HARARE – Four villagers could face up to three years’ imprisonment after being convicted of killing a specially protected animal. Godfrey Makechemu, 47, Ignatius Maiga, 30, Farai Chauno, 27, and Celestino Shate, 35, were convicted by Masvingo magistrate Peter Madiba after a full trial. Madiba ruled that the quartet, not being holders of a valid…
HARARE – High Court Judge Justice Clement Phiri will on Wednesday hear a legal challenge to Zimbabwe’s blanket ban on prisoners being allowed to vote. The judgment expected in the Harare High Court has been brought by convicted “murderers”, Tungamirai Madzokere and Last Maengahama, who claim a ban on them voting in the July 30…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has said it will transport ballot papers for the forthcoming elections and not the military. This follows a furore created by military spokesperson Overson Mugwisi who told a news conference last week they were ready to assist the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) with logistics during elections. “Our role…
HARARE – Pressure is mounting on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) as members of the MDC Alliance are expected to pour onto the streets of Harare today to demand a raft of electoral reforms. MDC chairperson, Morgen Komichi, told the Daily News yesterday that the demonstration was going ahead as scheduled to drive the point…
HARARE – The rift between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the country’s opposition parties taking part in the forthcoming polls has widened in the wake of the short-message service (SMS) saga that erupted on Monday, the Daily News can report. This comes after Zanu PF mandarins took their electoral campaign several gears up by…
HARARE – More than six months after former president Robert Mugabe was dramatically ousted from power — and with Zimbabwe’s crunch national polls a mere three weeks away — the nonagenarian continues to hog the limelight in the country’s fluid body politic. [Adz]
HARARE – Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) National Council (NC) met in Harare on Saturday and resolved to deal with the threats arising from former members — some of whom it claims are now members of political parties. This comes as some interest groups sought to take advantage of the recent withdrawal of funding to…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) is yet to receive over $8 million from the $12 million that the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) allocated to the municipality. According to environmental management committee minutes, the last disbursement of road funds was made on May 22 this year. “The director of works (Zvenyika Chawatama) reported that…
HARARE – Axed Zanu PF Manicaland youth chair Mubuso Chinguno has obtained an urgent court interdict preventing army officials from invading his farm. This comes amid sustained pressure by officials angling to takeover the farm belonging to the provincial member of the vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction. Chinguno recently returned to Zimbabwe after fleeing to…
HARARE – Harare doctor Alexander Guni yesterday narrated how his wife conned him into a marital union and then stole from him. Guni was testifying during the trial of his wife Christina Hamiton, 26, who is facing a series of fraud and theft charges committed during their five-month stay after their nuptials. Hamiton is appearing…
