HARARE – Anxiety has gripped Zimbabweans as they await the verdict of the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) in which MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory. In determining the petition or application, the Con-Court may declare a winner or invalidate the election — in which case a fresh election will…
HARARE – Coalition of Democrats (Code) presidential candidate, Elton Mangoma, has backed MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s Constitutional Court (Con-Court) challenge to the presidential election results. Chamisa is challenging results announced by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), which claimed Emmerson Mnangagwa won the presidential election with 50, 8 percent. Chamisa, according to Zec, got 44, 3…
HARARE – Commissions set up to run local authorities by Local Government minister July Moyo are illegal and should be abolished, constitutional and local government experts have said. This comes after Moyo last week appointed commissions led by Zanu PF officials to run the affairs of Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru, Chitungwiza, Ruwa, Epworth and other local…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF women’s league deputy secretary Thokozile Mathuthu who died on Monday will be buried today at the National Heroes Acre. Mathuthu was born on March 26, 1957 in Bulawayo and she became active politically in the 1970s. Between 1975 and 1978, she was a committee member of the Zapu youth wing…
HARARE – NetOne has served its suspended chief executive officer (CEO) Lazarus Muchenje with disciplinary charges relating to alleged misconduct during his tenure. Muchenje is due to appear before a disciplinary Tribunal on Tuesday. He was suspended without benefits two weeks ago barely 24 hours after filing an urgent High Court chamber application seeking to…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC)’s department of town planning is set to review its fees as the municipality continues to look for ways to boost its revenue. According to minutes of council’s Environmental Committee, HCC’s director of works Zvenyika Chawatama has been asked to submit an exhaustive list of fee categories to be…
HARARE – More than 100 residents in the high-density suburb of Glen View have endured flowing raw sewage on their streets for nearly three weeks with no action coming from the Harare City Council (HCC)’s water department. The sewer pipes reportedly burst last month, and up to now there has not been any action by…
HARARE – The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community has hailed the environment that prevailed before and during the just-ended polls, saying it allowed them to exercise their right to vote peacefully. Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (GALZ) director Chesterfield Samba told Daily News on Sunday that while the election results are…
HARARE – A top South African advocate has been drafted into MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s legal team to fight the opposition party’s Constitutional Court (Con-Court) challenge to be heard on Wednesday. Advocate Jeremy Gauntlett, who was the lawyer for South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela, joins Chamisa’s backroom strategists, with his lead advocate…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) came under heavy fire yesterday after it admitted to errors in its calculation of the presidential poll result, won by President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa. While Zec had declared the Zanu PF leader as the winner with 50,8 percent of the presidential vote, the electoral management body has marginally revised…
