HARARE – Zimbabwe will today go to polls for a general election its citizens are hoping will produce a credible outcome to allow the country to move forward after it came unstuck for over two decades owing to allegations of electoral fraud. Emmerson Mnangagwa, 75, who succeeded Robert Mugabe as president and leader of Zanu…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will today go to polls for a general election its citizens are hoping will produce a credible outcome to allow the country to move forward after it came unstuck for over two decades owing to allegations of electoral fraud. [Adz]
HARARE – Daily News will be giving you countrywide coverage of the voting process throughout the day. 7:08 am: In Zvishavane-Ngezi Constituency youthful voters, many of them voting for the first time began queuing as early as 3:30am outside their respective polling stations. 07:11am: In Murewa West Constituency small queues have formed, mainly with elderly…
HARARE – While international observers are appreciating the peace that accompanied the poll campaigns, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) said these have also noted some grey areas which they feel can be improved. ZimRights has had engagements with observers from the Southern African Development Community, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and…
HARARE – Associations and pressure groups representing residents are calling on their members to vote for candidates capable of articulating their issues. Associations canvassed by the Daily News said it was important for residents to vote for ward councillors that can provide them with social services such as water, primary healthcare, serviced stands, and clean…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has corrected a defective ballot paper for Chipinge Central that did not display one of the candidates’ passport size photo. Livingstone Dhlumo, an aspiring opposition Chipinge Central constituency, had filed an urgent chamber application in the Electoral Court on Friday seeking an order to compel Zec to reprint…
HARARE – Former President Robert Mugabe has said that he wanted former Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi to take over from him as leader of both Zanu PF and the State. Mugabe, who held a press conference at his Borrowdale home yesterday, said Sekeramayi, and not his wife Grace, was always his preferred choice. “Zanu PF…
HARARE – Government has assumed Air Zimbabwe (AirZim)’s debt under the controversial Reconstruction of State-Indebted Insolvent Companies Act. The Act allows the State to take over assets of businesses deemed to be insolvent and incapable of servicing loans and charges owed to State institutions and agencies. The reconstruction order in relation to AirZim (Private) Limited…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has embraced the white community in Zimbabwe, in a development that vindicates the late MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai who for many years, has been vilified by Zanu PF for his anti-racism stance. Recently, Mnangagwa who is the presidential candidate for the ruling Zanu PF party held a rally with…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader and presidential hopeful Nelson Chamisa has reiterated his previous position that former first lady Grace Mugabe, has no place in his government if he is voted into office today. This follows social media reports that the former first family, particularly ex-president Robert Mugabe’s wife, Grace, has been funding the MDC…
