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HARARE – American civil rights activist, Reverend Jesse Jackson, says any dispute in the recent election should be addressed through the legal system in an open and transparent way. In a congratulatory message to president-elect, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Jackson said Zimbabweans should also be free to demonstrate peacefully without intimidation and violence. “In any election, there…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) is searching for a director. This follows the decision by its board last year to dismiss some of its directors, including Isau Nhandara, its chief principal officer at the time. The decision came after Zimsec had ordered a rewrite for the leaked 2017 Ordinary Level English Paper…

HARARE – The commission of inquiry into the sale of State land which was sworn in in February will be visiting six provinces as part of their inquiry into the sale of State land in and around urban areas since 2005. In a press statement yesterday secretary of the commission Virginia Mabhiza gave notice of…

HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is yet to give its employees the residential stands it promised them in lieu of outstanding salaries. According to ordinary council minutes, the city was failing to peg the areas designated for employees because of existing maize fields. HCC owes its employees more than $200 million with salary backlogs…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s condemnation of the recent killing of protesters by the army and the disruption of a press conference at a Harare hotel a few days later has created a lot of confusion, which has left Zimbabweans wondering who really is calling the shots in government. On Wednesday last week, the military…

HARARE – The State has accused jet-setting Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo of seeking to evade justice by approaching higher offices for assistance after getting wind of his intended arrest. Chivayo and his company — Intratek Zimbabwe (Private) Limited — are being charged with fraud, money laundering and contravening two sections of the Exchange Control Act….

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. MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, has rejected in toto the poll…

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 – 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 – “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…