HARARE – Firebrand war veteran Margaret Dongo,yesterday launched a new political party to challenge President Robert Mugabe’s warring Zanu PF, noting bluntly that arrogant and corrupt ruling party bigwigs were fomenting Zimbabwe’s mounting political and economic woes. The new party, the Movement for People First — which is different from the “original” Zanu PF formation…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s wife Grace, who is the women’s league secretary, has snubbed an invite to attend a women’s league national congress by South Africa’s ruling ANC this week. Instead, Grace’s deputy in the Zanu PF women’s league, Eunice Nomthandazo Sandi-Moyo, who is also the minister of State for Provincial Affairs for Bulawayo,…
HARARE – Police yesterday attempted to block Congress of Zimbabwe Trade Unions (Cozitu) from delivering their petition to Parliament protesting the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court to allow employers to give three months’ notice before termination of employment contracts. Twelve officers in anti-riot gear confronted Cozitu secretary-general Raymond Majongwe as he led dozens of…
HARARE – Electoral Court judge Chinembiri Bhunu yesterday declared that there was no law that provided for one to be registered as a voter in a constituency that he seeks to stand in as an election candidate. Bhunu said this in a pre-trial conference for an application filed by former Zanu PF provincial chair for…
KINSHASA – A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing two children, Information Minister Lambert Mende has said. It was also felt in neighbouring Rwanda were authorities reported minor injuries. The epicentre of the quake was near Lake Tanganyika and Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province in DR Congo, the…
NEW YORK – Donald Trump continued to dominate the Republican race for US president by causing further controversies in the first debate. The tycoon’s refusal to rule out a third-party run drew boos from the audience on Thursday night. And he stood by offensive comments he has made in the past about women. The 10…
HARARE – All eyes will be on President Robert Mugabe and former Vice President Joice Mujuru on Monday, when the two feuding liberation struggle stalwarts are expected to come face to face at the National Heroes Acre in Harare — their first meeting since General Solomon Mujuru’s popular widow was brutally purged from the post-congress…
HARARE – East Zanu PF Member of Parliament Terence Mukupe, was on Tuesday detained overnight on alleged public violence charges. While efforts to contact the former investment banker and the police were fruitless yesterday, at least three independent sources confirmed late Wednesday that he had been freed “without any official charge”. In addition to a…
HARARE – MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s overtures urging those who had left his party and crossed floors to a rival MDC outfit led by Tendai Biti to return to the opposition party have been snubbed. Following an acrimonious fallout with some of his former comrades, including former treasurer-general Elton Mangoma who was calling for leadership…
BULAWAYO – The Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu yesterday accused Zimbabwe’s opposition political parties of lack of commitment in working together to challenge President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF and solve some of the country’s biggest problems. Zapu said it was dismissing the possibility of a grand coalition given the ambivalence shown by their colleagues. “The party has…
