HARARE – The wait is over as Zimbabweans on Monday vote to choose a new leader following the resignation of former president Robert Mugabe who was replaced by his long time aide Emmerson Mnangagwa who was sworn in to finish his term which ends at midnight tomorrow. [Adz]
HARARE – A Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) finance manager yesterday recounted in court how former chief executive officer Moses Juma made him sign a back-dated document that reportedly concealed a fraudulent transaction. Shadreck Matengabadza was testifying during the graft trial of Juma before Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya. Juma is facing allegations of flouting…
HARARE – Deputy Finance minister and aspiring Zanu PF legislator for Harare East constituency Terence Mukupe has been banned from disrupting the opposition MDC Alliance’s political party campaigns. Mukupe, squaring off with the MDC Alliance‘s candidate Tendai Biti and other smaller candidates, was barred from engaging in politically-motivated violence, intimidation and causing disruptions of rallies,…
HARARE – Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has been ordered to have his son Mangwiza undergo a paternity test after the politician disowned his offspring after he accused him of practicing witchcraft. Mangwiza has consented to the DNA tests only if they are conducted by at least two institutions and his “dad” pays for the…
HARARE – The High Court has thrown out a bid by Tendai Biti’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to change the ballot papers that will be used in the presidential elections on Monday. High Court judge David Mangota on Thursday dismissed the application on the basis that it was…
HARARE – Former Energy minister Samuel Undenge, who was jailed for four years for irregularly issuing out a tender which prejudiced the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of $12 000, will stay in jail pending a August 1 hearing on his High application for bail. Undenge, who is represented by Alec Muchadehama, is seeking to be…
HARARE – In the second major shake-up of the police force since the ouster from power of Robert Mugabe, authorities have promoted close to 500 senior cops, the Daily News can report. The latest shake-up comes a week after nearly 2 000 junior police officers were also promoted to higher ranks, as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s…
HARARE – With election fever now truly gripping the country ahead of Monday’s crunch national polls, Harare is the focal point of campaign stumps today by heavy hitters President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa — who will address hordes of their respective supporters within three kilometres of each other. After whirlwind tours of…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe holds its national harmonised elections on Monday, very few people have had the chance to scrutinise the calibre of candidates bidding to become their representatives in local government issues. Such has been the focus placed on the presidential plebiscite where President Emmerson Mnangagwa, MDC Alliance’s Nelson Chamisa, and 21 others, that…
HARARE – At the height of her husband’s rule, former first lady Grace Mugabe would make sure that the world knows about her birthday. Live television coverage and floods of newspaper adverts captured the biggest day in the life of a woman whose political influence in the last years of her husband’s tenure shook the…
