POLITICS

Veritas seeks right to conduct voter education

INDEPENDENT parliamentary watchdog, Veritas, has approached the High Court challenging part of the Electoral Act which gives the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and political parties the sole righ...

OPINION

Government handling of fuel crisis shambolic

The past few days have been characterised by fuel shortages, which the government should deal with urgently.The government should have foreseen the possibility of fuel shortages and done everything in...

POLITICS

Mohadi challenges political parties

VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has challenged political parties participating in this year's general elections to campaign peacefully to ensure free, fair and credible polls.Addressing a 2018 harmonised ...

Mnangagwa endorses $5,2bn coal-to-liquid project

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday endorsed a $5,2 billion coal-to-liquid project deal signed between Verify Engineering and South Africa's Nkosikhona Holdings.The joint venture will see a coal to...

POLITICS

MDC-T primary elections start

ADVOCATE Nelson Chamisa's MDC-T is today up to Monday expected to hold primary elections in constituencies where its candidates failed to reach consensus.The party threatened to disqualify some of its...

POLITICS

Bulawayo Mayor to seek re-election

BULAWAYO Mayor Alderman Martin Moyo says he will seek a second term in office although he faces stiff competition from aspiring candidates from his party, MDC-T.In an interview after his valedictory m...

BUSINESS NEWS

Gweru unveils $40m intercity transport hub plan

GWERU City Council has unveiled a plan to construct a modern intercity transport hub at an estimated cost of $40 million.The local authority would soon be calling for expressions of interests from pot...

BUSINESS NEWS

UK-Zimbabwe relations warming up

The United Kingdom's (UK) move to extend a $100m loan facility to Zimbabwe is a clear testimony that the former colonial master is warming up to the country and working on ending strained relations th...

POLITICS

Mudzuri slams imposition of 'rich strangers' in MDC-T

MDC-T deputy president Engineer Elias Mudzuri yesterday confirmed the chaos rocking the party's process to select representatives ahead of national elections, alleging imposition of "rich strangers" a...

POLITICS

Mutsvangwa calls for unity

ZANU-PF winning and losing candidates in Manicaland Province have been urged to work together to secure a resounding victory for the ruling party in the forthcoming harmonised elections.They were also...

POLITICS

MDC-T in limbo over primaries

MDC-T in Manicaland has failed to reach a consensus on candidates to represent it in the forthcoming harmonised elections, a senior official has said.The opposition party is now waiting for its nation...

POLITICS

Zimbabwe police chief breathes fire

Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga on Wednesday said it was disturbing to note that officers deployed on patrols and traffic operations were not performing their duties to expectations.He said...

POLITICS

Chiwenga's mother in law takes Zanu-PF to court

Losing candidate in Zanu-PF primary elections for Seke Rural constituency Helga Mubaiwa has approached the High Court seeking to bar the elected candidate Munyaradzi Kashambe from campaigning pending ...

POLITICS

ZBC rapped for 'skewed coverage'

Secretary for Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Mr George Charamba has castigated the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) for failing to unify the country because of its apparent failur...

POLITICS

Zvorwadza slates 'selfish opposition'

The National Vendors Union of Zimbabwe (Navuz) yesterday savaged opposition political parties, branding them hypocrites of the highest order fighting Government for personal benefit.Navuz president Mr...

BUSINESS NEWS

ZESA to cut off businesses

BUSINESSES, including miners and manufacturers, who owe money for electricity risk being cut off by Zimbabwe's power distributor after the lapse of a six months grace period to settle their bills.The ...

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt, SA firm seal $5,2bn fuels deal

GOVERNMENT yesterday signed $5,2 billion deal with a South African company - Nkosikhona Holdings - that will see the country produce over 8 million litres of liquid fuels per day from coal in Lisulu, ...

POLITICS

Mnangagwa has done a great job, says Mathema

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has within a few months of his inauguration turned around the economic fortunes of the country showing his commitment to transform the lives of Zimbabweans, Zanu-PF Politb...

OPINION

Not the Econet way...

Econet is by far the leading mobile network provider in Zimbabwe and stand their ground even outside the borders. I hear they have over five million local subscribers in Zimbabwe.EcoCash is widely use...

POLITICS

Harry Wilson pledges to form inclusive Zim govt

THE Democratic Opposition Party (DOP) has pledged to form an inclusive government comprising of all interested political parties and technocrats after winning this year's elections.DOP leader Harry Wi...

POLITICS

Mohadi back from sick leave

Vice President Kembo Mohadi is back in office after spending nearly a month in South Africa, undergoing treatment for an undisclosed ailment. The 68-year-old missed Independence Day celebrations in Ha...

POLITICS

Tycoon causes govt shutdown

The death of businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei's father dealt a major blow on government business this week as virtually all ministers abandoned their workstations to attend his burial - in a developmen...

POLITICS

British govt banking on Mnangagwa

EVIDENCE of Britain's meddlesome support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration and that he is their preferred choice to lead Zimbabwe after this year's general elections in July is mountin...

POLITICS

Mnangagwa lures Dabengwa to Zanu-PF

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has renewed efforts to lure Zapu president Dumiso Dabengwa into Zanu-PF structures and government, this time sending a top military commander to engage the ex-home affairs...

OPINION

Banning cryptos in the cash-starved economy

"The more government bans it, the more popular it gets," that is exactly what happens to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.Every few months, we hear that bitcoin has been banned by some country or th...