HARARE – Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) has condemned the attacks on journalists during and after last Wednesday’s protests that left seven people dead. The organisation said it had received several reports of journalists who were injured while covering the violent clashes. “A soldier assaulted Idah Mhetu, a New Zimbabwe journalist while she covered…
HARARE – The country’s ninth Parliament will be dominated by new faces as most of the legislators from the eighth Parliament lost in last week’s harmonised elections. Almost three quarters of MPs from the previous Parliament failed to find their way back into the National Assembly some having even lost during the primary elections. The…
HARARE – “We’re going to fight this,” Tendai Biti said grimly after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) announced a landslide victory for the ruling Zanu PF in last Monday’s elections. “The fascists are trying to steal this election, but we won’t accept it,” said the veteran opposition leader, who is one of the co-leaders of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is set to auction confiscated goods and those seized for flouting various customs regulations next week. This comes after the Authority’s Commissioner-General Faith Mazani ordered a rummage sale to be held for the Bulawayo Ports at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Grounds’ Rabbit Hall. Vehicles including a Marcoplos Bus,…
HARARE – The MDC Alliance is racing against time in its desperate bid to overturn results of the just-ended polls, with the party keeping the whole world guessing about the veracity of the evidence it claims to have gathered to justify a vote recount. [Adz]
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been dealt a heavy blow after the United States asked the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to release comprehensive results of the just-ended presidential elections based on data collected from polling stations, in a move that could open new faulty lines between Washington and Harare. In a damning statement issued…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is at present highly divided, fragile and calls for a leadership with the ability to unite people, social and political analysts have said. They said one sure way to solve the ongoing electoral dispute, would be for the main protagonists in the crisis – President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zanu PF and his…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has disowned soldiers reportedly harassing people in high density suburbs of Harare saying these should be reported to the police. Residents in Harare and Chitungwiza reported that soldiers raided their suburbs where they beat up residents following the political mayhem that rocked the capital city on Wednesday resulting…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe’s youths become more enterprising to earn a living without resorting to stealing, dental grills have become the latest trend of products to be peddled on the streets of Harare. Grills, as they are more commonly referred to, are a status symbol for many hip-hop artists in the United States particularly Lil…
HARARE – Red Café, a night spot in downtown Harare, fell victim to vandalism this week as political violence flared in the city on Wednesday between protesters and security agencies. A spokesperson for the venue which offers arts-related showcases and musicals said while they had closed shop, the hooligans broke through the transparent windows and…
