chief elections office Morgen Komichi has lost his second appeal against sentence and conviction after a Harare magistrate ruled that there were no prospects of success. Komichi commenced his 350 hours community service at Mabelreign Clinic on Monday after he was convicted of fraud and contravening the Electoral Act. Magistrate Tendai…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s free spending government is splashing $16 million on top-of-the-range off-road vehicles at a time when many people are facing starvation. The tender, floated yesterday by the State Procurement Board, is inviting bids for Isuzu trucks and Toyota Prados. The Central Mechanical Engineering Department specifies in the tender that it is looking to…
BULAWAYO – Government must step in and assist Bulawayo revive its development and service delivery momentum lost during uncertainty created by the July election campaign, a city council official has said. Presenting a $156 million budget, councillor James Sithole, the chairman of the Finance and Development Committee, said the new government had a challenge in…
HARARE – High Court judge Chinembiri Bhunu has dismissed losing MDC House of Assembly candidate for Mt Pleasant Jameson Timba’s application to be furnished with an electronic voters’ roll. Timba sought an order compelling the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to re-open ballot boxes for the July 31, election for the constituency, citing electoral malpractices and…
HARARE – Two Murewa sisters allegedly tied their brother’s hands using a wire, before beating him to death, a High Court judge heard yesterday. Elizabeth Nyambayo and Theresa Nyarugwe are appearing before High Court judge Samuel Kudya facing murder charges, after they allegedly murdered their brother Hardson Nyarugwe. The two were jointly charged with Nyambayo’s…
