POLITICS

Mnangagwa 'justifies' Zanu-PF, chiefs link

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said there was no way his government could not engage chiefs, as only those ruling had the mandate to do so.Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters, drawn fro...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

'Chigumba is an able lawyer' claims EU observer mission

The European Union Election Observer Mission in Zimbabwe has described Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chair Justice Priscilla Chigumba as an able lawyer who "knows very much the law and sticks to the l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

2 500 open accounts with women's bank

More than 2 500 women have so far opened accounts with the Zimbabwe Women's Microfinance Bank (ZWMB), which was officially opened by President Mnangagwa last week. Briefing journalists on the progress...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa supporter in the court for attacking Khupe's supporter

A 42-year-old Epworth man appeared in court yesterday for vandalising property belonging to another man whom he accused of supporting Dr Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T instead of the MDC Alliance. Asifa Muts...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF challenges High Court verdict

Zanu-PF has appealed to the Supreme Court against a recent High Court judgment barring it from "forcing pupils and teachers to attend political rallies", saying the decision was made without any proof...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

OPINION

Democracy on trial in Zimbabwe

The number of invitations to foreign observers to our July 30 harmonised elections is unprecedented. The number of presidential contestants is unprecedented, and so is the peaceful environment with ju...

By RADAR | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

Cabinet quota for Zimbabwe youths

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said if he wins the July 30 presidential poll, 25 percent of his ministers will be youths as they are the country's future. The President revealed this while responding to ques...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa disowns Zanu-PF 'rebels'

President Mnangagwa yesterday urged Zanu-PF members to be wary of individuals contesting the July 30 harmonised elections as independent candidates, but masquerading as ruling party cadres. The Presid...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

'It's the law which is arrogant,' says Chigumba

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairwoman Justice Priscilla Chigumba says ZEC cooperates with foreign election observers and missions, but does not take instructions from anybody because it is an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

5 arrested in $4 million, 98kg gold haul

POLICE raided a Harare house following a tip-off on Thursday and recovered US$4 million in cash and 98 kilogrammes of gold stashed in suitcases. National police spokesman Chief Superintendent Paul Nya...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

'No one can stop elections,' says Mnangagwa

Elections will go ahead as scheduled on July 30 and no one has the power to reverse the proclamation scheduling voting on that date, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing senior Government official...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

Jonathan Moyo pins Gukurahundi blame on Mnangagwa

Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo says he has always held President Emmerson Mnangagwa in contempt mainly for his role in the Gukurahundi atrocities which left an estimated 2...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa seeks to design ballot paper

MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, who has lined up demonstrations and a regional charm offensive to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)  to effect electoral reforms, has not shut the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

Obert Mpofu loses property battle

Home Affairs minister, Obert Mpofu, has lost the battle to block the High Court from transferring some of his properties to the Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) - the liquidator of his now-defunct...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

POLITICS

Khupe, Chamisa unite against Zec

Opposition political parties are teaming up against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) ahead of next week's demonstration to demand reforms critical for a credible, free and fair vote on July 30....

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mphoko would not accept a hostile takeover bid

THE battle for the ownership and control of supermarket chain Choppies Zimbabwe - on paper owned 51% by Nanavac Investments run by former vice-president Phelekezela Mphoko's family and 49% by Botswana...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

POLITICS

Russians join Mnangagwa bomb probe

FOUR Russian specialists have jetted into the country to assist the multi-agency security team investigating the Bulawayo "bombing" incident which claimed the lives of two local security agents, in an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

POLITICS

'Boycotting elections not a viable option'

LEADERS of several political parties set to contest in the July 30 general elections have said they will not follow MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's threat to pull out of the race,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe X-factor haunts Chamisa

THE military is fretting over a potential electoral strategic alliance between former president Robert Mugabe and the adventurous opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, whom it has warned coul...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Current account deficit to reach 1.8% in 2019

A Fitch Research Company, BMI, sees Zimbabwe's current account deficit of 0,8% of GDP in 2018 rising to 1,8% in 2019 from 0,8% in 2017 amid the international re-engagement efforts of the new administr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

OPINION

Are Zim's political parties really different?

The forthcoming general elections scheduled for July 30 are literally four weeks away, but public discourse remains focussed on the referee, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the rules of the game...

By Tendai Murisa & Tendai Chikweche | Published: 06 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Govt committed to media reforms'

ACTING Information minister Simon Khaya Moyo yesterday said government was committed to implementing the long-awaited media reforms to guarantee freedom of expression for all citizens and enable journ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

POLITICS

'NewsDay pushing an MDC Alliance agenda'

GOVERNMENT has described as "regrettable" a decision by NewsDay to push an MDC Alliance agenda to attack the person of President Mnangagwa after the paper on Wednesday used a routine travel warning by...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Red tape closing Zimbabwe for business

Finance and Economic Development minister Patrick Chinamasa says bureaucracy in local authorities and State agencies was frustrating President Emmerson Mnangagwa's efforts to attract foreign direct in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo residents threaten rates boycott

THE Bulawayo City Council has rapped Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga for urging residents to boycott paying rates at a time government departments and parastatals were owing a combined $7 million ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 July 2018

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