HARARE – As Zimbabwe’s crunch national elections draw ever closer, the jostling for votes is increasingly taking an ominous tone — with leading presidential candidates and the under-fire chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Priscilla Chigumba, now major targets of social media abuse. This comes as Zec has filed a formal report to the…
HARARE – An ugly fight has broken out among family and church members of the late mystic preacher, Aaron Mhukuta — who was also commonly known as Mudzidzi Wimbo — and who was famous for having allegedly prophesied six decades ago that Zimbabwe would one day be led by ousted former president Robert Mugabe. Wimbo…
HARARE – The group of prominent people known as The Elders — who use their collective experience and influence to try and achieve peace and justice around the world — will visit the country this week. While in the country, they will meet with the leaders of political parties, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and…
HARARE – Police have arrested one man captured on video in Zanu PF regalia while firing live bullets into the air. Police spokesperson Charity Charamba told the Daily News that they have since launched a manhunt for his other accomplices. Their video has gone viral on social media in a development that has raised fears…
HARARE – A Harare man drove away from a Zuva Service Station in Mabelreign without paying, after filling a container he was carrying with 1 000 litres of diesel, a Harare court heard yesterday. Joseph Chirunga, 43, of Retreat Park in Waterfalls appeared before Harare magistrate Milton Serima charged with fraud. He was released on…
HARARE – The Harare City Council has shortlisted a man fired from State tax agency Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) over a $300 000 import scam for the town clerk position. Sacked former Zimra finance director Robert Mangwiro has been shortlisted for the top post together with acting town clerk Hosea Chisango. Mangwiro was interviewed for…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is grossly misleading the country regarding food self sufficiency, a leading financial research firm has said. Equity Axis said latest trade data show a spike in maize imports. This comes against the background of repeated confirmation by authorities that Zimbabwe is now food self sufficient following a good harvest in…
HARARE – The Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) — a nonprofit, nongovernmental research organisation — will on Friday reveal its final findings how people intend to vote in the crunch July 30 vote. Zimbabwe is heading for a presidential, parliamentary and municipal vote — that will be the first since Robert Mugabe was forced to…
HARARE – MDC Alliance youths yesterday reportedly assaulted freelance journalist Tamuka Charakupa in Harare’s dormitory town of Chitungwiza, the Media Institute of Southern Afica Zimbabwe (Misa) Zimbabwe chapter said yesterday. According to Charakupa, he was assaulted following clashes between MDC Alliance youths and those from Zanu PF. He said the MDC Alliance youths were part…
HARARE – Gold output in Zimbabwe has generated close to a billion dollars in foreign currency receipts in the first six months of this year, the highest level in 10 years, thanks to higher production from small-scale miners, official data shows. Gold is Zimbabwe’s single largest mineral export. Statistics from Fidelity Printers and Refiners, a…
