POLITICS

Suspected Zanu-PF supporters torch NPF official's home

Suspected Zanu-PF supporters in Hurungwe allegedly burnt a hut and a gazebo belonging to a National Patriotic Front (NPF) official.Sapren Kadamukombe's three children escaped unhurt after the grass-th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Companies comply with food fortification

Local companies have complied with the food fortification programme introduced last year to prevent micro-nutrient deficiency disorders among consumers, a government consultant has said.In an intervie...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Zec beefs up voters' roll

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has pulled another shocker by adding new names on its biometric voters' roll (BVR) weeks after releasing what it claimed was the final version.In its latest upd...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Prisoners' voting rights: Judge reserves ruling

HIGH Court judge Justice Clement Phiri yesterday reserved judgment in a case where two prisoners sought to be granted the right to vote in the month-end polls.Two jailed MDC-T activists Tungamirai Mad...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Barred from using Mnangagwa picture

HIGH Court judge, Justice Amy Tsanga has barred independent candidate for Murehwa South constituency, Noah Mangondo, from using Zanu-PF presidential candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa's picture and regalia ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

MDC-T to redistribute land

The Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T said it would redistribute land equally should it win the right to lead government after the July 30 polls.Party spokesperson Linda Masarira said the party's position on ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

OPINION

'Candidate death will not stop polls'

THE death of any presidential, local government or parliamentary candidate will not stop the holding of the July 30 elections, but will only see that particular poll being postponed until after the ge...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa rewards soldiers, police

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has awarded a whopping 22,5% "special allowance" rise to members of the security service, raising fears that the gesture could be a vote-buying gimmick as it ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa to announce poll results

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday threatened to pre-empt the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s vote-rigging antics by prematurely announcing results for the July 30 elections to enable ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

'It's time to correct human Zim's rights record'

GLOBAL human rights lobby group, Amnesty International (AI) has called on the Zimbabwean electorate to seize the opportunity availed by the July 30 polls to elect leaders committed to improving the co...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Hwange, Zinwa bury hatchet

THE protracted war over the management of water between Hwange Local Board (HLB) and Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has ended following the latter's decision to hand over sewer reticulation...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Gweru Agric show postponed

THE Midlands Show Society has postponed the Gweru Agricultural Show, which was scheduled to run from July 26 to 29, to next month as the initial dates were too close to the July 30 general elections.T...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiefs in near blows, as Charumbira survives axe

Chiefs Council president, Chief Fortune Charumbira, yesterday survived a planned ouster after he was voted by Masvingo traditional leaders to contest at national level for another term.Charumbira got ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa threatens

MDC-Alliance presidential candidate, Mr Nelson Chamisa, yesterday threatened to usurp the powers of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and breach the Electoral Act by unilaterally announcing results of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa commissions $241m Beitbridge Border upgrade

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday laid the foundation for the $241 million upgrade of Beitbridge Border Post before addressing close to 15 000 people at Dulivhadzimo Stadium in an unscheduled ral...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Workers union takes Chamisa to task over mass dismissals

A workers' union has emerged pitching its narrative around the mass dismissal of workers following a Supreme Court judgment in July 2015 in which MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa was...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Afreximbank disburses $8bn from intra-African trade facility

THE African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed over a third of the $25 billion facility meant to accelerate intra-African trade, the bank's president and chairman Benedict Oramah has said....

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

OPINION

Ballot politics & electoral risks

"Any initiative which makes our elections more credible, inclusive and democratic cannot be said to be in violation of the constitution and electoral laws."Just across the mighty Zambezi River, the El...

By Phillan Zamchiya & Washington Katema | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's 'love child' fined for disorderly conduct

A 31-YEAR-OLD Harare man who allegedly stormed into President Emerson Mnangagwa's residence claiming to be his biological son was yesterday fined $20 by magistrate Josephine SandeBrian Chitembeya was ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Ndhlukula projects rush in investments after elections

ZIMBABWEAN businesses should be self-adaptive and grab investment opportunities being ushered in by the new political dispensation.Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) immediate past president...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Mohadi's brother burial set for Saturday

Vice President Kembo Dugishi Mohadi's younger brother, Steven (58) who died in Harare last week will be buried at his rural home in Beitbridge on Saturday, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo ready to operationalise SEZs

THE Bulawayo Special Economic Zones (SEZs) technical working group says the city is ready to operationalise the specialised economic model based on the ground work that has been done.Officials from th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa prioritises Beitbridge economy

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said the heavy presence of the country's top leadership in Matabeleland South province yesterday, for two important complementary activities, is a realisation t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Govt mustn't side-line people from Matebeleland

FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa yesterday challenged Government departments not to side-line people from Matebeleland region when rolling out development projects.Addressing the elderly and disabled at H...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

POLITICS

Mat South to be turned into green belt, says Chiwenga

The Zanu-PF Government is working on programmes and projects meant to improve the people's lives and this includes the project to transform Beitbridge and its environs into a green belt.Vice President...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2018

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