HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his ever fighting Zanu PF party are in panic mode as they fear losing the 2018 elections, with the rotting economy only worsening their fright, analysts and opposition parties said. Mugabe, the only leader Zimbabwe has ever known since independence in 1980, is also struggling to contain factionalism in…
HARARE – Hell indeed has no fury than a woman scorned. After waiting patiently expecting marriage only to be spurned, a self-acclaimed socialite Vimbai Tanyanyiwa is now suing her former lover, a lawyer whom she claims misled her and ended up marrying another woman. The 25-year-old confessed she had even tried to stop Stephen Chikotora’s…
HARARE – The Chitungwiza Municipality has been dragged before the High Court after it “illegally” sold a single residential stand to two desperate home seekers. According to court papers, the council initially sold stand number 23394 Unit L Chitungwiza to Shelton Chimanya, before reselling it to Sekai Kashiri and her husband only identified as Mandiopera….
HARARE – As the country hurtles towards the crunch 2018 elections — human rights violations are increasing by the day with civil society warning that the situation will only get worse. Recently, four activists including missing journalist Itai Dzamara’s brother Patson were abducted by suspected State agents, before being tortured ahead of a planned demonstration…
HARARE – Over 110 families residing at Stoneridge Farm risk having their homes demolished, after the owner of the property Mohamed Sabir Patel approached the High Court seeking an eviction. Patel claims that the land was illegally sold to desperate home-seekers, by Elijah Sibanda and Mbingwani Mbingwani, who are now subjects of criminal litigation at…
CHIMANIMANI – Zanu PF candidate Nokuthula Matsikenyere won the Chimanimani by-election with 11 074 votes, beating three other contestants, amid claims the ruling party used violence and all means necessary to retain the seat. The seat fell vacant after Zanu PF expelled Munacho Mutezo on allegations that he was a member of the former Vice…
HARARE – Long-suffering Zimbabweans are bracing for another difficult and potentially eventful week — with a massive anti-government demonstration planned for Wednesday by the country’s opposition, while President Robert Mugabe’s under fire administration is expected to finally introduce the much-feared bond notes tomorrow. At the same time, the increasingly frail nonagenarian is scheduled to present…
BULAWAYO – Under-fire Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has escalated his attacks against Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF supporters who are known by the moniker Team Lacoste, bluntly accusing them again of working to push President Robert Mugabe out of power. In his no-holds barred assault on Mnangagwa as he addressed the…
HARARE – Bond notes are set to be introduced tomorrow through normal banking channels in $2 and $5 denominations, with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) using an initial tranche valued at $10 million on a $50 daily and $150 weekly maximum withdrawal limit, the country’s apex bank announced yesterday. In a statement, the RBZ…
HARARE – Stunning Ashley Morgan won the Miss Tourism Zimbabwe pageant which lit up Harare International Conference Centre on Friday night. For winning arguably the classiest local pageant in recent memory, Ashley pocketed $20 000 made available by First Lady Grace Mugabe who was accompanied by her daughter Bona and son-in-law Simba Chikore. According to…
