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Late entry: The People's Agenda manifesto
OVER the past few weeks, my colleague Paul Kaseke has been analysing what he identified as the top five manifestos and he simplified the jargon thrown in them as he unpacked them for everyone to easil...Published: 25 mins ago | 16 | by Thabani Mnyama
Ramaphosa receives Chamisa's petition
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday disclosed that their planned vigils at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) offices countrywide would kick off next Tuesday a...Published: 26 mins ago | 147 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should postpone elections
Last week, I published findings from my research of six years on how certain individuals had abrogated themselves the role of choosing Zimbabwe's elected leaders through an elaborate election rigging ...Published: 28 mins ago | 108 | by Mkhululi Tshuma
Zimbabwe electoral body's database hacked
UNDERFIRE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba has sensationally claimed that suspected hackers recently broke into the electoral management body's database and s...Published: 28 mins ago | 124 | by Staff reporter
Zesa unit in fraud storm
ZIMBABWE Power Company (ZPC) has flown into the eye of a storm amid revelations a senior executive of the State- owned power utility allegedly awarded a multi-million dollar contract without going to ...Published: 47 mins ago | 46 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Wilson pledge to revive Bulawayo
A total of 23 candidates will be vying for the top post in Zimbabwe's harmonised elections due in less than two weeks' time and of these only two hail from the second largest city, Bulawayo.Wh...Published: 16 hrs ago | 824 | by Staff reporter
Seizing opportunities in Zimbabwe's new era
As Zimbabwe courts investors and ramps up efforts to create a business-friendly environment, connectivity and communication will be key to forging a path towards the country's digital future, says Nev...Published: 18 hrs ago | 1008 | by Never Ncube
United States Launches Program to Support Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Zimbabwe
HARARE - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announces the launch of Pathways, a five-year $35 million program that will offer services to 250,000 HIV-affected orphans and v...Published: 21 hrs ago | 768 | by APO
Mnangagwa flies out again
President Mnangagwa leaves Harare today for Lusaka, Zambia where he will attend the 20th Summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa).Heads of State and Government from...Published: 22 hrs ago | 2787 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dangles more incentives for civil servants
GOVERNMENT yesterday dangled another carrot at civil servants two weeks before crucial elections, promising to provide them with additional incentives on top of a 17,5% special civil service allowance...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:41hrs | 2530 | by Staff reporter
No going back on ballot papers: Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has effectively shut the door on opposition MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa, declaring that the printing of the ballot papers was non-negotia...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:41hrs | 2194 | by Staff reporter
Cheating couple locked up
SOME residents of Chinotimba suburb in Victoria Falls teamed up to help a neighbour trap a man who had been cheating with his wife.Concerned neighbours, who had been seeing Mr Tafireyi Zimba s...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:36hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Inside Chamisa's winter of discontent
On Monday we woke up to a screaming headline in an opposition-leaning newspaper that told us that the MDC-Alliance had given the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission an ultimatum of 24 hours to address...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:24hrs | 314 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Pay rise for civil servants
GOVERNMENT is effecting a 17,5 percent Special Civil Service Allowance in fulfilment of an agreement it reached with its workers at the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC). It will also meet oth...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:23hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
'Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done' - Is there Justice in Zimbabwe?
In the case of R v Sussex Justice, Ex parte McCarthy in 1923, an English case on the impartiality and recusal of judges, this aphorism was birthed. The full statement was that it was of fundamental im...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:13hrs | 762 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Zimbabweans being bribed
It's sad to see the downtrodden citizens that live in poverty throughout a five-year term without the government doing anything meaningful to better their lives, only to emerge a few weeks before the ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:10hrs | 2025 | by Zenzo Siziba
Chamisa to take ZEC head-on
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, who is also MDC-T leader, has said his party is giving the country's election body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Co...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 18:22hrs | 1191 | by Staff rpeorter
President Mnangagwa man of the moment
As the 2018 harmonised elections beckons with only twelve days to go, political parties are busy criss-crossing the length and breadth of Zimbabwe trying to lure the electorate to vote for them. In al...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 16:19hrs | 1457 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa tells white farmers 'You are part of us'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today had an interactive meeting with farmers and stole the hearts of white commercial farmers after telling them they are a part of the Zimbabwean family and should play ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 16:08hrs | 2994 | by Staff rpeorter
Chiwenga embraces Chamisa's 'spaghetti roads'
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday unwittingly embraced MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's "spaghetti roads" idea saying they were the only viable solution to the country'...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:50hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa misleads Zimbabweans
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is grossly misleading the country regarding food self sufficiency, a leading financial research firm has said.Equity Axis said latest trade data show a spike in ma...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:38hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard brings automated traffic barrier spikes to Zimbabwe
Safeguard Security's Engineering division has introduced to the Zimbabwe market high security automated retractable traffic barrier spikes, which can be used for traffic control, preferably in conjunc...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:55hrs | 1704 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabwe to reject MDC Alliance
President Mnangagwa yesterday called on Zimbabweans to reject ploys by MDC Alliance to foment instability and chaos ahead of the harmonised elections, saying focus should be on modernising, industrial...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | 3728 | by Srtaff Reporter
Mugabe freely resigned, rules Chief Justice Luke Malaba
FORMER President of Zimbabwe Mr Robert Mugabe freely and voluntarily stepped down from power and the assumption of office by his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa was done in terms of the law, Chief Justice L...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 07:16hrs | 3373 | by Chibaba che Bikita
Chiwenga recounts role he played in Mnangagwa's escape
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said he arranged for the escape of then vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa in the wake of his abrupt removal from the post by fallen despot Robert Mugabe....Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 16:35hrs | 4761 | by Staff reporter
The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything
I hate to be the source for sad news but the opposition party behavior has betrayed the change people were looking for. Mnangagwa is allowing a free and fair vote, and he will win even though th...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:34hrs | 1632 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa's army salary increase ploy to buy votes
THE decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to award salary increases to the security services sector a few weeks before this month's crucial election is a stark reminder of how far the ...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1727 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa gives 24-hour ultimatum
THE MDC-T and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has threatened to mobilise the opposition party's supporters to picket at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) head office starting tomorrow until J...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | 3876 | by Staff reporter
Khupe slams parties threatening to boycott polls
MDC-T president Dr Thokozani Khupe has lashed out at political parties that are threatening to boycott the July 30 harmonised elections saying they are confused.Dr Khupe attacked the parties w...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1521 | by Staff reporter
'Valerio Sibanda helped Mnangagwa escape after being fired from Govt'
Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda helped in the safe escape of President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he was fired as Vice President last year, Vice President Dr Constantino...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1990 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland people should stop crying about marginalisation
PEOPLE from Matabeleland region should grab opportunities availed by Government instead of endlessly crying about marginalisation, a senior Zanu-PF official said yesterdayAddressing Zanu-PF ra...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:53hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Why army warning is omnious
Army press conferences are rare and ominous events in Zimbabwe. When the army calls a press conference in Zimbabwe, it is a serious matter and you better sit up and listen. When they did in November l...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 18:20hrs | 4650 | by Siphosami Malunga
'Chamisa's Russian rigging plot claims childish'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF has rubbished MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's claims that it was colluding with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in an elaborate plot to rig n...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:18hrs | 2103 | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa accused to favouring military over teachers
Teachers have re-ignited their feud with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government by accusing the authorities of favouring the military and police whom they have awarded allowances.The rest o...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:13hrs | 1190 | by Staff reporter
Postpone Zimbabwe's elections and address serious issues of concern
The past few days have been marked by electoral scandals of enormous proportions.Zanu-PF apparently has access to registered voters' private data, specifically mobile numbers which it is using...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:04hrs | 266 | by Zimbabwe Election Watch
Fears of military interference persist as Zanu-PF denies backing
The Zimbabwean army has revised its political involvement in electoral processes ahead of the 2018 presidential, parliamentary and municipal polls so as to duck local and international condemnation, i...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:01hrs | 242 | by Nkosana Dlamini
Postal votes scam and the forgotten postman
Too many cooks spoil the broth. That's true, of course, but once in a while, it takes only one cook to do that, breaking the utensils and burning down the kitchen too. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commissio...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:55hrs | 174 | by Tawanda Majoni
Anyone with a half a brain can see these elections are different
We are in the height of campaign season in Zimbabwe. Hello! I said we are in the height of campaign season in Zimbabwe! Yet, where is the violence? Where is the chaos?We are living in times of...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 17:28hrs | 2959 | by Joice Tsitsi
Graves being opened at cemetery
MOURNERS yesterday clashed with security officers at Granville cemetery while protesting against the theft of a body, less than 24 hours after burial.The Tizora family went to the graveyard in...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 13:06hrs | 1859 | by Staff reporter
'I can deliver better than Chamisa'
ASPIRING legislator for Kuwadzana East, Ishmael Kauzani, claims if he wins the July 30 elections as an independent candidate, he will outperform the incumbent and MDC Alliance presidential candidate N...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:52hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Zec reports MDC Alliance to police
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it is taking threats against its staff seriously and has since made reports to police to ensure their security.Zec deputy chair Commissioner Emmanu...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 05:53hrs | 3529 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa hands over 1 444 cattle to Matebeleland North farmers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday handed over 1 444 head of cattle to farmers in Matabeleland North at the official launch of the provincial Command Livestock and Fisheries Programme at Arda Jots...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 05:51hrs | 1417 | by Staff Reporter
1893 MHRRM steps up its Gukurahundi Genocide Demo Campaigns
The 1893 MHRRM-UK Chapter is stepping up its Demos in the United Kingdom against the Zimbabwean government and its on-going genocidal pogrom against Matebeleland. It has once more scheduled a Demo out...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 20:46hrs | 1008 | by Thembani Dube, 1893 MHRRM's Secretary for Information and Publicity
Voters' roll with pictures row spills into Court
Zimbabwean opposition political parties and pro-democracy campaigners have applied to join court proceedings of a registered voter who is seeking to bar the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) from re...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 14:32hrs | 1702 | by Staff reporter
'Hackers downloaded voters' personal data'
The Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Cyber Security ministry has said personalised, unsolicited campaign messages sent to potential voters' mobile phones by the ruling party could ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 14:09hrs | 1721 | by Staff reporter
Chombo demands post-coup justice
FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo, who is facing a plethora of charges ranging from fraud, criminal abuse of office and corruption, yesterday made a constitutional application for a declaratory ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 14:02hrs | 2741 | by Staff reporter
Police conduct illegal - Mthwakazi Republic Party
Mthwakazi Republic Party says it has come to their attention as the party that there was an attempt by the Zimbabwe Republic Police yesterday at Ross Camp police station in Bulawayo to rig elections, ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:58hrs | 2470 | by Stephen Jakes
Moyo clarifies Police postal voting
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Commissioner, Qhubani Moyo has tried to pour cold water into the alleged shoddy members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police postal voting which clandestinely took place in Bu...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:54hrs | 4776 | by Stephen Jakes
Khupe not boycotting Zimbabwe poll
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T yesterday described the manner in which the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is handling the forthcoming elections as catastrophic, but said boycotting the poll is a n...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:49hrs | 2416 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bodyguards airlifted to SA
Two of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's security aides who were injured last month when a bomb blast rocked an election campaign rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo have been airlifted to South Afri...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:31hrs | 5271 | by Staff reporter
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