HARARE – A Harare man who claimed to be President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son recently stormed his heavily-guarded Borrowdale residence demanding to see him before he was arrested. Brian Chitembeya, 31, was convicted of disorderly conduct when he appeared before Harare magistrate Josephine Sande who fined him $20 or 10 days behind bars for the offence….
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has formally expelled members who defied the party’s directive by registering to stand as independent candidates in the July 30 polls. Over 30 candidates are standing on the MDC Alliance ticket, despite losing the party’s primary elections held recently. Consequently, these have been dismissed from the party, including outgoing…
HARARE – Amnesty International (AI) has challenged presidential aspirants in the upcoming harmonised elections to commit themselves to addressing impunity for human rights violations. In a brief released this week, the global rights group said the July 30 elections in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa are emerging as the…
HARARE – In a ruling that is set to peg back politically-motivated violence and intimidation, two main MDC supporters have been slapped with a combined 24-month jail term for assaulting a Zanu PF sympathiser for wearing the ruling party’s T-shirt. The two brothers — Robert and Itai Kabvunza who are resident in Mutasa Central —…
HARARE – Telecommunications regulator Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is supporting local health facilities to access specialist services through its innovative tele-medicine programme, a Cabinet minister has said. Minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security Supa Mandiwanzira told delegates and residents of the resort town of Nyanga during an official opening…
HARARE – Zimbabwean resources companies have cut deals worth $3 million-plus with DRC corporations after participating at a mining exhibition in the central African country. The firms are working with large mining corporations such as Ivanhoe Mines, Kibali Gold Mine, Gecamines and Tenke Fungurume — whose mine holds one of the world’s largest known copper…
HARARE – Controversial dancer Beverly “Bev” Sibanda who is currently in neighbouring South Africa says her long-time manager Hapaguti “Harpers” Mapimhidze is “courting hunger to his house” by dumping her and managing Lady Storm aka Eriza. This comes after Mapimhidze revealed that he is now running the affairs of Lady Storm’s Swagga Band after Bev…
HARARE – Prominent Zimbabwean lawyer and author Petina Gappah who is based in Europe says she is the child inserted on the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC party’s symbol. Gappah, while claiming to be the child in the symbol said she would not be voting for the party. She wrote on her Facebook account, sarcastically under the…
HARARE – Makoni Central MDC Alliance aspiring legislator David Tekeshe has condemned the state of Rusape District Hospital as a house of death due to a crippling drug shortage at the back of government neglect of the health delivery service sector. Tekeshe, who is challenging Finance minister and Zanu PF politburo member Patrick Chinamasa, said…
HARARE – The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) must be commended for launching the Election Peace Pledge to ensure that peace and tranquillity prevail during the forthcoming harmonised elections. The initiative is crucial to the holding of peaceful elections since past polls have been marred by violence and intimidation. It is thus imperative that…
