HARARE – The fledgling National Patriotic Front (NPF) — the new political outfit which is linked to former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace — reiterated yesterday that it was in advanced discussions with the MDC Alliance on the two parties working together. [Adz]
BULAWAYO – ZANU PF Matabeleland North administration officer Robert John Khumalo is in trouble after he was recently caught allegedly trying to sell pangolin scales worth $5 000. Khumalo appeared before Hwange magistrate Colet Ncube facing charges of violating section 128 (1) (b) of the Parks and Wildlife Act Chapter 20: 14 which is “illegal…
BULAWAYO – Pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu secretary-general Mbuso Fuzwayo has claimed he was robbed of his cell phone by suspected CIO operatives he fears want to snoop into his communications. The incident took place on May 26 at Bhalagwe, Kezi in Matabeleland South Province where thousands of Gukurahundi victims were reportedly thrown in a disused…
BULAWAYO – Proponents of the Ndebele King have remained adamant not to give up on their push to install Lobengula’s heir despite government condemning the act as unconstitutional. Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu recently told Southern News that as a minister in charge of culture and heritage, he would not tolerate people who jump the…
HARARE – The Nomination Court will tomorrow sit across selected venues in the country’s 10 provinces to accept names of presidential, parliamentary and council candidates for the forthcoming watershed national elections. This comes as the High Court has ordered a rerun of MDC primary elections to choose its council representative in Mabvuku’s ward 21 following…
HARARE – In A move that is likely to put the MDC’s election preparations in disarray, the High Court has nullified the party’s councillorship primary election results for ward 21, Mabvuku, Harare. This comes after the losing candidate Blessing Nhende contested the results of the just-ended primary elections, which resulted in his rival Barnabas Ndira…
HARARE – Once Zimbabwe’s iconic departmental store, Greatermans Stores, is set to lose various electrical goods over a long standing debt to a local company. Greatermans Stores closed shop a few years ago to pave way for the establishment of a retail outlet owned by its parent company -— bringing to an end a rich…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere told the court yesterday that he skipped the country’s border and sought refuge in Mozambique after learning that the junta wanted to execute him during “Operation Restore Legacy”. See today’s paper for more details. [Adz]
HARARE – Security details yesterday pushed back illegal foreign currency dealers from the Meikles Hotel where President Emmerson Mnangagwa was meeting a high-profile delegation of Chinese investors. Mnangagwa arrived in his motorcade to an unusually clean Third Street and Second Street after the money changers were driven to Fourth Street. Security details used moral suasion…
HARARE – Self-styled prophet, Gathry Chiredzero, aka Madzibaba Gathry — who allegedly breached President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close security in December and was reportedly nabbed with a loaded firearm — has said he was framed because he left the firearm at the entrance, a Harare court heard yesterday. His trial was adjourned by Harare magistrate Yeukai…
