HARARE – Zimbabwe’s just-concluded harmonised elections have failed the real test of fairness, being free and transparent. On July 30, Zimbabweans went to vote in high numbers hoping that their voice would be heard through their votes. While the pre-electoral environment and voting day were generally peaceful and orderly, it is the post-election period, which…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has furnished the Constitutional Court with more damning “evidence” of alleged electoral fraud by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). [Adz]
HARARE – President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa made an impassioned plea to all Zimbabweans yesterday — calling on them to leave behind the country’s recent political turmoil and focus on the future by working hard to resuscitate the ailing local economy. Mnangagwa’s call came as commerce and industry have bemoaned the economic uncertainty that has been created…
HARARE – Two Harare men accused of participating in a violent protest in Harare on August 1 that culminated in the death of at least six people appeared in court yesterday. Last Tinashe Vambe, 20, and Jeff Tafadzwa Chaitezvi, 32, appeared before Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo who released them on $50 bail each. The duo…
HARARE – A Harare businessman is facing fraud charges after reportedly selling one residential stand to two people. Taremeredzwa Manase, 31, the director Tallyo Concrete (Pvt) Ltd which is into brick manufacturing along Simon Mazorodze Road in Harare appeared before Harare magistrate Milton Serima charged with fraud involving $28 375. He was released on bail….
HARARE – An audit into the Harare City Council information technology at its district offices revealed that most computers at these centres are not linked to council’s main server. According to audit committee minutes, findings from the investigations also showed that district offices do not have access to the BIQ’s generated standard reports. The findings…
HARARE – Harare City Council officials have said a critical shortage of fuel is hampering them from timeously responding to complaints from ratepayers. At the 100-day review workshop on Wednesday, most council directors argued that apart from manpower problems, fuel was among their biggest challenges. HCC has a 24-hour response time to water and sewer…
HARARE – ZANU PF’s legal team was yesterday caught up in a mega faux pas — an embarrassing situation that the ruling party’s learned lawyers will probably want to forget quickly. This was after the team attempted to file the party’s opposing papers to opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s Constitutional Court (Con-Court) challenge against President-elect Emmerson…
HARARE – President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said the country will not return land seized from former white commercial farmers almost two decades ago. “It is now behind us, it is irreversible,” Mnangagwa said in a speech to mark Heroes Day commemorations at the National Heroes Acre in central Zimbabwe, broadcast on television. He said “the…
BULAWAYO – Liberation war stalwart and ex-Zanu PF’s Women’s League deputy secretary Thokozile Mathuthu has died. She was 61. According to her husband, Jonathan Mathuthu, the former Matabeleland North Provincial minister succumbed to cancer around 4:30am yesterday at their family home in Harare. “She died at our home this morning. She has been suffering from…
