HARARE – Zimbabwe’s situation — economic downturn, youth unemployment, corruption, human rights abuses and poor service delivery — has worsened over the past five years, a survey has revealed. According to the survey — conducted by Magamba Network in conjunction with Citizens Manifesto and the United States-based Orange Doo, 50 percent of respondents said Zimbabwe’s…
HARARE – Four more political parties yesterday appended their signatures to the peace pledge, bringing the number of political leaders who have signed to 21 out of the 23 presidential candidates. The four are presidential candidate of the National Patriotic Front (NPF) Ambrose Mutinhiri, co-principal of the People’s Rainbow Coalition (PRC) Farai Mbira, presidential candidate…
BULAWAYO – Three chiefs here have been granted a peace order against Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu and nine others they accuse of unleashing a reign of terror against them. The trio — Felix Nhlanhla Ndiweni, Neville Ndondo and Deli Asher Mabhena — allege the minister was throwing spanners into their work and social life….
HARARE – A former United States Congressman has slapped ousted leader Robert Mugabe and a host of ministers who served in his Cabinet with a $35 million lawsuit over claims he was tortured by intelligence operatives while in police custody. Among those who have been included in the staggering suit, is Special Advisor to President…
HARARE – Churches have condemned the bomb attack during a Zanu PF campaign rally which killed two aides and left President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s deputy and a Cabinet minister nursing serious wounds. Vice President Kembo Mohadi and Zanu PF chairperson and Water and Climate minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri were this week airlifted to South Africa for treatment…
HARARE – Sulking nephew of former president Robert Mugabe, Patrick Zhuwao — who was among alleged kingpins of the vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction — has accused the British government of aiding Zanu PF in an alleged plot to unleash violence ahead of next month’s harmonised national elections. Zhuwao did not back his allegations, which…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, has taken his battle for State House a notch higher by dragging his main rival in next month’s crunch national elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to court for remarks that the Zanu PF leader made at a ruling party campaign rally earlier this month. This comes after the…
HARARE – Internal squabbles in the MDC Alliance could come at a huge cost to the coalition after it fielded two candidates each in 14 National Assembly constituencies ahead of the upcoming general elections on July 30. A perusal of the notice published by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) on Tuesday shows that the alliance,…
HARARE – MDC Alliance Goromonzi West candidate Luke Tamborinyoka, was hauled before the courts yesterday for allegedly pasting his campaign posters on top of a party competitor’s during primary elections. Tamborinyoka, 46, was jointly charged with Tapiwa Murima, 39, when he appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa. The duo is accused of contravening section 152…
HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe’s son, Chatunga Bellarmine, is set to lose property after failing to pay rentals for his butchery in Chitungwiza. A writ of execution has since been issued for the attachment of Chatunga’s property, to be auctioned tomorrow, over rental arrears amounting to $12 000. The order was given following an…
