HARARE – President Robert Mugabe flies into the volatile Masvingo Province today for his youth interface rally amid ugly fighting within his deeply-divided Zanu PF whose factional and succession wars this week saw the military issuing a chilling warning to Cabinet minister and politburo member Jonathan Moyo over his criticism of a government-sponsored Command Agriculture…
HARARE – Former Industry and International Trade minister Nkosana Moyo announced yesterday that he will run for president in 2018, but his presidential bid has been met with whispers of disapproval, especially from civic society leaders who are concerned about the possibility of splitting the opposition vote. Moyo, who was appointed in President Robert Mugabe’s…
HARARE – Motorists and commuters were caught in a cross fire of fierce clashes between riot police and angry youths during yesterday’s evening rush hour which resulted in chaos in the Central Business District (CBD). For than two hours, police fought running battles with the youths who were later joined by the vendors who were…
VICTORIA FALLS – Spending too much time in leadership turns people evil, National Assembly speaker Jacob Mudenda has said. Mudenda told delegates at the on-going Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) congress here that leaders who consolidate power become very evil. Without naming anyone in particular, Mudenda — who took over as leader of National…
HARARE – Women with unwanted pregnancies must be able to undergo safe abortions in a move that could save countless lives in a country with high maternal death rate, Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has said. The Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1977 (Chapter 15:10) that bans abortion in the southern African nation must…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe will not align subsidiary legislation to the new Constitution because that will be tantamount to reforming himself out of power, a former Cabinet minister has said. Paul Mangwana — co-chairperson of the parliamentary committee that drove the constitutional reforms representing Mugabe’s Zanu PF party — told the Sapes Trust organised…
HARARE – Norton residents have organised a demonstration against legislator Temba Mliswa arguing that his interference in town council business was disrupting service delivery. Chairperson of Residents Forum Norton chapter Samson Nduna said Mliswa’s consistent interference was causing problems for management and elected officials. The demonstration is slated for July 4. “The legislator is very…
HARARE – Activist Patson Dzamara yesterday made an emotional plea to be spared jail saying it would strip his missing brother Itai’s children of a bread winner. Dzamara was subsequently ordered to perform 315 hours of community service at Rotten Row Magistrates Courts over charges of obstructing the course of justice during #Occupy Africa Unity…
HARARE – Activist Patson Dzamara yesterday made an emotional plea to be spared jail saying it would strip his missing brother Itai’s children of a bread winner. Dzamara was subsequently ordered to perform 315 hours of community service at Rotten Row Magistrates Courts over charges of obstructing the course of justice during #Occupy Africa Unity…
HARARE – New FC Platinum striker Takesure Chinyama, 34, says he will rock the Castle Lager Premiership the same way former Manchester United forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 35, stormed the English Premier League last season scoring goals at will. Ibrahimovic finished last season as Manchester United’s top goal scorer in the league with 17 goals in…
