HARARE – Zimbabwe’s tourism is reaping rewards of increased connectivity brought about by an influx of low-cost airlines following airport refurbishments around the country, NKC Economics (NKC) has said. In an update on the country’s tourist prospects, NKC said the country, which saw an increase in airlines servicing its various routes after the refurbishment of…
HARARE – Flamboyant businessman Wickenell Chivayo joined the fight for the preservation of the environment by pledging $50 000 towards The Diamond Land Ecohub during Wednesday night’s Annual Green Ambassadors Guild Awards at Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife offices in Harare. The chairperson of Intratek Zimbabwe Wilson Manase speaking during the awards meant to reward innovators…
HARARE – The trial of former Zanu PF bigwigs Ignatius Chombo, Kudzanai Chipanga and Munyaradzai Hamandishe — charged for wearing regalia associated with the party — was yesterday deferred to August 2. The trio is facing charges of criminal nuisance. Their trial could not kick off yesterday because of a pending determination of an application…
HARARE – The High Court yesterday dismissed an application by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa seeking an order barring President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF from interfering with the independence of traditional leaders. Chamisa had dragged his main rival in next Monday’s crunch national elections to court for remarks that the Zanu PF leader made at…
HARARE – The High Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to ensure that all teachers and other civil servants who will act as electoral and polling officers be allowed to cast their votes during Monday’s crunch elections. High Court judge Isaac Muzenda granted the order following an application by the Amalgamated Rural Teachers…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has spoken glowingly about the late MDC founding father Morgan Tsvangirai while mocking the former trade unionist’s successor — Nelson Chamisa — whom he is squaring up against at the watershed polls on Monday. Writing for the Washington Post yesterday, Mnangagwa who is spending big on his campaign regretted that…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has put together a team of experts in an attempt to forestall any form of rigging that may arise before, during and after the Monday poll. Harare lawyer Thabani Mpofu is leading the team whose identities could not be disclosed to the media for fear of reprisals. Mpofu…
HARARE – With general elections on the horizon, political temperatures are rising¸ amid accusations the ruling Zanu PF was creating a threatening environment in the rural areas hostile to genuine political participation ahead of the crunch Monday election. A cross-section of independent poll watchers, including the United Nations (UN), this week said although the election…
HARARE – Independent candidate for Magunje, Godfrey Gandawa, yesterday said he is now living in fear after his family, including his mother, were temporarily abducted by four gun-toting men at his rural home in Magunje. Gandawa, who was expelled from Zanu PF for dabbling in G40 factional politics, told the Daily News the men stormed…
HARARE – People’s Rainbow Coalition (PRC) presidential candidate Joice Mujuru has ordered her council and parliamentary candidates to fund their own campaigns ahead of next weeks’ elections. In correspondence to the party’s aspiring candidates last week, Mujuru’s PRC said the alliance had failed to raise money for its election campaign. In a letter following a…
