April 2017

HARARE – The ugly tribal, factional and succession wars devouring President Robert Mugabe’s ruling Zanu PF have once again reached worrying levels, amid revelations that the party faction opposed to Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding President Robert Mugabe is facing a complete annihilation. This comes as the party’s national commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, remains under pressure…

HARARE – Former Industry and International Trade minister Nkosana Moyo has slammed bond notes, arguing the surrogate currency is “not the answer” to the country’s deepening cash crisis. The bond notes — valued at par with the United States dollar — were introduced in November last year by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in…

HARARE – Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s claim that the ruling party is “fumigating” elements bent on weakening it ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections has angered some people who claim that the statement reminds them of the Gukurahundi killings of innocent civilians in the early 1980s. This comes as Mnangagwa’s name has been mentioned regularly…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) has once again been rocked by chaos, with the party’s elders — Rugare Gumbo and Didymus Mutasa — announcing yesterday that they are still in charge, not former army general Agrippa Mutambara. The party, which was led by former vice president Joice Mujuru before a fallout between her…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday conducted field trials for Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits at Mabvuku High School in Harare, with two bidders’ systems being put under the test. Students from the school below the age of 18 were taken through a mock registration process to test the kits’ viability. The bidders,…

HARARE – The family of Chief Chirau yesterday came out guns blazing against Zanu PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere’s claim that the late traditional leader was a “sellout,” branding it a “false and unprofessional attack” and threatened to sue the embattled Local Government minister for libel. The angry family, fronted by Mostaff Chirau — a…

HARARE – Students living with disability have called for the formulation of an education policy tailored for their needs. According to the Deaf Zimbabwe Trust (DZT), disabled students are “the most neglected and forgotten”, and public schools must offer a special education programme sensitive to their requirements, which enables their academic progress. DZT official Barbra…