August 2018

BULAWAYO – Thokozani Khupe’s MDC has made a U-turn and now claims the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) rigged the July 30 elections. This comes after Khupe endorsed this year’s harmonised elections as free and fair. In an interview with the Daily News, the party spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni, alleged that the commission rigged the poll. “We…

NAIROBI – The late United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan will be laid to rest in his native home, the family has stated. The family of the former diplomat said he will be buried in Ghana, putting rest to the argument where the Nobel Peace Prize winner should be buried. A statement issued by the family…

HARARE – Consumers of electricity have been failing to access tokens from third-party vendors for nearly three days due to technical glitches at the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) — a subsidiary of power utility Zesa Holdings. A spokesperson for the power utility, Fullard Gwasira, told the Daily News yesterday that ZETDC was…

HARARE – Greatermans Stores is set to have its property auctioned over a debt it owes Corousel (Private) Limited. The auction, to be conducted at Ruby Auctions next Thursday, will see items such as office desks, fridges, water coolers and sofas going under the hammer. Greatermans was shut down in 2014. Its premises were taken…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa, will finally be sworn in tomorrow after the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) unanimously upheld his July 30 election victory yesterday and threw out opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s petition that had sought to overturn the result. [Adz] [GoogleAd]

HARARE – The Constitional Court has declared Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa the winner of the hotly constested presidential election held on 30 July 2018. Giving the judgement, Chief Justice Luke Malaba dimissed MDC Alliance presidential challenge with costs. [Adz] [GoogleAd]