MUTARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told thousands of Zanu PF supporters here that elections would be held in July. The revelation comes amid calls by Zanu PF’s rival and civic organisations for the president to announce the election roadmap that spells out the actual poll dates. Mnangagwa pleaded with party supporters who thronged Sakubva…
HARARE – Since the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led new dispensation took charge last November, long-suffering Zimbabweans feel the country’s economy has remained in the doldrums. The cash crisis, which started during deposed president Robert Mugabe’s rule, has worsened, the illegal foreign currency market is flourishing, while Zimstats recently said Zimbabwe’s year-on-year inflation edged up to 2,71…
HARARE – Farmers on resettled land burnt 700 000 hectares of land out of a total 1 268 534 hectares that was consumed by veld fires in the year ended 2017. The 1 268 534 hectares that went up in smoke, destroying valuable deciduous trees, wildlife and property represents a 300 percent increase of total…
HARARE – The death of businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei’s father dealt a major blow on government business this week as virtually all ministers abandoned their workstations to attend his burial — in a development that also paralysed Parliament’s business. There was a virtual government business shut-down in Parliament on Wednesday as President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his deputy…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s mother-in-law, Helga Mubaiwa, has dragged the ruling Zanu PF party to the High Court challenging the outcome of the recently-conducted primary elections. Mubaiwa lost the poll to rival, Munyaradzi Kashambe, who was declared the winner to represent Zanu PF as its parliamentary candidate for the Seke constituency, in the…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s “scientific illiteracy” is the main reason why the country’s economy will not improve anytime soon, opposition New Patriotic Front (NPF) leader Tendai Munyanduri has said. He alleges Ambrose Mutinhiri and his cabal stole the name “New Patriotic Front” from him. Munyanduri rebranded his Progressive and Innovative Movement of Zimbabwe (PIMZ)…
HARARE – Opposition political parties have said pronouncements by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscillah Chigumba that they will only be allowed to observe the printing process of ballot papers were not sufficient enough to allay their rigging fears. On Wednesday, Chigumba said the electoral body’s commissioners had unanimously agreed that it was unconstitutional for…
HARARE – CAPS United coach Lloyd Chitembwe is set to show his ruthless side by dropping a number of under-performing stars for his team’s Castle Lager Premiership match against Highlanders this weekend. The Green Machine travel to Bulawayo to take on Bosso at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday still smarting from last weekend’s 1-2 home defeat…
HARARE – Dynamos coach Biggie Zuze wants his charges to build on their confidence-boosting victory over Bulawayo Chiefs last weekend in his first game after taking over from Lloyd Mutasa, who was sacked following a dreadful start to the season. The Glamour Boys host FC Platinum at Rufaro Stadium on Sunday knowing victory would end…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) yesterday appointed India’s Lalchand Rajput as the national team’s interim coach to replace the sacked Heath Streak. Rajput, a former India opener with two Tests to his name, has previously been in-charge of India’s coaching set-up during their World T20 triumph in 2007. He has also coached Afghanistan, after having…
