OPINION

Redesigned voting booth exposes Zec fears

AS the crucial July 30 general elections draw closer, the political atmosphere is increasingly becoming toxic, with opposition parties getting more and more suspicious of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Govt dangles more incentives for civil servants

GOVERNMENT yesterday dangled another carrot at civil servants two weeks before crucial elections, promising to provide them with additional incentives on top of a 17,5% special civil service allowance...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

No going back on ballot papers: Zec

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has effectively shut the door on opposition MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa, declaring that the printing of the ballot papers was non-negotia...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa, Chamisa to face off

THE Catholic Church-run Silveira House in partnership with other churches yesterday said they were organising a multi-party gathering for all the 23 presidential candidates to inculcate a sense of pol...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Mudzengi vows to fell Mutsvangwa, Mliswa in Norton

FREEZIM Congress parliamentary candidate for Norton, Gerald Mudzengi yesterday said he was plotting to shock his big name rivals in the July 30 polls, claiming they did not fully appreciate the dynami...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Kazembe's henchmen spared jail for stealing flour

TWO Zanu PF activists in Mazowe West have been convicted and jailed for looting mealie meal and flour worth $12 000 from businessman Tafadzwa Musarara's truck in Concession during party primary electi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

MDC Alliance candidate in stands scandal

MDC Alliance's council candidate for ward 3 in Gwanda has been named in a scandal involving the illegal sale of repossessed housing stands in the Matabeleland South capital.The alleged scam was uneart...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa's postal vote challenge hits a brickwall

The MDC-Alliance's bid to stop the police postal voting process hit a brickwall yesterday after Mutare High Court judge Justice Hlekani Mwayera dismissed the matter, saying the opposition had failed t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa declares polls stalemate

MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday disclosed that he had triggered a regional diplomatic offensive to pressure Sadc to convene an urgent extra-ordinary summit on "the Zimbabw...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Tamborinyoka seeks removal from remand

MDC Alliance Goromonzi West parliamentary candidate, Luke Tamborinyoka yesterday applied for removal from remand in a matter where he is being accused of defacing his rival Taurai Nhamburo's campaign ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Cold spells till August

THE Meteorological Services Department has said the prevailing cold weather conditions will continue into the next month.Speaking in a telephone interview, the MSD officer on duty Mr Ebedia Hodera sai...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Teachers sue property developer after stands deal sours

TWENTY-FOUR teachers under the Zimbabwe Teachers' Union (Zitu), have taken a Gweru-based leading property developer, River Valley Properties, to court for failing to deliver residential stands which t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Review of taxes, utility costs'

THE change in the indigenisation laws and the ongoing ease of doing business reforms should be complemented with a deliberate review of taxes and utility costs, which continue to frustrate domestic pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Japanese investors for Zimbabwe

BULAWAYO businessman Mr Raj Modi has revealed that Japanese investors to partner him in setting up a cell phone and laptop assembly plant in the city are set to visit the country in August.Mr Modi, wh...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Victory is certain, claims Mnangagwa

Zanu-PF is set for a thunderous victory in the forthcoming elections scheduled for July 30 and party cadres should maintain peace ahead of, during and after the polls and towards election observers. A...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

OPINION

MDC-Alliance spoiling for fight they can't win

THE threats to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) by Nelson Chamisa, leader of the MDC-Alliance are indeed unfortunate. They are a futile attempt by a player to influence the outcome of the elect...

By Lloyd Msipa | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Hands off ZEC, says Youth League

Zanu-PF national secretary for Youth Affairs Pupurai Togarepi says the party has done everything to ensure a resounding victory in the July 30 elections. He said the MDC Alliance should seek votes fro...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Goba tribunal takes oath of office

Members of a tribunal recently appointed to inquire into the question of removal of Prosecutor-General Advocate Ray Goba from office, yesterday took oaths of office before President Mnangagwa. The tri...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Matanga bans Chihuri raffle ticket sales

POLICE officers yesterday celebrated after Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga abolished the mandatory purchase of raffle tickets towards the traditional Commissioner-General Funfair and Horse Race. O...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa to name, shame land barons

President Mnangagwa yesterday said he would soon expose land barons that fleeced desperate home-seekers especially in urban areas. The President said this while addressing thousands of zanu-pf support...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

MMCZ pushes locational chrome pricing

The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), is pushing for location based pricing mechanism for chrome that will see the mineral going for different prices to encourage buyers' appetite in ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

OPINION

Inside Chamisa's winter of discontent

On  Monday we woke up to a screaming headline in an opposition-leaning newspaper that told us that the MDC-Alliance had given the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission an ultimatum of 24 hours to address...

By Tichaona Zindoga | Published: 18 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

17.5% pay rise for Zimbabwe civil servants

GOVERNMENT is effecting a 17,5 percent Special Civil Service Allowance in fulfilment of an agreement it reached with its workers at the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC). It will also meet oth...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa says, 'Zim poised to be jewel of Africa'

President Mnangagwa yesterday assured Zimbabweans that Government was revamping the economy to ensure the country becomes the Jewel of Africa through sheer industry. Addressing a bumper crowd at Chinh...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa calls for SADC, AU to protect election

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa called on Tuesday for associations of African states to ensure that the country's historic election later in July is fair, adding his party would not boycott the vot...

By AFP | Published: 17 July 2018

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