HARARE – It has emerged that MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rebuffed ousted former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace’s overtures for the trio to work together — as the former first family frantically attempts to derail President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election bid in next month’s watershed polls, the Daily News can report.
HARARE – Harare City Council is yet to interview the 11 candidates shortlisted for the town clerk position. According to Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni, the interviews were supposed to be conducted last week. The position has not been substantively filled since Tendai Mahachi’s departure in 2015. “The interviews are yet to start and honestly, I…
HARARE – The MDC plans to field agents in all polling stations during next month’s election, the party’s organising secretary Amos Chibaya said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chibaya said the move was targeted at ensuring that the ruling Zanu PF will not “rig” the elections. “Like any other year, we are going to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has been hit by a wave of sophisticated card cloning syndicates, which has seen retailers and individuals lose huge sums of money. Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) president Denford Mutashu told the Daily News that members of his organisation had fallen victim to the scammers, who in some instances stole Point of…
HARARE – A self-styled Epworth prophet who raped a 19-year-old woman during a cleansing ceremony will spend the next 14 years behind bars after he was found guilty of rape. Regina Chinyanga, 31, was convicted of the rape charge after a full trial heard before Harare regional magistrate Temba Kuwanda. Prosecutor Valerie Ngoma urged the…
HARARE – The case of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice chancellor Levi Nyagura, who is being charged with corruptly awarding a PhD to former first lady Grace Mugabe, has been postponed to June 22 pending his trial. He appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa on charges of criminal abuse of office. Nyagura, through his lawyer…
HARARE – The High Court on Monday ordered the inspection of former Zanu PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga’s farm following an ownership wrangle which has sucked in Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa. According to court papers, Chipanga is accusing Mutsvangwa of illegally grabbing his farm and handing it over to a white farmer. In…
HARARE – As the clock ticks towards next month’s elections, main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has sensationally claimed that rivals were pulling everything out of their bags of tricks to deny his MDC Alliance victory at the forthcoming polls, including attempts on his life. [Adz]
BULAWAYO – People’s Rainbow Coalition (PRC) has expressed disappointment over unfair coverage from both the public and private media in a development the grouping said violates statutes of the Electoral Law which call for equal coverage. The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) guidelines on the conduct of free and fair elections also demand that all…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has set up a team to engage their disgruntled Alliance partners and party members who filed their papers as independent candidates. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, MDC national chairperson Morgen Komichi said his party is making frantic efforts to solve the problems in the MDC Alliance. “We are…
