HARARE – Zimbabwean opposition political parties and pro-democracy campaigners have applied to join court proceedings of a registered voter who is seeking to bar the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) from releasing a voters’ roll bearing prospective voters’ photographs as stipulated by the law citing privacy issues. In an urgent chamber application for a joinder to…
HARARE – Prosecutors dropped charges of political violence against expelled Zanu PF Harare political commissar Shadreck Mashayamombe who was accused of fomenting violence at the party headquarters to foil his ouster. Mashayamombe, 32, was jointly charged with Peckias Murindi, 27, Joseph Gakaka,31, Vengai Mutepaire,31, and Charles Ngwenya,26, when they appeared before Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo….
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, has invaded Zanu PF strongholds in Manicaland and Masvingo provinces for the second time in less than two months to douse President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s influence ahead of elections to be held in about a fortnight. Since taking over leadership of the country’s main opposition party following the death…
HARARE – The Bindura Magistrates’ Court will give its verdict on four Zanu PF activists facing charges of hijacking a delivery truck in Concession carrying Harare businessman Tafadzwa Musarara’s campaign material ahead of the Zanu PF primary elections. Bindura magistrate Vongai Muchuchutu is presiding over the robbery case, allegedly committed on the eve of Zanu…
HARARE – MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa says the opposition grouping plans to roll out more protests as the coalition ratchets up pressure on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to level the playing field ahead of this month’s harmonised elections. [Adz]
HARARE – Makoni Central MDC Alliance aspiring legislator David Tekeshe has condemned the state of Rusape District Hospital as a house of death due to a crippling drug shortage at the back of government neglect of the health delivery service sector. Tekeshe, who is challenging Finance minister and Zanu PF politburo member Patrick Chinamasa, said…
HARARE – Telecommunications regulator Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is supporting local health facilities to access specialist services through its innovative tele-medicine programme, a Cabinet minister has said. Minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security Supa Mandiwanzira told delegates and residents of the resort town of Nyanga during an official opening…
HARARE – In a ruling that is set to peg back politically-motivated violence and intimidation, two main MDC supporters have been slapped with a combined 24-month jail term for assaulting a Zanu PF sympathiser for wearing the ruling party’s T-shirt. The two brothers — Robert and Itai Kabvunza who are resident in Mutasa Central —…
HARARE – Amnesty International (AI) has challenged presidential aspirants in the upcoming harmonised elections to commit themselves to addressing impunity for human rights violations. In a brief released this week, the global rights group said the July 30 elections in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa are emerging as the…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has formally expelled members who defied the party’s directive by registering to stand as independent candidates in the July 30 polls. Over 30 candidates are standing on the MDC Alliance ticket, despite losing the party’s primary elections held recently. Consequently, these have been dismissed from the party, including outgoing…
