HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has defended the retention of executive powers in the draft constitution saying a president should not be a stooge without authority. Civil society groups and other organisations campaigning for a ‘no’ vote in the forthcoming referendum slated for Saturday have criticised both MDC formations in the coalition government for…
HARARE – Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa is committing treason by ganging up with military hardliners whose political statements point to a coup plot, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has warned. In fresh signs that the military and Zanu PF are not confident of winning the next election, Chinamasa pre-emptively said the military would withhold support for…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s remarks that Jamaican men are always high on weed and a lazy lot are haunting Zimbabwean model, Mutsa Mutare. Mutare is in Jamaica for the Miss Global International pageant, which is being held in that country’s capital, Kingston. The pageant will be held at the Montego Bay Convention Centre on…
KINGSTONE – Comments by an African leader portraying the men of Jamaica as chronic drunkards and unambitious pot smokers have become the talk of towns across this Caribbean island. People are debating the matter on street corners, in letters to the editor and on radio talk shows. In unscripted asides during a roughly three-hour speech…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday moved to evade contempt of court charges by begging the High Court for an extension of time to allow him to call for a “mini-general election”. The election could alter the political power equilibrium in Parliament between his Zanu PF party and its political foes. The Supreme Court in…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s biggest problem is President Robert Mugabe and not the Constitution, former Finance minister and ex-Zanu PF politburo member Simba Makoni has said. Makoni, once tipped to succeed Mugabe but now a fringe opposition leader, said this at a media briefing in Harare ahead of Saturday’s constitutional referendum. The Mavambo/Dawn/Kusile leader said Mugabe…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe is tired and will go into retirement after the next elections, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said. Tsvangirai said this yesterday while addressing family and friends gathered at the memorial service of co-Home Affairs minister Theresa Makone and his personal advisor’s daughter Nyarai who died in an apparent suicide last…
HARARE – Zimbabwean editors have come out guns blazing against self-proclaimed prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa who is seeking the closure of the Daily News. The flamboyant head of the United Family International (UFI) has approached media regulator, the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) seeking severe punishment for the country’s leading newspaper. Makandiwa wants the paper punished for…
HARARE – Popular and controversial pole dancer, Beverly Sibanda aka Bev said contrary to what her haters would like the world to believe, she is not performing in clubs so as to snatch other women’s husbands. The dancer, who has become a hit in Harare’s night clubs because of her raunchy dances, has been accused…
HARARE – Harare pole dancers Zoey Sifelani and Beverly Sibanda will lead a float composed of young girls of varying ages during the main carnival parade on Saturday. The dancers will be assisted by popular l DJs Nash and Ohmz who will provide music during the parade which will begin at Africa Unity Square and…
