HARARE – A ZANU PF politburo member who became a symbol of resistance against former president Robert Mugabe’s regime stirred a hornet’s nest over the weekend by insinuating that former liberation war fighters will not accept an MDC Alliance victory at the impending polls. Victor Matemadanda — a deputy minister of War Veterans and secretary…
HARARE – Government is caught between a rock and a hard place on whether to use force in quashing escalating anti-Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) protests or stick to its desire to project itself as a reformed administration, analysts said. When President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration came to power via a de-facto coup in November last year,…
HARARE – A former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) employee who was released from police custody by ex-vice president Phelekezela Mphoko in 2016 is now facing criminal prosecution over graft charges. Mphoko stirred controversy in July 2016, after he stormed Avondale Police Station and ordered the release of then Zinara’s chief executive officer Moses Juma…
HARARE – Schools will close on Thursday, at least two weeks earlier than had been scheduled, a development which has been necessitated by the harmonised polls set for Monday. President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed July 30 as the date for elections. Initially, schools were supposed to close on August 9. The ministry of Primary and Secondary…
HARARE – The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned that the country — especially the central, eastern and southern regions — will continue to be cold, cloudy and windy. MSD, however, said it should start getting warmer later during the week. This comes as hospitals are reporting a surge in the number of young and…
HARARE – Harare’s perennial water shortages have seen certain parts of the city and the Avenues area going without water for two months. The city has been hard hit by a lack of water which prompted council and aid agencies to drill boreholes in strategic areas for use by the residents. Residents at Megawatt Court…
HARARE – Dark clouds are hanging over former Zanu PF Harare province political commissar — Shadreck Mashayamombe and four other people — whose bid for the courts to drop charges of public violence against them — have been rejected by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Mashayamombe, who was sacked from Zanu PF last November following…
HARARE – The MDC Alliance is between a hard place and a rock as it holds a crucial meeting with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over key demands it wants addressed before Monday’s national harmonised elections. However, today’s meeting could be futile as Zec yesterday said it had dealt with finality on the contentious issue…
HARARE – On March 4, 1980, Prime Minister-elect Robert Mugabe gave his first ever speech to an independent Zimbabwe which captured the attention of the world as he promised to bury the country’s past after years of conflict with the then Rhodesian government and its forces. Zimbabwe had just come out of a bitter and…
HARARE – Ngezi Platinum Stars coach Tonderai Ndiraya sees the next five matches as crucial to their Castle Lager Premiership title challenge after reducing the gap on log leaders FC Platinum to just two points. After a bright start to this year’s campaign in which they went for 14 matches unbeaten, the platinum miners’ title…
