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Chamisa weighs election options
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and other principals in the MDC Alliance have not ruled out boycotting next month's crucial national elections but for now, they will continue dialogue with the Zimbab...Published: 16 mins ago | 103 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rebufs Grace Mugabe's overtures
It has emerged that MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rebuffed ousted former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace's overtures for the trio to work together - as the former first family fran...Published: 32 mins ago | 122 | by Staff reporter
Residents castigate candidate imposition in Bulawayo
Bulawayo residents have castigated some political parties for imposing candidates for local government elections scheduled for 30 July 2018. Participants at a meeting organized by BPRA and WILD to sha...Published: 7 hrs ago | 734 | by Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
Chamisa snubs Mugabe, Grace
It has emerged that MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rebuffed ousted former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace's overtures for the trio to work together - as the former first family fran...Published: 9 hrs ago | 6589 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sweats over voters' roll
OPPOSITION MDC-T and MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa (pictured) yesterday raised alarm and literally pressed the panic baton after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for the se...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1844 | by Staff reporter
'Domestic debt to haunt Zimbabwe,' warns Mukupe
ZIMBABWE'S huge domestic debt, which runs into billions of dollars, is a big challenge in the post-election period, Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe has warned.Zimbabwe is set to hold genera...Published: 9 hrs ago | 279 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF warns independents for abusing Mnangagwa's picture
Zanu-PF has warned rogue party members that registered to contest the forthcoming elections as independents and are abusing President Mnangagwa's picture and name in their campaign material.Th...Published: 9 hrs ago | 159 | by Staff reporter
Fraudster uses Zanu-PF name to intimidate SA businessman
A HARARE magistrate on Friday dropped charges against a South African investor after it emerged that the complainant had made false claims.Magistrate Ruramai Chitumbura discharged Dharmesh Nag...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 16:02hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF cracks down on rebels
Zanu-PF is cracking down on individuals who filed papers as independent candidates — with some including former Harare province political commissar Shadreck Mashayamombe facing jail while others ris...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 15:24hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa heals rift with Alliance partners
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has set up a team to engage their disgruntled Alliance partners and party members who filed their papers as independent candidates.Speaking to the Daily News yesterd...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 15:24hrs | 1909 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean gangster jailed 24 years in UK
A ZIMBABWEAN boy recently led a gang of five who descended on a member of the rival group "like vultures" and as though "possessed" before stabbing him to death in Kent, England.The five teena...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 08:03hrs | 2783 | by Agencies
Typhoid 'hits' Harare
RESIDENTS of Harare's Hopley, Mbare and Epworth high-density suburbs were on the edge yesterday amid reports of a fresh typhoid outbreak since Saturday. Sources in the health sector said most ...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai was robbed with his eyes open,' says Chamisa - true, but so are you, Mr Know-It-All
"(President) Mnangagwa wants to get into office through the window abusing conditions for elections. That's why I told him that I will not accept what they used to do to Tsvangirai who was robbed with...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 18:45hrs | 2122 | by Nomusa Garikai
Shona speaking in Matebeleland - Chamisa blasts Mnangagwa ‘tribal politics’
MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa has pledged to reverse successive Zanu PF governments' toxic politics centred on tribalism and "jobs for the boys" policy. Addressing a camp...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:24hrs | 8653 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns opposition parties over violence
ZANU PF leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned opposition parties by provoking violence against his party supporters in the run-up to next month's general elections. Mnangagwa made the...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dismisses pre-election opinion surveys
MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa's newly-appointed spokesperson, Nkululeko Sibanda, has dismissed as 'misleading' all pre-election surveys that have predicted a resounding victory for Zanu PF leader Presid...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Dog meat peddlers resurface in Bulawayo
Bulawayo City Council and an animal rights body have warned the public to desist from buying meat from the street amid fears that dog meat vendors could be back on the market.The warning comes...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns Tongaat Hulett
President Mnangagwa last Friday warned Lowveld sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe against resisting accommodation of more indigenous players in sugar cane farming as part of Government's empowerme...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidate launches 'Bhora Mugedhi' campaign
Zanu-PF Marondera Central candidate Cleopas Kundiona has launched whirlwind campaigns in the provincial capital denouncing the "Bhora Musango" mentality among some party supporters ahead of the July 3...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa donates
Zanu-PF Zvimba South candidate Philip Chiyangwa has sourced medical equipment and other supplies for hospitals and health centres in the constituency. The equipment includes blood pressure and blood s...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Bankc card cloning on the increase, police warn public
Police have warned members of the public to be wary of a syndicate of criminals that has been swindling people through card cloning, with over 150 cases having been reported countrywide since January....Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches 'HIV prevention' pill
Government last week launched the pre-exposure prophylaxis strategy (PrEP), which is meant to reduce the risk of contracting HIV. Speaking at the "Million Men Circumcised" celebrations a...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1598 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai ex-aide disqualified
ZimFirst president Maxwell Shumba has vowed a bruising confrontation with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for blocking him from filing for state presidency this week.Shumba is the form...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:58hrs | 1695 | by Staff reporte
Mnangagwa, Chamisa face huge problems
Both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa face major problems as the country's national elections beckon - with dozens of disgruntled former Cabinet ministers and MPs from...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:50hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Zec releases dummy voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday said it will release the consolidated electronic copy of the much-awaited 2018 voters' roll to candidates participating in this year's polls, while th...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:57hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens Zanu-PF rebels
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened unspecified action against Zanu-PF rebels who defied the party and will stand as independent candidates in next month's polls in protest at the manner...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:55hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Police blitz targets unregistered vehicles
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has embarked on an operation targeting unregistered vehicles and motorists who are flouting traffic regulations and endangering the lives of other road users. The crackdow...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:44hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa opts to Jameson Timba as his election agent
What an incongruous title to use in describing politics of the Savannah! Yet such is the beauty of communication: yoking together things that are violently dissimilar, all to drive home a key point. A...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:42hrs | 187 | by Igomombe
ZimFirst leader nomination papers rejected
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba's nomination papers were on Thursday rejected by the Zoimbabwe Electoral Commssion on condition that some of his nominators were not in the voters roll.Shumba re...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 08:55hrs | 3884 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-Alliance might pull out of election race
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora and Chamisa's chief election agent Jameson Timba warned yesterday that the party might pull out of the election race if Zec continues to withhold the voters' r...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 08:20hrs | 2824 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa turns Alliance into party . . . poll boycott still an option
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday turned the seven-party coalition group into a political party after the courts took too long to resolve his legal wrangle with h...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 08:19hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
Malema warns of 'unled revolution' in South Africa
Economic Freedom Fighter leader Julius Malema has warned of an "unled revolution" in South Africa, as black people "are worse off in democracy than they were under apartheid"."If things are go...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1073 | by News24
Mliswa urges Mnangagwa to deal with corruption
Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, has urged president Emmerson Mnangagwa to act against corruption. "President ED has to be seen to be acting against corruption & the newly formed departmen...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 21:45hrs | 1169 | by Simbarashe Sithole
US warns Zimbabwe
The United States on Thursday condemned the killing of a 2-year-old boy in Zimbabwe as a "senseless and horrific act" and warned that if the murder was politically motivated it would call into questio...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 18:11hrs | 7281 | by AP
'It's time to clear MDC-T rot,' says Chiwenga
It is now time to clear the rot perpetrated by MDC-T councils in cities and towns and President Mnangagwa's administration will not evict residents duped and illegally settled by land barons before Go...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:24hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga puts land barons on notice
It is now time to clear the rot perpetrated by MDC-T councils in cities and towns and President Mnangagwa's administration will not evict residents duped and illegally settled by land barons before Go...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa should exclude Mugabe from his Alliance
The fledgling National Patriotic Front (NPF) - the new political outfit which is linked to former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace - reiterated yesterday that it was in advanced discussions ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 16:33hrs | 2611 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF HQ workers looting party regalia
Secretary for War Veterans in Zpolitburo, Victor Matemadanda has accused workers at the Zanu P HQ of grabbing and looting party regalia which they don't wear."They work for the enemy. What tro...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 13:57hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
'MDC is Zimbabwe's Renamo,' claims Matemadanda
Secretary for War Veterans in politburo, Victor Matemadanda has said some Zanu-PF workers at the party Headquarters were working with the G40 faction to destabilize activities and warned that "heads w...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 13:55hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe divides MDC Alliance
NPF, the new political outfit which is linked to Robert Mugabe reiterated yesterday that it was an in advanced discussions with the MDC Alliance on the two parties working together. At the sam...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:15hrs | 5428 | by Staff reporetr
'Zimbabwe needs free elections, - Chamisa final admit - still cannot admit impediment is his greed
"It's a delayed match. The elections are a walkover. I will beat Mnangagwa hands down. The darkest hour is just before dawn," MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa declared, to thunderous...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 07:41hrs | 2257 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe heading for sham polls, MDC warns
THE MDC Alliance has warned the country was heading towards a sham election after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) allowed President Emmerson Mnangagwa to proclaim election dates before product...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | 847 | by Staff reporter
Campaign trail turns bloody
THE July 30 election campaign trail has claimed the life of a two-year-old who was reportedly abducted and brutally killed by suspected Zanu-PF activists at the weekend after his father Rambai Lumbe d...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1405 | by Staff reporter
'Stay out of politics' Zimbabwe army warned
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has raised concern over the clear involvement of the Zimbabwe National Army's with the country's forthcoming harmonised elections. The worrying develop...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 12:00hrs | 2651 | by A Mhlongo
Mnangagwa under scrutiny
With less than two months to go to Zimbabwe's crucial general election, opposition parties and rights organisations are warning that the ruling party is not doing enough to implement the reforms neces...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 11:51hrs | 4055 | by irishtimes
'Poll survey, wake-up call for Chamisa'
POLITICAL analysts have urged MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, to objectively analyse a recent poll survey report produced by Afrobarometer to correct the highlighted grey areas an...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 09:05hrs | 2774 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants chiefs to back Zanu-PF
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pleaded with Zanu-PF candidates to engage traditional leaders to ensure that the party wins next month's elections.Addressing thousands of party supporte...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 18:01hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets up 7-member anti-graft team
President Mnangagwa has set up a seven-member team of lawyers to constitute the recently established Anti-Corruption Prosecution Unit in his office, as the fight against graft intensifies.The ...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 08:14hrs | 620 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe is NOT ready for elections,' says observers tell ZEC - we know, 'You ain't seen nothing yet!'
It is pleasing to see that the international elections observers are now in Zimbabwe and some are already "cutting their teeth"! "International Observers Claim Zimbabwe Is Not Ready For Electi...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 17:39hrs | 3879 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Soldier flees as girlfriend fights wife on streets
There was drama in Masvingo CBD on Monday afternoon last week when a man who is said to be a soldier escaped from a street fight involving his wife and another woman suspected to be his girlfriend....Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 16:31hrs | 2160 | by Staff reporter
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