President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted that by-elections may be held soon and called on Zanu PF to get prepared, while observing World Health Organisation (WHO) safety guidelines on COVID-19. Mnangagwa told his Zanu PF party politburo members that they should leave nothing to chance in ensuring victory in the upcoming […]
The High Court yesterday threw a lifeline at former Harare East MP Tendai Biti and five other legislators after ruling that their recent recall was illegal since the man who initiated it, Benjamin Rukanda, was not the legitimate People’s Democratic Party (PDP) secretary-general. High Court judge Justice Amy Tsanga ruled […]
Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was slapped with an eight-year ban for corruption dating back to his coaching stints with the national team and in several Twenty20 leagues, the game’s governing body said on Wednesday. The 47-year-old admitted five breaches of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) anti-corruption code and agreed […]
MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and activist Cecilia Chimbiri, who are accused of violating Covid-19 regulations, have again been denied bail. The duo had made a new application for bail on changed circumstances but Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi ruled that nothing has changed to warrant granting them bail. Mamombe and […]
Cabinet yesterday approved the reintroduction of the National Youth Service training programme, which was previously accused of being behind a Zanu PF militia that terrorised opposition members. The programme, whose cadets were commonly referred to as green bombers due to their conspicuous uniform, were introduced in 2000 by the late […]
MDC-T senators were cajoled into voting with Zanu PF to pass controversial amendments to the constitution in the hope that the ruling party will return the favour by backing it in its battles with the mainstream MDC Alliance, it has emerged. The Douglas Mwonzora-led party made a stunning somersault last […]
The passing of the controversial constitutional amendments by the Senate last week marked yet another major reversal in Zimbabwe’s push to transform into a democracy since the 2017 coup. President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the security forces that masterminded the military putsch justified their move to topple Robert Mugabe by claiming […]
An MDC-T activist on Friday lodged a complaint with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) accusing the party’s leader Douglas Mwonzora of stealing over $6 million from the opposition party’s coffers. Patson Murimoga, a former Mwonzora ally, accuses the MDC-T leader of conniving with the party’s finance director Toddy Mapingire to […]
By Brian Chitemba Shocking details have emerged of how the former first family’s elite schools and orphanage nestled in a vast estate in Mazowe — 40km north of Harare — were rocked by an alleged child sexual abuse scandal that was kept under wraps. Investigations revealed the shocking scandal at […]
Douglas Mwonzora’s MDC-T MPs are demanding that the Zanu PF government should allocate them farms, accusing the ruling party of partisan land redistribution that excluded them. The demand was made to Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka when he appeared before the Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena-chaired Parliament Portfolio Committee on Agriculture […]