HARARE – Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that the haphazard land reform programme caused a serious dip in farm productivity. Zimbabwe went through a chaotic land redistribution in the early 2000s, which was meant to correct past historical imbalances. This resulted in former white commercial farmers losing their farms to mostly the elite in Zanu PF….
HARARE – The Elders ended their three-day visit to Zimbabwe yesterday with a clarion call to all players in the country’s body politic to end their bickering and pull in one direction. After engaging all the key political actors in Zimbabwe, including officials from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the Elders still felt that the…
HARARE – Frantic efforts to get President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, to iron out their differences through face-to-face discussions have collapsed with the 75-year-old Zanu PF leader saying he will only meet with his 40-year- old challenger in the ballot box on July 30. With the main political rivals pulling…
HARARE – Frantic efforts to get President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, to iron out their differences through face-to-face discussions have collapsed with the 75-year-old Zanu PF leader saying he will only meet with his 40-year-old challenger in the ballot box on July 30. [Adz]
HARARE – Former Energy and Power Development minister Samuel Undenge was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison after he was found guilty of criminal abuse of office. [Adz]
HARARE – ZANU PF says contrary to earlier reports that party spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo had been replaced as its official mouthpiece with politburo secretary for legal affairs Paul Mangwana, the situation has not changed. In a statement on Thursday the ruling party’s director of administration Dickson Dzora had announced that Mangwana would be the…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to avail an electronic version of the voters’ roll for the July 30 elections to avoid unnecessary conflict. In a statement following their own independent audit of the voters’ roll which concluded that there were not so many irregularities…
HARARE – The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz) has granted the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) a radio licence to operate a community station in Gweru. “Take notice that ZBC has been issued with a Broadcasting Service Licence by Baz in terms of its reservation provided in the Broadcasting Frequency Allotment Plan, General Notice 548A of…
HARARE – A group of prominent Elders yesterday met President Emmerson Mnangagwa, MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to iron out serious disagreements over a raft of electoral reform issues. The Elders who arrived in the country on Thursday and will be in Zimbabwe until today include former US President…
HARARE – Harare City Council has begun installing high mast lighting or tower lights in 11 high and medium density suburbs. Council spokesperson Michael Chideme said the idea is to have a safe and well-lit city for the residents to enjoy. The tower lights come as the city was blasted during a 100-day review for…
