By Richard Chidza LIBERATION war hero and former Zapu intelligence supremo, Dumiso Dabengwa is no more. He was 79. Zapu deputy secretary general, Mjobisa Noko said they had heard the reports but would wait for an official statement from the family. “Its what we have heard and as a party we are still waiting for
By Robert Tapfumaneyi MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has admitted sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Europe and America since 2001 were undesirable but quickly said the embargo constituted twin evils with Zanu PF which should both be consigned to the dust bin. He was addressing party supporters at a ‘thank you’ rally in Chiredzi weekend. “Zanu
By Mary Taruvinga EMBATTLED former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo recently got another reminder his time as an untouchable top government official was over when some state agents trailed and seized his passport just as he was about to board a plane to South Africa for treatment. This was revealed in court Monday by his lawyer
By Robert Tapfumaneyi SELF-EXILED former Zimbabwe police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has been sucked into a sensational Malawi rigging plot by incumbent President Bingu wa Mutharika who is keen to retain his job in the southern African country’s 21 May polls. The claims were made by Malawi’s vice president and United Transformation Movement (UTM) leader, Saulos
By Staff Reporter GOVERNMENT, through the central bank, will Monday draw down US$500 million to supply the interbank forex market to meet national forex payment requirements in the wake of spiralling rates on the black market. This was revealed by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya through a tweet Saturday, as signs of
By Leopold Munhende THE MDC has invited to its congress, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s party and former Vice President Thokozani Khupe, now leader of a rival party breakaway faction, MDC-T. The Nelson Chamisa led mainstream MDC heads for its elective congress weekend next week to replace late founding party leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Tsvangirai left a leadership
By Alois Vinga GOLD mining giant, Metallon Corporation has thrown down the gauntlet, filing a US$132 million lawsuit against the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and Fidelity Printers and Refineries (FPR) over unremitted foreign currency earnings. The company says the omission has affected the smooth flow of business at its plants and the loss of
By Leopold Munhende MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has cited alleged threats on his life as the main reason he has not been too keen to reveal his movements. He said this at late party official Tafadzwa Mhundwa’s funeral wake in Harare on Wednesday. Mhundwa, brother-in-law to late founding MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, was involved in
By Robert Tapfumaneyi GOVERNMENT’S new broadcasting law is set to free public media from any interference by the State amid continued claims by the opposition the media empire was biased towards Zanu PF. Addressing journalists at a post-cabinet media briefing in Harare Tuesday, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said cabinet has approved, in principle, the Broadcasting
By Idah Mhetu ZIMBABWEAN judges and magistrates are often forced to beg for transport from individuals who later appear in their courts as litigants. This was revealed by their boss, Chief Justice Luke Malaba in a speech during the official opening of a new Labour Court building in Harare on Monday. The event was presided
By Tonderai Saharo A woman from the Matebeleland is still suffering from a sexually transmitted illness contracted when she was raped by government forces during the Gukurahundi atrocities, a National Peace and Reconciliation Commissioner (NPRC), has revealed. The NPRC’s, Netty Musanhu said this while tabling the Commission’s NPRC’s five-year strategic plan to stakeholders in Masvingo
By Robert Tapfumaneyi MDC-T leader, Thokozani Khupe has come under attack and now fears for her life in the wake of a recent High Court judgment that restored her as legitimate leader of a united MDC. Khupe, elected at the opposition party’s congress in 2014, was stampeded out of the party last year in the
By Robert Tapfumaneyi OPPOSITION MDC-T president, Thokozani Khupe has come out swinging, declaring she is in charge of the opposition party, in the aftermath of a High Court ruling that declared Nelson Chamisa illegitimate leader. Chamisa, with the help of a vigilante group known as The Vanguard, outfoxed his rivals to take power hours after
By Staff Reporter TOP MDC politician, Elias Mudzuri is living in fear of attacks by angry party supporters who accuse him of having a hand in the court nullification of Nelson Chamisa’s incumbency as party leader on Wednesday. Mudzuri was appointed as party co-vice president by the late MDC founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai in July
By Mary Taruvinga SOUTH African opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has drawn parallels between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa over the two’s slim victories in elections. Malema was speaking in an interview with a South African news channel, Friday as results of that country’s general elections trickled in. With 90%
By Robert Tapfumaneyi FORMER President Robert Mugabe has put a large consignment of farming equipment and vehicles at his Gushungo farm up for sale. According to a notice in a local newspaper, the equipment is expected to go under the hammer over the weekend at the former Zanu PF leader’s sprawling Mazowe farm. Mugabe is
By Staff Reporter FORMER Prime Minister and the late MDC founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai violated his party’s governance charter, when he appointed then national executive members Nelson Chamisa and Elias Mudzuri as deputy presidents in July 2016, High Court Court Judge, Justice Edith Mushore ruled Wednesday. Justice Mushore ruled that while current deputy president, Morgen
By Leopold Munhende THE opposition MDC, was Wednesday thrown into turmoil, after High Court Judge, Justice Edith Mushore ruled that current party leader Nelson Chamisa’s appointment as party vice president in 2016 by the late opposition founding president Morgan Tsvangirai was null and void. The Judge has also ordered the MDC to hold an extra-ordinary
By Leopold Munhende MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has promised to bring back life into his once vibrant opposition party now seen as a pale shadow of its former self. The country’s main opposition heads for its elective congress 24-26 May with the 41-year-old opposition leader having secured his job. Chamisa has not lost time in
By Audience Mutema A seemingly un-amused President Emmerson Mnangagwa, inexplicably left Harare’s oldest suburb of Mbare without addressing officials from government and the Harare City Council, as well as residents after a visit to assess progress on the flats rehabilitation project. A tent, chairs and podium had been set up to allow Mnangagwa to address
