June 2018

HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for forcing school pupils to attend his rallies. Zinasu secretary-general, Ashley Pfunye, told MDC supporters during an electoral reforms demo in Harare on Tuesday: “He (Mnangagwa) acts as if he wants to become a headmaster because we have seen the abuse of…

HARARE – The late businessman Shingi Mukandi’s father Benjamin yesterday said he suspects foul play in his son’s death and ruled out the possibility of a road traffic accident. Mukandi was killed in an accident on July 22 last year while riding his motor bike. He was hit by an Isuzu KB truck driven by…

HARARE – Ahead of next month’s decisive polls, Zanu PF is fretting over threats by the Generation 40 (G40) faction, which has openly thrown its full weight behind the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa of the MDC. On Tuesday, the G40 faction, which is rabidly opposed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration joined the MDC…

HARARE – As the implementation of the $98 million National Broadband Project nears completion, TelOne is changing all the area codes and modifying telephone numbers countrywide. The area codes have been reduced from 195 to just 20 in line with the International Telecommunication Union regulations. The 20 area codes mean that some areas that previously…

HARARE – Aspiring Zanu PF candidate for Shamva South constituency, Bramwell Bushu, who is accused of breaching the Constitution by contesting for the seat on a ruling party ticket despite being a chief, has denied claims that he is a substantive traditional leader. His lawyer, Lovemore Madhuku, told High Court judge Emy Tsanga, that his…

HARARE – State broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), broke with tradition yesterday when it beamed live the MDC Alliance’s 2018 election manifesto launch. It was a rare broadcast in a country where television has been tightly controlled by the State, which has previously shut out the opposition from the small screen, unless if it…

HARARE – Harare City Council is set to partner with Agriliance (Pvt) Ltd in a commercialisation project of the city’s three farms. The three farms — Ingwe, Pension and Crowborough — were acquired in 1973 as part of the city’s sewerage treatment system. According to business committee minutes, in 2013 council was loaned $600 000…

HARARE – An inspector who probed a reported crack in the wall of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) head office extension at Kurima House has ruled out structural problems, a spokesperson has said. Zimra employees were on Wednesday forced to evacuate the office after a false alarm that the building had been damaged. According to…