HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has set up a team to engage their disgruntled Alliance partners and party members who filed their papers as independent candidates. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC national chairperson Morgen Komichi said his party is making frantic efforts to solve the problems in the MDC Alliance. “We are…
BULAWAYO – People’s Rainbow Coalition (PRC) has expressed disappointment over unfair coverage from both the public and private media in a development the grouping said violates statutes of the Electoral Law which call for equal coverage. The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) guidelines on the conduct of free and fair elections also demand that all…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is set to auction confiscated goods and those seized for flouting various customs regulations, with the proceeds set to go towards the fiscus. This comes after the Authority’s commissioner general Faith Mazani ordered rummage sales to be held between this year and 2020 for uncleared goods currently stationed…
HARARE – Several Ghanaian investors are expected in Zimbabwe this month to explore investment opportunities. Ghana is likely to have one of the world’s fastest-growing economies this year, according to the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the Brookings Institution. Its projected growth in 2018, between 8,3 and 8,9 percent,…
HARARE – As confusion continues over the status of socialites Genius Kadungure and long-time partner Zodwa Mkandhla’s relationship, the two caused a scene in Mount Pleasant, Harare over the weekend, after Zodwa apparently “caught” Ginimbi with another girl. Ginimbi in an earlier radio interview said the couple had split and even went on to stay…
HARARE – As the clock ticks towards next month’s elections, main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has sensationally claimed that rivals were pulling everything out of their bags of tricks to deny his MDC Alliance victory at the forthcoming polls, including attempts on his life. [Adz]
HARARE – South Africa’s Alexander Forbes Group Holdings on Friday said its acquisition of a significant stake in African Artcurial Consultants (AAC) has received all the necessary relevant regulatory approvals. Andrew Darfoor, Alexander Forbes group chief executive, said AAC gives the specialised financial services group with its head office in Sandton, South Africa and business…
HARARE – The long-drawn Zimbabwe Airways saga refuses to go away, with under-fire Transport minister Joram Gumbo now standing accused of shielding ousted former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law, Simba Chikore, from incarceration — following claims that he recently kidnapped the new airline’s legal head, Bertha Zakeyo. For months now, the murky and fledgling new carrier…
HARARE – Intra-party violence significantly increased over the past few months, following political parties’ primary elections conducted ahead of the harmonised elections slated for July 30, a civil society organisation has said. According to a Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) report, the primary elections contributed much to the statistics of human rights violations recorded during the…
HARARE – MDC has filed papers challenging a $286k lawsuit filed by a local firm which claims to have advanced the amount to the party as part of a loan agreement entered between the parties in 2016. According to court papers, Ishline Investments (Private) Limited is the applicant, while the MDC is cited as the…
