HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) continued to slide in the wake of the political upheavals that followed the July 30 plebiscite, with the benchmark All Share Index retreating 2,11 percent settling at 111,78 points. Shedding 2,06 percent, the Industrial Index settled at 378,88 points while the Mining Index took the heaviest knock shedding…
HARARE – ZANU PF is mulling using its super majority in Parliament to effect a raft of constitutional amendments, including raising the minimum age for presidential aspirants from the current 40 years to 55, the Daily News can report. Widely seen as targeted at MDC Alliance presidential candidate in the just-ended harmonised elections — 40-year-old…
HARARE – A senior police officer who arrested one of the MDC Alliance kingpins, Tendai Biti, yesterday told the court to throw out an application challenging his arrest which he insisted was lawful. The State’s star witness chief superintendent Jealous Nyabasa, however, admitted that he ignored a Zambian High Court order which indicated that Biti…
HARARE – President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he is the duly elected president of the country and that a Constitutional Court (Con-Court) challenge by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa was without merit and therefore must be dismissed. He was responding to an application filed by Chamisa, who is challenging the results announced by the Zimbabwe…
HARARE – For the first time since independence, former president Robert Mugabe was a no-show at events marking the Heroes and Defence Forces holidays. The 94-year-old teetotaller used to preside over all the major events, including the Heroes and Defence Forces commemorations, in his capacity as head of State and government. His absence at the…
HARARE – The trial of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice chancellor Levi Nyagura failed to kick off yesterday as his lawyer was representing President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) where opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is seeking to overturn the Zanu PF’s strongman’s July 30 poll victory. His trial has been deferred to next…
HARARE – President- elect Emmerson Mnangagwa — who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) — lost a golden chance on Tuesday to apologise to the nation for the killing of at least six unarmed civilians who were gunned down by the military on August 1. As thousands of Zimbabweans gathered to…
MUTARE – ZANU PF stands accused of a heinous genocidal civil war that is estimated to have claimed over 20 000 civilians in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces, suspicious deaths by accident of numerous political figures, abductions and disappearances.The bottom line — its human rights record is inexcusable. Its lack of respect for human and property…
MUTARE – ZANU PF officials in Chimanimani East are denying agricultural inputs to everyone they suspect to have voted against their party in the just-ended harmonised elections. The practice has been so brazen such that some people in Muchadziya and Ngangu had inputs confiscated after being issued as the political environment continued to degenerate into…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) yesterday said it has noted with concern the rise in cases of political retribution after last month’s synchronised elections. ZimRights said the vengeance involves arson targeted at the homes of opposition supporters, especially in rural areas. This follows the increase in reports where opposition MDC Alliance supporters…
