July 2018

HARARE – Government is courting insurance and property giant — Old Mutual — to supports its ambitious agricultural and housing development programmes as it seeks to revive its romance with the private sector following years of frosty relations. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government seeks to jump-start the agricultural sector and construct thousands of houses for desperate…

HARARE – Fearful teachers have claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has dispatched public service and education officials to schools across the country, whom they suspect to be intelligence officials on surveillance missions, ahead of this month’s elections. Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima could not be reached for comment at the time of…

HARARE – Zimbabweans should stay calm and participate in peaceful harmonised elections as violence is associated with stunted growth among developing countries’ economies, an international peace initiative watchdog has said. Heavenly Culture, World Peace and Restoration of Light (HWPL) urged local political players to partner religious bodies in a multi-stakeholder approach so as to preach…

HARARE – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has, in the event of winning this month’s crunch national elections, ruled out his government repossessing land from thousands of people who benefitted from the 2000 chaotic agrarian reforms. Addressing party supporters in the once prime farming area of Mvurwi in Mashonaland Central Province at the weekend,…

HARARE – Goodness and Mercy Ministries’s Tapiwa Freddy has been hit with a $100 000 lawsuit after publishing a prophecy that allegedly exposed a Harare man’s extra marital affair. The plaintiff, Berry Mutimbe of Unit O Seke, Chitungwiza, wants Freddy to foot defamation damages of $100 000 because his community now sees him as an…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has relegated former liberation fighters to back benchers in the supposed new dispensation and surrounded himself with the same criminals that were around deposed leader Robert Mugabe, war veterans have said. Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA) spokesperson Douglas Mahiya said war veterans had fought fiercely for the removal…

HARARE – Local authorities have appealed to the parliamentary portfolio committee to coerce the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) to disburse the full amount for road repairs and maintenance. In a report released last week by the committee on Local Government, councils complained that Zinara’s staggered disbursements were not alleviating the road problem. Urban and…

HARARE – Former Morgan Tsvangirai’s ally Eddie Cross believes his former mentor’s nemesis President Emmerson Mnangagwa has turned a new leaf and is on the right track, subtly endorsing him as a viable candidate for the July 30 polls. Mnangagwa plunges into his first presidential election at the end of this month with the prospect…

HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to do everything possible to stop the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) from manipulating the July 30 general elections in favour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Opposition political parties have been demanding a raft of electoral reforms that they argue will guarantee a free and fair election. Part…

HARARE – Unless President Emmerson Mnangagwa deals with those who are out to destroy him his life will remain under constant threat, social and political analysts contend. The recent bomb attack in Bulawayo is not the first time that the president’s life has been threatened as there have been multiple attempts on his life over…