HARARE – Zimbabwe should adhere to democratic principles outlined in the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) guidelines in the conduct of elections as that will be a key credibility test for observers, a top Sadc Parliamentary Forum (PF) official, Sheuneni Kurasha has said. Kurasha, who is the Sadc PF’s programmes manager for democracy and governance…
HARARE – University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura has approached the High Court, seeking to quash Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande’s ruling in which she said the educator must be prosecuted for corruptly awarding a PhD to former first lady Grace Mugabe. Nearly a fortnight ago, Mazhande ruled that Nyagura — who is being charged…
HARARE – Respected constitutional law expert and University of Zimbabwe lecturer Lovemore Madhuku has said the intervention by the army which culminated in former president Robert Mugabe’s resignation last November was illegal in terms of the country’s Constitution. Mugabe resigned in November following an army intervention, which saw the rise of Emmerson Mnangagwa to the…
BULAWAYO – Former Simba Makoni top ally Harry Peter Wilson who recently formed his own party, the Democratic Opposition Party (DOP) has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to solve the on-going cash crisis if he was sincere about stabilising the economy. This comes after long queues in the second largest city have been growing in the…
HARARE – Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) will today review their participation in the MDC Alliance electoral pact. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, TZ president Jacob Ngarivhume said the party which kick-started their congress last night will decide whether to continue in the MDC or not. “We are going to review our participation in the MDC…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has dragged a company that it contracted to repair its radio test equipment and failed to deliver after being paid $103 000. According to court papers, the applicants are Defence and War Veterans minister Constantino Chiwenga and commander of the ZNA Edzai Chimonyo, while the respondent is Pinepam…
HARARE – A gang of armed robbers comprising four teenagers that terrorised people in Epworth, stripping them naked and stealing their valuables have appeared in court. Lincoln Pelekamoyo, 19, Tinashe Samanyanga, 19, Robert Pelekamoyo, 18, and Blessing Nyakumbi, 18, also have a pending armed robbery case at the Harare Magistrates’ [Courts before the same magistrate…
HARARE – Two Harare men were busted attempting to smuggle three kilogrammes of ephedrine drugs that had been delivered through freight from India. Ephedrine is used for temporary relief of shortness of breath, chest tightness, and wheezing due to bronchial asthma but is also used as a weight loss drug. It is also said to…
HARARE – Minister of Information Simon Khaya Moyo surreptitiously licenced a radio station Khuluma FM in Bulawayo without calling for public applications or hearings, Parliament heard this week. Khuluma FM belongs to the ZBC. Magwegwe MP Anele Ndebele told Parliament that it is for that reason that “this side of the House has been clamouring…
CHIREDZI – MISA-Zimbabwe has sent an alert at which four journalists were this week assaulted outside the Chiredzi Magistrates’ Court at the end of Andrew Takashinga Bere’s bail hearing. Bere is accused of defrauding United States of America taxpayer funds amounting to $7 million during his stay in the country. The four journalists harassed are…
