HARARE – TETRAD Investment Bank Limited (Tetrad) has applied for civil imprisonment of businessman Jameson Rushwaya after he allegedly failed to pay $174 000 owed to the financial institution. Tetrad Investment Bank is part of the Tetrad Group, a Zimbabwe-based organisation with interests in the financial services sector, insurance, property and other areas of commerce….
HARARE – Despite the latest survey suggesting a possible dead heat in next week’s crunch polls, any hopes of Zimbabwe stitching together another government of national unity (GNU) are dead in the water — with both President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa ruling out such an arrangement yesterday, the Daily News can…
HARARE – Plans by the MDC Alliance to demonstrate against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) today were thrown into disarray yesterday after police refused to sanction the protests due to the “absence of manpower” — as many officers are said to be undergoing training ahead of next week’s national elections. At the same time tempers…
HARARE – The wife of former deputy Finance minister and Zanu PF Mutoko South Member of Parliament (MP) David Chapfika has won a divorce settlement in the High Court. After a convoluted divorce battle, Abina Chapfika (nee Mutimusakwa) — his wife of over 32-years — won unlimited use of their motor vehicles, namely Toyota Vigo,…
HARARE – Former Cabinet minister Walter Mzembi yesterday told the court that he was undergoing cancer treatment in South Africa when he missed a court hearing. Mzembi — who is facing a slew of corruption charges — was represented by Job Sikhala who tendered proof that his client was battling cancer, and had missed a…
HARARE – A bulletins manager at ZBC yesterday denied commissioning or airing news items that Zanu PF legislator and television personality Oscar Pambuka charged Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) $12 650 for. Maziwisa and Pambuka are answering to fraud charges before Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube. They allegedly charged ZPC $12 650 for facilitating to have the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) said yesterday it welcomes the decision by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to review the positioning of voting booths ahead of next Monday’s harmonised elections by reverting back to the set-up in previous elections. The proposed positioning of the voting booths which would have seen voters casting…
HARARE – ZANU PF has dragged two erstwhile members contesting as parliamentary candidates in the forthcoming elections, seeking to bar them from using its slogans in their campaigns. In two separate urgent chamber applications, Zanu PF is suing Wilbert Mubaiwa and Oswell Ndumo Gwanzura, accusing them of using President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s picture on their T-shirts…
HARARE – The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has deployed a short-term election observer mission for next Monday’s harmonised elections. The advance party of the Comesa delegation arrived in Harare on Saturday. Ambassador Ashraf Gamal Rashed, a member of the Comesa Committee of Elders from Egypt, is leading the mission. He is…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will today wind up a two-day training for election agents for all political parties participating in Monday’s crucial national harmonised elections. In a statement Zec’s acting chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana said those who will complete the training will form part of the observation teams for the polls….
