POLITICS

Tsvangirai shoes too big for me, says Chamisa

MDC Alliance presidential candidate Mr Nelson Chamisa has said the post left by the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is proving too big for him, and he needs support from other quarters to handl...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimdollar at appropriate time, says Chiwenga

GOVERNMENT will reintroduce a Zimbabwean currency at the appropriate time as part of a sustainable economic growth strategy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. He was addressing a Zanu-PF r...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa commissions $1,5bn project

HWANGE The expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station under a $1,5 billion facility is now set to begin in earnest after President Mnangagwa officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the project he...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

'We'll pay national debt in 5 years'

Mapfumo Peter Gava, president of the United Democratic Front (UDF) says his vision is to create a new Zimbabwe premised on accountability, fiscal discipline and respect for the Constitution. Mr Gava, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 June 2018

POLITICS

WATCH: Economy to decide election outcome

This weekend bomb blast in Bulawayo has rocked the Zimbabwean political landscape ahead of the elections on July 30th. On this Political Capital, we are Karabo Letlhatlha discusses Zimbabwe's politica...

By CNBCAfrica | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Maridadi to replace Obert Gutu

Mabvuku-Tafara MDC MP James Maridadi, is tipped to become the opposition party's spokesperson, replacing Obert Gutu, who was expelled from the party early this year.Party insiders said Nelson Chamisa ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa expels 25 MDC-T members

The MDC-T faction led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa has expelled members who defied the party's directive by filing their papers at the Nomination Court to stand as independent candidates in the forthcom...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa spending a fortune to retain power

The ruling Zanu-PF party is spending a fortune to retain power at the forthcoming polls, with millions of elusive hard currency having been spent on top-of-the-range vehicles, advertising and campaign...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Big cheer for residents ahead of crucial polls

Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo has given residents a big cheer ahead of the impending national elections by stopping the city fathers from disconnecting water supplies to defaulting consumers.Moyo came in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa attracts arrows over devolution

Civic and political groups have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of playing to the gallery by promising to implement devolution if he wins next month's elections.The new Constitution written and p...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa bomb blast triggers fears

Opposition Zapu has claimed that last week's assassination attempt on President Emmerson Mnangagwa was calculated to destabilise the Matabeleland region like what happened in the early 1980s when gove...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

US updates Zimbabwe sanctions legislation

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday approved bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), both members of the committee, to lay the fr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa spends big

The ruling Zanu-PF party is spending a fortune to retain power at the forthcoming polls, with millions of elusive hard currency having been spent on top-of-the-range vehicles, advertising and campaign...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Retrenched govt workers cry foul

Over 500 civil servants who were retrenched at the beginning of this year are crying foul after government paid them less than they had expected.In April, government moved to reduce the national wage ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

MDC-T 'rebel' backs Chamisa

SHURUGWI-BASED MDC Alliance activist, Daniel Mabonga, who successfully filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate for Shurugwi South, has embarked on a door-to-door campaign where he is a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

OPINION

The top 5 party manifestos

LAST week's column looked at the Zanu-PF manifesto which I ranked 4th. This week we examine a third manifesto.Number 3: Build Zimbabwe AllianceBuild Zimbabwe's manifesto is under the slogan 'Run with ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa mourns bomb blast victim security aides

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday sent condolence messages to the families of his two security aides, who succumbed to injuries sustained during a bomb explosion that occurred at a Zanu-PF campai...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Veritas casts doubt on Zec's impartiality

LEGISLATIVE watchdog, Veritas has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of compromising its credibility by needlessly defending court challenges filed against it, instead of leaving the task...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Ministers use private emails for govt business'

GOVERNMENT officials are using their private email accounts for official communication, a situation that puts sensitive documents at risk of falling into wrong hands, Finance and Economic Development ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

OPINION

July 30 election results key to economic recovery

"THE economy, stupid" is a popular phrase in American politics that came about in 1992 as the then United States presidential candidate Bill Clinton used this against sitting President George Herbert ...

By Tatira Zwinoira | Published: 27 June 2018

OPINION

Zanuism, 'barrack democracy' threat to Zim's progress

Zanu-PF provides the most shocking example of the culture of exceptionalism which has characterised many a liberation party in power. These include:-the belief that it is entitled to rule forever,-bla...

By Gus Manatsa | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF says, 'explosion an inside job'

ZANU-PF youths and war veterans yesterday sensationally claimed that the fatal explosion that killed two State security agents and injured 47 party members during a campaign rally in Bulawayo on Satur...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Peace pledge key to opening Zim for business

THE signing of the peace pledge by about 20 of the 23 presidential candidates contesting the July 30 elections, binding themselves to a code of conduct compelling them to campaign peacefully, is comme...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

POLITICS

Chiyangwa evictees seek recourse

RESIDENTS occupying the contested Nyarungu Estate under the Phillip Chiyangwa-owned Jetmaster Properties have approached the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZHLR) in a bid to stop a High Court dire...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt engages Chirundu highway contractor

GOVERNMENT is engaging a Chinese Company, Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group Limited (AFECC), for the dualisation of the Harare-Beitbridge-Chirundu Highway after it withdrew a tender that had b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

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