HARARE – MDC Alliance officials arrested on Saturday evening for entering Mutare Main Police Camp to protest the “appalling” handling of the ongoing postal ballot by the police have been released. Simon Chabuka, Godwin Sithole and Walter Mutwayo have been summoned to appear before the courts on Friday to answer to trespassing charges. The three…
HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said he arranged for the escape of then vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa in the wake of his abrupt removal from the post by fallen despot Robert Mugabe. Speaking for the first time about the behind-the-scenes manoeuvres that enabled Mnangagwa to escape after his defenestration, Chiwenga told mourners in…
HARARE – Former deputy minister and outgoing MP for Magunje Godfrey Gandawa has urged his supporters to vote for Nelson Chamisa and not President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister said his family and supporters will not vote for Mnangagwa. Gandawa was expelled from Zanu PF for dabbling in G40 factional…
HARARE – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa is revelling in the seeming endorsement he got from Zimbabwe’s biggest dancehall star Winky D. Winky D, who has brought Jamaican vibes to the country, has just dropped a hot rack dubbed Parliament that is being widely seen as an endorsement for Chamisa. The multiple award-winning Zimdancehall…
MUTARE – MDC youth leader Happymore Chidziva has warned that they are prepared to retaliate if Zanu PF resorts to violence in the run-up to the high stakes July 30 harmonised election. Addressing almost 20 000 MDC Alliance supporters at Sakuba Stadium in Mutare on Saturday, Chidziva said Zanu PF did not have monopoly over…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) should build the confidence of all stakeholders and stop being dismissive, militant and intransigent when confronted with evidence of electoral malpractices, analysts have said. This comes after Zec last Friday trashed social media reports alleging irregularities in postal voting currently underway ahead of the July 30 presidential, parliamentary and…
HARARE – The High Court will today hear an application by the Association of Rural Teachers Unions of Zimbabwe (Artuz) seeking an order that the court’s interdict stopping misuse of schools and abuse of schoolchildren for election purposes should remain in force pending the hearing of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s appeal. This comes after the Masvingo…
HARARE – A magistrate court will deliver a verdict on July 27 in the trial of musician Andrew Ngwenya — popularly known as Andy Muridzo — charged over a hit-and-run accident that resulted in three cars being damaged. Ngwenya, 37, is answering to charges of contravening the Road Traffic Act. He drove without a driver’s…
HARARE – A Harare man has been hauled before the courts for allegedly defacing MDC Alliance posters at a neighbour’s house. Blessmore Zhuwau, 26, of Mt Hampden, appeared before Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo on Saturday charged with malicious damage to property and contravening section 152(1) of the Electoral Act which prohibits destruction of political campaign…
HARARE – Eight Zanu PF youths that reportedly attacked fellow party supporters during a brawl over a ruling party office appeared in court on Saturday. Workmore Hwema, 44, Tichaona Madziwa, 39, Blessing Munyaradzi, 38, Paul Muriyenda, 29, Chamunorwa Mahamba, 25, Brighton Billiat, 19, Evans Tome, 38, and Atlast Tome, 29, appeared before Harare magistrate Francis…
