After days of political drama, anxiety and bated breath, President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the election date, setting the stage for a season of intrigue, joy and heartaches. Zimbabwe decides on 23 August and the country’s commitment to democratic principles will be put to the test. Using his power of incumbency, …
Read More »Residents Demand Termination Of Developer Contracts In Chiredzi
Councillors in Chiredzi have begun the process of cancelling an agreement with land developer Full Life Open Arms Africa Investments (FLOAAI), accusing the company linked to minister of Local Government July Moyo of breaching a contract signed in 2018. This development comes only two weeks after residents approached the High …
Read More »300MW From Hwange Unit 7 Integrated To National Grid, Unit 8 Launches October
Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 7, which was recently taken off the national grid for further tests, was successfully put back on Monday, adding 300 MW to the national output. The 300 MW Hwange Unit 7 had been disconnected from the grid for system evaluation before beginning the final commissioning …
Read More »Biti: Using Spooky FAZ Agents In Electoral Process A Recipe For ‘Disaster & Military Coups’
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Tendai Biti has warned the unconstitutional recruitment of agents from spooky Zanu PF aligned group, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) to allegedly tamper with the country’s election process was fertile ground for a military coup. The politician, who is also CCC co-vice president, was speaking …
Read More »Zimbabweans To Vote On August 23
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has finally proclaimed the long-awaited date when the country’s harmonised elections will take place. According to Proclamation 4 of 2023 which has been gazetted, the fixed date for this year’s elections is August 23 while October 2, 2023 has been set as the date for a run-off …
Read More »National Migration Policy Gets Cabinet Nod
Cabinet has approved the National Migration Policy whose thrust will inform the number of Zimbabweans in the diaspora and their contributions to the country through remittances. The policy will also enable Government to effectively respond to diasporan distress calls in the face of xenophobic attacks among other challenges experienced in …
Read More »Official Exchange Rate Shoots To 2 500
Zimbabwe’s official exchange rate shot up to Z$2 577.05 to one United States dollar, results of Tuesday’s Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) foreign exchange auction show. Last week the auction closed with the Zimbabwe dollar pegged at a weighted average of 1 888. 01 against the greenback. The crumble of …
Read More »Zimbabwe Summons Top US Embassy Official Over Election Interference
Zimbabwe’s foreign ministry has summoned the United States’ top diplomat in Harare to protest the embassy’s “diplomatic indiscretion.” The decision came after the US embassy in Harare was accused, in state media, of meddling in the country’s domestic affairs over a Twitter post encouraging Zimbabweans to “register to vote and …
Read More »Mnangagwa To Announce Election Date Monday
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to reveal the date when this year’s harmonised elections today. Mnangagwa announced the latest development in Binga last Saturday where he was commissioning classroom blocks at Mabobolo Secondary School. This comes as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) opened the voters roll to the public for …
Read More »Electoral Bill: Use Of Driver’s Licence As Identity Rages On
Parliament is next week expected to resume debate on contentious clauses in the Electoral Amendment Bill after a marathon and heated sitting which started on Thursday afternoon last week went into early Friday morning as legislators could not find common ground. Debate on whether driver’s licences can be accepted as …
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