PRETORIA – The Democratic Alliance (DA) has laid complaints with the police against President Jacob Zuma, his son Duduzane, three Gupta brothers, and various cabinet ministers whom they accuse of treason, corruption and racketeering in charges related to state capture. Those mentioned in the complaint include, Atul Gupta, Ajay Gupta, Rajesh “Tony” Gupta, Ashu Chawla,…
KIGALI – There will be no spur of the moment Twitter rants by Rwanda’s presidential candidates, as the election commission has ruled that it must pre-approve all of their social media updates. “We are asking (candidates) to present us their messages, their drafts” to verify that they are not against the law,” electoral commission head…
HARARE – With all eyes on President Robert Mugabe’s mega rally in Marondera on Friday, Zanu PF insiders say the nonagenarian will not only be launching his 2018 election campaign in earnest, but will also once again use this gathering and others to follow to “crush” the ambitions of his lieutenants aspiring to succeed him….
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday conferred national hero status to the late war veteran and nationalist Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who died Monday. Ndlovu, 86, was Bulawayo’s first black mayor in post-independent Zimbabwe and former deputy president of the Senate. He died in Bulawayo in the early hours of Monday after a long battle with…
BULAWAYO – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has ordered the council here to immediately put on sale one of the two recently purchased mayoral vehicles, with the proceeds to be channelled towards service delivery. The city’s mayor Martin Moyo recently took delivery of a $118 000 Mercedes Benz GLE 250, hardly three months after the local…
HARARE – Dendera musician Suluman Chimbetu was yesterday dragged to court for the second time by ex-wife Marygold Mutemasango after he allegedly defaulted on $800 maintenance for their two children. The 35-year-old — popularly known as Sulu — was represented by Cornwell Mutevhe when he appeared before Harare magistrate Annia Ndiraya. He denied charges of…
HARARE – Zanu PF factional fights in the volatile Masvingo Province are far from over after deputy chairperson Amasi Nenjana yesterday accused the faction rallying behind Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa of trying to form their own politburo. Nenjana, who is strongly linked to the rival Generation 40 (G40) faction, accused senior party members of recognising…
HARARE – South Africa (SA)’s Higher Education minister Blade Nzimande has slammed President Robert Mugabe’s long-ruling Zanu PF, labelling it a “rural party”. The general secretary of South African Communist Party (SACP) – an ally of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) – told a Cosatu meeting in Pretoria on Monday that Zanu PF had…
HARARE – Former Vice President Joice Mujuru has once again said she was on the verge of taking over from President Robert Mugabe, only to be stopped in her tracks by a band of male “chauvinists” and women against her ascendency. The newly-formed opposition National People’s Party (NPP) leader said this last week in her…
HARARE – Nurses have called off demonstrations as union leaders and government open talks over bitterly-disputed contracts. This comes as the dispute between government and nurses — newly engaged and those with up to 10 years of experience — has escalated in the past days. Last week, nurses walked off the job for a day…
