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Khupe told to expect even more humiliation at future rallies

THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-T has dismissed over accusations that its followers prevented the rival Thokozani Khupe group from holding its manifesto launch rally in Harare on Sunday.Khupe's faction was...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe, Mnangagwa fight takes new twist

MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has been approached by emissaries claiming to represent former president Robert Mugabe and seeking an electoral pact, it has been revealed.According ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

Chaos at MDC-T primary elections

PRIMARY elections for the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-T party were this weekend marred by organisational chaos and incidents of violence resulting in the votes being called off in some constituencies.Accor...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

What if defeated junta, Mnangagwa refuses to go?

TOP academic and publisher Ibbo Mandaza has called for a post-election national and international contingency plan on Zimbabwe if the military-backed Emmerson Mnangagwa government refuses to hand over...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe in coalition talks with Chamisa' - report

Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has reportedly been "approached by emissaries claiming to represent former president Robert Mugabe and se...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa scraps rallies

MDC Alliance supporters in Mberengwa were left fuming after the party abruptly cancelled rallies that were scheduled for the district.The MDC Alliance was scheduled to have rallies to be addressed by ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

Mujuru launches manifesto in Dotito

PEOPLE'S Rainbow Coalition (PRC) leader, Joice Mujuru on Saturday took her campaign trail to her rural home in Dotito, Mt Darwin, where she launched her coalition's election manifesto dubbed Inclusiv...

By Staff rpeorter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

Kasukuwere says, 'I'll return to face the music'

A key ally of Grace Mugabe is set to return to Zimbabwe six months after he fled into exile in the wake of the military takeover, a newspaper reported Sunday.Speaking to the Zimbabwe edition of South ...

By Staff rpeorter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa's partners cry foul

OTHER partners in the MDC Alliance have accused the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-T party of encroaching into constituencies allocated to the coalition's smaller parties and pushing them to Zanu-PF -dominate...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

UK exposes Mnangagwa's $100m spin

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been left exposed after claiming that the British government had advanced a $100 million loan to Zimbabwe to ease the current cash crisis.Addressing Zanu-PF supporters...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

Disgruntled MDC-T protesters block offices

BUSINESS at the MDC-T provincial offices in Chinhoyi was briefly grounded last week, after more than 50 disgruntled members blocked the main gate in protest over alleged imposition of candidates to co...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

Mliswa takes missing $15bn crusade to Mugabe's mansion

THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy has resolved to meet former President Robert Mugabe at his private home instead of dragging him to Parliament to answer questions on the missi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Fertiliser industry needs $120m for 2018/19 season

THE local fertiliser industry needs $120 million in foreign currency to meet this year's demand of 600 000 tonnes of fertiliser.Chemplex Corporation Limited chief executive officer, Tapuwa Mashingaidz...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Foreign currency scarcity 'smokes' out BAT

BRITISH American Tobacco (BAT) managing director, Clara Mlambo says the company is struggling to get foreign currency and has described 2018's first quarter as "drier" than other first year quarters.I...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulk fuel imports increase

SHIPPING agents at Beitbridge Border Post yesterday said they had observed a sharp increase in bulk fuel imports from South Africa, as the country moves to restore normal supplies following last week'...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

AFRICA NEWS

Zimbabwe/SA launch joint crime-busting operation

ZIMBABWE and South Africa last week launched a multi-disciplinary joint crime-busting operation targeting cross-border criminals.The operation, code-named Cross-border Operation Basadi (basadi means w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

'Zimbabwe police keep violating the law'

OPPOSITION parties have accused the police of perpetually violating the country's Constitution by actively participating at Zanu-PF rallies when they are supposed to be apolitical.MDC-T secretary-gene...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

OPINION

Without Zanu-PF, MDC is nothing

Some political scientists have described the next election as critical because of the possibilities to define an era and a generation.Tapiwa GomoThey have compared the importance of the forthcoming el...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

John Nkomo's son cries foul over Zanu-PF primaries

The late Vice-President John Nkomo's son, Jabulani, has claimed there was rigging in the Zanu-PF primaries for the Tsholotsho South seat, but his opponent, the legislator for the area, Zenzo Sibanda d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

ZBC set to introduce security service channel

THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) says it will soon introduce a security services channel as part of a cocktail of programmes planned for digital television broadcasting.ZBC chief executive ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF youth injured in intra-party clashes

Several Zanu-PF supporters were reportedly injured, while others were arrested following retributive intra-party clashes in Gutu East constituency on Friday, as the tension from the fallout over the d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

'Mnangagwa should go beyond rhetoric'

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent signing of the African Charter on democracy, elections and governance does not guarantee the holding of credible elections, but remains a public relations stunt i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

'Banks prioritising Harare firms on forex allocations'

A NUMBER of Bulawayo companies have not been allocated foreign currency for raw material imports since last year from their banks, as priority is being given to Harare-based companies, an industry off...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

OPINION

Opposition must continue pushing Zec for reforms

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has finally relented and will allow political parties to observe the printing of ballots, a significant victory for the opposition that has been campaigning for...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF flexes mobilisation muscles

Zanu-PF on Saturday flexed its mobilisation muscle at Murambinda Growth Point in Buhera where President Mnangagwa addressed a crowd of more than 30 000 people, during which he laid out his vision for ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2018

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