HARARE – Flamboyant preacher and founder of Good News Church — Uebert Angel — has left his followers perplexed when he made an accurate prediction on Zimbabwe’s presidential election outcome. Days before the blood-soaked, hotly contested election, the charismatic preacher went before thousands attending his congregation and viewers on his Miracle TV and gave the…
HARARE – Failure by opposition parties to agree on a grand coalition cost MDC Alliance’s Nelson Chamisa crucial votes that could have seen him deny President Emmerson Mnangagwa an outright victory, hence force a presidential run-off in last week’s elections. Zimbabweans voted on Monday last week in harmonised presidential, parliamentary and local government elections where…
HARARE – For lawyer and visually-impaired activist Abraham Mateta, pictured, the just ended-harmonised elections that saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa ascend to power were not “free and fair”. Mateta is not disputing the election results but raises his concern on non-compliance of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) with constitutional provisions that provide for the right of all…
HARARE – When football enthusiasts look back at the 2018 World Cup, the name of referee Nestor Pitana will loom large even above the stars of a French side that fired past a battling Croatia 4-2 to lift world football’s most lucrative silverware. The ref awarded Antoine Griezmann a free-kick when he appeared to dive,…
HARARE – At least 24 people have been arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Court for public violence, following violent clashes between the army and civilians on Wednesday, which left seven people dead. The group of people, who include former Zanu PF member Shadreck Mashayamombe, was arrested at MDC headquarters at Harvest House. Mashayamombe, 35, is…
HARARE – Jet-setting Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who was arrested on Thursday in connection with his power deals which saw him being advanced $5 million by Zesa Holdings (Zesa) before work commenced, will spend the weekend behind bars after Harare magistrate Elisha Singano deferred his bail ruling to tomorrow. Chivayo and his company Intratek Zimbabwe…
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 – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has rejected President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory, saying the results announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) early Friday morning were “fake” and unverified by his party. Zec declared Mnangagwa winner of the July 30 presidential election with 50,8 percent of the vote. Chamisa came second, with…
HARARE – Zimbabwean police said yesterday they would charge 21 people with committing public violence over an anti-Zimbabwe Electoral Commission protest on Wednesday that degenerated into deadly violence that claimed seven lives, and raised new concerns about freedom of assembly. The demo was in protest at the delayed announcement of the first post-Robert Mugabe election….
HARARE – Jet-setting Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who was arrested on Thursday in connection with his power deals which saw him being advanced $5 million by Zesa Holdings(Zesa) before work commenced, was last night condemned to prison before continuation of his bail hearing today. Chivayo and his company Intratek Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd are being charged…
