HARARE – MDC has filed papers challenging a $286k lawsuit filed by a local firm which claims to have advanced the amount to the party as part of a loan agreement entered between the parties in 2016. According to court papers, Ishline Investments (Private) Limited is the applicant, while the MDC is cited as the…
HARARE – Intra-party violence significantly increased over the past few months, following political parties’ primary elections conducted ahead of the harmonised elections slated for July 30, a civil society organisation has said. According to a Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) report, the primary elections contributed much to the statistics of human rights violations recorded during the…
HARARE – The long-drawn Zimbabwe Airways saga refuses to go away, with under-fire Transport minister Joram Gumbo now standing accused of shielding ousted former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in-law, Simba Chikore, from incarceration — following claims that he recently kidnapped the new airline’s legal head, Bertha Zakeyo. For months now, the murky and fledgling new carrier…
BULAWAYO – While the people of Makokoba constituency agree that the incumbent Zanu PF legislator Tshinga Dube has done well, there are others who think he is wearing the wrong political jacket. Bulawayo has always been an opposition MDC stronghold hence no space for the ruling Zanu PF and Dube won the seat after years…
HARARE – MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe said while they are still tabulating their national figures, they have, however, fielded parliamentary and local government candidates in all the 10 provinces of Zimbabwe. “I am pretty sure we will have more than 110 National Assembly candidates and around 1 000 local government candidates. We are certainly…
HARARE – Factions within the ruling Zanu PF and the main opposition party, MDC will end with this year’s election, social and political analysts contend, adding that the poll will also see an end to several political careers. For the first time President Emmerson Mnangagwa who leads the Zanu PF Lacoste faction will contest the…
HARARE – Although a staggering 23 candidates have put their names forward in a bid to lead Zimbabwe after the July 30 national elections, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says in reality his only challenge for the country’s highest political office will come from President Emmerson Mnangagwa. [Adz]
HARARE – Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has exposed massive illicit financial flows within the Higher and Tertiary Education ministry. In a report on the examination of the appropriation and fund accounts for the ministry of Higher and Tertiary education, the committee said the ministry lost money due to poor maintenance of records, delays in reporting…
HARARE – The advent of cellphones, especially smart phones, and their use in recording videos and instantly sharing images is posing new challenges for Zimbabwe’s school administrators. A decade ago, there was relatively little worry over how students might use devices on school grounds. But smartphones have changed all of that. Last week, Maranatha Group…
HARARE – Although a staggering 23 candidates have put their names forward in a bid to lead Zimbabwe after the July 30 national elections, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says in reality his only challenge for the country’s highest political office will come from President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He also described the other 21 would-be kings and…
