Politics

President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not be contested at Zanu PF’s elective congress next month which will go ahead regardless of a court bid to block it and murmurings of disappointment by Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga’s backers who believe the party strongman has violated the 2017 coup agreement by holding onto power …

By Denzel Nemhara Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist and boxer Amiri Njawala has been remanded in custody after he allegedly assaulted ZANU PF’s Ward 6 shadow councillor Richard Mondoka. Mondoka is also the former provincial referees chairperson for Mashonaland Central. The State led by Getrude Mayenyoso alleged that on …

The absence of statutes aimed at managing the procurement of goods and services and their issuance in times of emergency in Zimbabwe led to the country not getting value for the funds it invested towards the sprucing up and reconstruction of its fragile and collapsed healthcare system at the height …

Zimbabwe’s governing party Zanu PF, which claims to have fought for freedom and democracy within the broad liberation movement, remains the country’s leading human rights violator – a role it has maintained since Independence in 1980, a new report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) says. “In August, ZPP monitored …

President Mnangagwa arrived in Kenya yesterday to witness the swearing-in of Dr William Ruto as the fifth President of Kenya today. The ceremony is set to be attended by more than 20 Heads of State and Government as well as 4 000 invited delegates. President Mnangagwa, who is accompanied by …

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says he now fears for his life after what is believed to have been a fresh assassination attempt by suspected Zanu PF activists in Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West province on Sunday. A home-made hand grenade exploded close to the venue of his rally …

The attack on two journalists by CCC security officers at a rally in Chinhoyi on Sunday has been condemned by unions and the Government, with consensus that political parties should not muzzle the Press. In a statement yesterday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa, condemned the assault on …

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has been sued over recently-gazetted fees to be paid by candidates intending to run for election. Former presidential candidate Egypt Dzinemunhenzva and three others who filed an application at the High Court on Monday said the new fees are “grossly unreasonable, unlawful” and would deprive citizens …

On the northern side of Harare, between a golf course, wedding venues and a growing middle-class neighbourhood, is Pomona, the city’s primary landfill site. This site has become the ground for the latest political tussle in Zimbabwe which pits the ZANU-PF-led national government against the opposition-led local government and brings …

Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni on Monday accused Zanu PF of promoting illegal vending in the city, which was leading to rampant littering. Mguni spoke as the city launched ‘Spring Cleaning Week’ which will see the local authority clear rubbish which has piled up at seven locations in the city centre. …