HARARE – The chasm between the incumbent and his predecessor is widening, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa accusing a Zanu PF faction used by former president Robert Mugabe to persecute him before the military’s intervention last November of being behind the Saturday bomb attack which has so far claimed two lives. Mnangagwa escaped death by a…
HWANGE – Hundreds of Zanu PF supporters here were left dejected after President Emmerson Mnangagwa failed to show up at a rally where he had been expected to address at the Hwange Colliery Stadium. With the visibly excited crowd having started trickling into the stadium as early as 7am, it came as a surprise to…
HARARE – Leader of the 1980 Freedom Movement Francis Danha who was arrested after staging a protest during a peace pledge in Harare on Tuesday is contesting his prosecution over disorderly conduct charges arguing he was exercising his freedom of expression. Danha was brought to the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday after his arrest by Law…
HARARE – Opposition National Patriotic Front (NPF) leader, Ambrose Mutinhiri, has spurned an appeal by former president Robert Mugabe’s nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, to throw his weight behind MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, in next month’s election. Responding to Zhuwao’s plea that he accept the reality that the two leading contenders in the coming elections were…
HARARE – The officer-in-charge of Borrowdale Police Station who is being charged with attempted murder after allegedly scalding his second wife with boiling water following a heated dispute over supper was yesterday denied bail and will languish in remand prison for the whole of next week. Simbarashe Sibanda was initially charged with physical abuse when…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says the window is still open for the submission of Income Tax Returns, critical for the issuance of tax clearance certificates. Zimra had earlier indicated that the deadline for the submission of the Income Tax Returns was April 30. But in a notice yesterday, the tax authority urged…
HARARE – The Election Resource Centre (ERC) said it will conduct an independent audit of the voters’ roll to be used for the forthcoming harmonised polls. This follows the release of the voters’ roll by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in electronic format. While acknowledging that the development was an improvement from the 2013 synchronised…
HARARE – The United States’ Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate has approved a bipartisan legislation that lays the framework for the removal of sanctions slapped on Harare. The bill was introduced by Senators Jeff Flake and Chris Coons. In April, the duo led a bipartisan Congressional delegation to Harare to explore ways to normalise…
HARARE – A crazed pre-election demand for the United States dollar has pushed the black market premium to an all-time high as shortages of foreign exchange fuels a roaring currency black market now driving up food prices. Prices of basic commodities over the past few weeks have risen as businesses seek to insulate themselves from…
MUTARE – ZANU PF politburo member and Makoni Central candidate, Patrick Chinamasa, has warned the opposition that it will receive a heavy shellacking in the forthcoming elections as Makoni was a one-party district. The former liberation movement holds all the parliamentary seats in Makoni District and Chinamasa declared that Zanu PF would maintain its stranglehold…
