HARARE – Opposition MPs have raised concern against Parliament saying it is snubbing the burial of deceased House of Assembly members. Speaking in the House of Assembly this week, Norton Independent MP Temba Mliswa said the august House had snubbed the burial of Zanu PF MP for Chiwundura Kizito Chivamba and MDC proportional representative member…
BULAWAYO – The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (Crisis) has said it is concerned with the continued involvement of State security agents in matters involving the country’s elections. With opposition political parties and civic organisations having upped their ante in calling for a level electoral playing field, Coalition spokesperson Dumisani Nkomo told journalists here yesterday that…
BULAWAYO – Former Education minister David Coltart has warned opposition parties and civic society that Zanu PF will not easily give in to electoral reforms. With time running out before eagerly anticipated 2018 elections, the respected lawyer said only a united opposition was the solution against the ruling party which has been accused of rigging…
HARARE – State-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH) — managers of ZTV — has defended its censorship of live parliamentary debates, arguing it was their editorial policy, targeted at making the channel family friendly. This comes after opposition political parties yesterday slammed the national broadcaster for censoring Parliament debates whenever MPs question matters that portray Zanu…
HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has laid into the commander of the Defence Forces, General Constantino Chiwenga — telling him to stop barking from the sidelines and daring him to remove his military uniform and join politics full-time if he desires a political career. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, in the wake…
HARARE – Regional Zanu PF elections to choose a substantive chairperson for the volatile Masvingo Province have been thrown into disarray after one of the candidates, Mutero Masanganise, pulled out of the race yesterday claiming that the poll had not been sanctioned by the politburo. Masanganise is said to be aligned to the ruling party’s Generation…
HARARE – Opposition parties yesterday slammed President Robert Mugabe and demanded his immediate resignation after he ridiculously claimed that Zimbabwe is only second to South Africa (SA) in terms of development on the continent. The recently turned 93 leader, whose government is accused of decimating Zimbabwe’s economy and causing untold suffering to ordinary masses, told…
HARARE – Activist cleric Phillip Mugadza — famed for allegedly prophesying that President Robert Mugabe will die on October 17 this year — has slammed the State for discriminating him on religious grounds. Mugadza, who argued that the State charged him for exercising his Christian beliefs, appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba and made an…
HARARE – Opposition political parties have blasted the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings’ ZBCTV for censoring live parliamentary debates whenever MPs question matters that put Zanu PF and the government in bad light. It has almost become a trend that when MPs ask sensitive issues, the national broadcaster crosses over to commentators who will be on stand-by…
HARARE – Norton Council has approached the courts seeking a protection order against the town’s legislator Temba Mliswa, whom they accuse of harassing the local authority’s employees. In an interview with the Daily News this week, the town’s chairperson Precious Mufahore, said the protection order was to bar the former Zanu PF official from getting…
