POLITICS

State security agents swarm Beitbridge

STATE security agents swarmed Beitbridge Border Post yesterday ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit tomorrow to officiate at the upgrading of country's busiest port.The heavy presence of poli...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Delma Lupepe jailed

PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman, Delma Lupepe, has been slapped with a three-month civil imprisonment term for failing to service a $280 000 debt with Ecobank.Harare High Court judge, Justice Isaac Muz...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF activists nabbed for violence

SIX Zanu-PF supporters were arrested in Manicaland province for allegedly assaulting MDC-Alliance activists during a prayer meeting on Monday.The Zanu-PF cadres were also accused of threatening opposi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa vows to lead protest from front

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said he will today lead the protest march against Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s alleged bias towards Zanu-PF ahead of this month's crunch polls.Chamisa s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

'Military increases presence in villages'

LOCAL political think-tank, Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), has claimed that contrary to denials by public officials, a huge number of soldiers had, indeed, been deployed in most villages across t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Army, police to help Zec despite denials

AS the furore around Zimbabwe's viciously-fought election continues, police have revealed the army might still be called upon to provide logistical support for the month-end polls.Police's elections c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Chief Charumbira faces ouster

SOME traditional leaders have reportedly started pushing for the ouster of the Chiefs' Council president Fortune Charumbira (pictured), whom they accuse of frog-marching them into Zanu-PF politics whe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

ZEC sets up 'shady' polling stations

INDEPENDENT biometric voter registration (BVR) and data science experts analysing the voters' roll, yesterday claimed they had unearthed another suspected vote-rigging loophole, where the Zimbabwe Ele...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF activists in court over MDC Alliance posters

TWO Zanu-PF youths from Gutu yesterday appeared in court for allegedly pulling down and tearing some MDC Alliance posters, while an elderly Zaka woman was arrested for allegedly committing a similar o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Political hallucinations swaying Chamisa

According to Cambridge Advanced Learners' Dictionary, "hallucination" means "seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling something which does not exist."When Morgan Tsvangirai was yelling in pain on a hospit...

By Panganai Kahuni | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's name dropped in Kaseke assault case

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name has been dragged into a criminal case where Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer Karikoga Kaseke faces charges of assaulting top lawyer, Phillip...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

UK professor predicts victory for Mnangagwa

A TOP UK professor - Stephen Chan - has predicted victory for Zanu-PF and President Mnangagwa.Professor Chan, who teaches African Political Thought at the SOAS University in London, feels the MDC-T is...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

ZimTrade intensifies efforts to increase exports

THE national export promotion agency, ZimTrade, has intensified efforts to increase exports through engagement with different companies in the services sector.In its monthly newsletter for June, ZimTr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

RTG completes Victoria Falls Rainbow refurbishment

LISTED Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG) has completed refurbishment of the Victoria Falls Rainbow Hotel in line with global standards and growing demand for quality accommodation.Upgrading of the 88-room f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

ZEC doing a great job, says NCA

THE National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) has hailed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for conducting itself in a professional manner ahead of the July 30 elections. NCA Manicaland provincial spokesp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

'Chamisa victory would be catastrophic for Zim'

A Nelson Chamisa victory in the July 30 elections would be catastrophic for Zimbabwe as the MDC Alliance candidate is an unstable and immature politician whose grasp of the country's political discour...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Mphoko accused of 'looting' Choppies cash

THE Mphoko family has come under fire for allegedly hijacking the Choppies retail business and "looting" cash from the outlets countrywide without board approval.Mr Siqokoqela Mphoko, son to the count...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa appoints chiefs

President Mnangagwa has appointed Mr Tsaurai Alphios Chitsa as substantive Chief Chitsa of Gutu and Mr Mhumhi Mapfumo as Chief Zimuto of Masvingo, paving the way for their investiture. The appointment...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

'Zanu-PF has no control over ZEC'

ZANU-PF does not control the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) and the electoral body is totally independent, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, has said. Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

MDC Alliance too broke to pay for ads

The MDC Alliance led by Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday admitted it was struggling to raise money to pay for advertising slots availed by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation on both radio and television...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

'Reckless and retrogressive' Chiwenga slammed

Local authorities have warned Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga against inciting residents to boycott paying rates, saying his recent call for a rates boycott was "reckless and retrogressive".Outgoi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2018

OPINION

Is Zimbabwe falling into the coup trap?

A coup d'état, can be understood as the sudden and illegal removal of the incumbent using force or the threat of force.The "stroke of the State" as per the French translation is often a swift, surpri...

By Munyaradzi Ziburawa | Published: 11 July 2018

POLITICS

MDC-T intensify parliamentary bid

Some aspiring National Assembly members in Bulawayo from the Dr Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T faction have intensified their parliamentary bid with some door-to-door campaigns while expressing confidence ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2018

POLITICS

Grace Mugabe ally's farm safe for now

Axed Zanu-PF Manicaland youth chair Mubuso Chinguno has obtained an urgent court interdict preventing army officials from invading his farm.This comes amid sustained pressure by officials angling to t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa mourns Mohadi's brother

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday offered his condolences to the Mohadi family following the death of Steven Dugish Mohadi, brother to Vice President Kembo Mohadi. Mohadi (58), a war veteran and a former ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2018

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