HARARE – A High Court judge has deferred to Monday an urgent chamber application in which National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chairperson Lovemore Madhuku wants President Robert Mugabe to change the date for the referendum. Madhuku, through his lawyer Alec Muchadehama, filed the application on Tuesday, claiming Zimbabweans need more time to scrutinise the draft hence…
HARARE – A dark cloud hangs over the March 16 constitutional referendum as High Court judge George Chiweshe today sits to rule on the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) urgent application to postpone the plebiscite. This comes at a time when Copac has already rolled out an awareness campaign programme at 143 venues in the country’s…
HARARE – Constitutional reforms lobby group National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) says it does not recognise the result of a March 16 referendum on a new Constitution claiming the figures were doctored by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). The Saturday vote marked the final stage of a 2008 peace deal between then-rivals President Robert Mugabe and…
HARARE – Despite the bravado exuded by President Robert Mugabe in calling for an early election, he faces the daunting task of uniting a party that is cracking at the seams ahead of this year’s harmonised elections. Zanu PF party’s boat is sinking in almost all of the country’s 10 provinces owing to Mugabe’s failure…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party’s plan for a June poll has all but crumbled, and many are now waiting to see how the 89-year-old will publicly handle the climb-down. After fiercely and repeatedly declaring that elections will be held by June 29 despite opposition from MDC coalition government partners, Mugabe…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has ended 2012 by virtually confirming that his call for an early election was a farce all along. Political rivals and analysts say a month-long annual leave he has taken at a time when his struggling Zanu PF party needs him most ahead of polls has all but confirmed that…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF is in panic mode as the much-anticipated elections beckon with senior members issuing threats of bloodshed. Two senior Zanu PF politburo members Patrick Chinamasa and Rugare Gumbo have insinuated that the military would intervene and stage a coup if Mugabe, in power since 1980, loses elections that are…
HARARE – Southern African leaders yesterday directed President Robert Mugabe to go back to the Constitutional Court to seek a variation of the July 31 poll date after noting that it will be impossible to have elections by that date. Regional leaders gathered for a summit of the 15-nation Southern African Development Community (Sadc) in…
HARARE – Harare businesswoman Locardia Karimatsenga has agreed to meet Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s family to resolve her marriage dispute with the PM. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday this week, Karimatsenga said she had no objection to meeting Tsvangirai’s family in Buhera as long as everything was above board, with proper procedures being…
HARARE – As the Nieebgate scandal intensifies, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says it has opened investigations into what is turning out to be one of the biggest scams in post-independent Zimbabwe. Zacc spokesperson Goodwills Shana confirmed yesterday that the anti-corruption body was probing the Nieebgate scandal after noting the Daily News’ exclusive exposés on…
