HARARE – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa, has spoken at the Oxford Union about his contentious rise to the MDC presidency. The 40-year-old opposition leader spoke to students about the recent MDC split over leadership struggles that have seen one of the vice presidents Thokozani Khupe walk out to form her own movement. Chamisa…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s rebuke of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) over its involvement in the running of Zanu PF primary elections has received mixed reactions, with some analysts saying he was right to censure the force while others seriously doubted his sincerity. This comes after allegations that Zanu PF used ZRP, Central Intelligence…
HARARE – A Glen Norah supermarket owner and his employees are facing murder charges after taking turns to fatally assault a man who had stolen a portion of meat. The culprits appeared in court yesterday, where they were denied bail, after the State argued that they were facing a serious crime that calls for capital…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s judiciary system suffered yet another embarrassment yesterday after inmates at Harare’s remand prison could not attend court for the second day. The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS)’s failure to bring prisoners to court due to the deplorable state of its vehicles resulted in dozens of cases not being heard, with magistrates…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has dragged an employee to court over a potential prejudice of $2 million after he illegally accessed the institution’s paynet server while on sick leave. Stephen Moreka, 38, appeared before Harare magistrate Victoria Mashambe charged with contravening section 163 of the Criminal Law Act or alternatively unauthorised access…
BULAWAYO – Leased equipment from Transnet has stabilised the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)’s operational capacity, enabling the parastatal to reach a peak in its operations. President Emmerson Mnangagwa in February unveiled 13 locomotives, 34 passenger coaches and 200 wagons from Transnet as part of measures to revive the parastatal under an agreement with the…
HARARE – There was drama in the National Assembly yesterday after fuming opposition legislators labelled President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration a “coup government” after Zanu PF legislators rejected a demand by the opposition to have the firm printing the ballot paper agreed to by all contesting parties. The MDC also wants an audit of the quality…
HARARE – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday complained that the British government was overlooking crucial democratic reforms in favour of managing political stability in Zimbabwe, warning this could lead to post-election instability. Speaking at Chatham House in London yesterday, Chamisa expressed concern over what he said was the inclination of the British government…
HARARE – Cabinet will sit on Thursday this week just after President Emmerson Mnangagwa returns home from Qatar where he held high-level talks with his counterpart Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. Chief secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda said the meeting would be held at the usual venue and time. “The chief secretary…
HARARE – Acting President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday denied using bleaches to lighten his skin tone. Speaking publicly for the first time at the burial of his late sister Margaret Machekabuwe at Machekabuwe farm yesterday, Chiwenga claimed he had contracted a sickness during Operation Restore Legacy that changed his complexion, according to the State-run Herald newspaper….
