HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa seems to be making inroads in what used to be Zanu PF strongholds where thousands of people are teeming to attend his rallies. Rural areas have for long been considered to be Zanu PF stronghold but due to the infighting in the ruling party and the widening of…
HARARE – Former Higher Education minister, Jonathan Moyo, has sensationally claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was planning to rig this month’s harmonised elections through the use of ballot papers designed to project a particular result. Moyo, a former Zanu PF politburo member who is currently in self-imposed exile in Kenya, said on Friday through micro-blogging…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot weed out corrupt elements within his government because he has dirty hands, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said. Speaking at a rally in Zvishavane on Saturday, Chamisa told his supporters that Mnangagwa is the symbol of corruption in Zimbabwe. “I heard Mnangagwa saying he had created an anti-corruption…
HARARE – The continued water cuts in Harare are sparking fears of another outbreak of waterborne diseases, which could worsen the situation in the health delivery sector. Harare residents spent the weekend without water after the Harare City Council (HCC) shutdown Morton Jaffray (MJ) Water Treatment Works to allow for repairs at Warren Control Treatment…
HARARE – The ruling Zanu PF party has courted the wrath of unions representing teachers after forcing students to its rallies despite the existence of a High Court ruling that stopped the practice. As a result, legal watchdog, Veritas, along with the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz), have now been forced to instruct…
HARARE – In spite of widespread condemnation of the uneven electoral playing field which favours the governing party, the under-fire Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has received unconditional support from Zanu PF, in what effectively quashes any hopes for reforms ahead of the July 30 polls. This comes as the country’s largest opposition party is piling…
HARARE – In spite of widespread condemnation of the uneven electoral playing field which favours the governing party, the under-fire Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has received unconditional support from Zanu PF, in what effectively quashes any hopes for reforms ahead of the July 30 polls. [GoogleAd]
MUTARE – Mandiitawepi Chimene –the motor mouth former minister of State for Manicaland Province and a fierce critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa – has broken her silence for the first time since she went into hiding more than six months ago. [Adz]
HARARE – The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has designated 18 magistrates to preside over special courts that will administer justice in cases involving politically-motivated violence and intimidation. JSC, Chief Justice Luke Malaba, on Friday gazetted the names of the magistrates through General Notice 431 of 2018. “It is hereby notified that the Judicial Service Commission…
HARARE – It is not just Harare residents who are kicking and screaming over poor service delivery. Interestingly, the city fathers themselves are now groaning because the poor state of Harare’s roads has conspired with reckless driving by their employeesto ground their refuse trucks. According to minutes of the Environmental Management Committee, only 20 trucks…
