November 25, 2024
Outreach meetings in the capital were cancelled indefinitely on Monday after violence erupted in areas such as Mbare, Budiriro and Greystone Park.Tension is still high in some townships between supporters of ZANU-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) following the weekend violence, which resulted in the arrest…
As has become the norm in ZANU-PF, the endorsement would automatically confirm the veteran nationalist as the party’s presidential candidate in the next election, to be held supposedly around mid next year.He is likely to square up against Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) president and Prime Minister, Morgan…
ZANU-PF is insisting that each ward conducts one meeting as was with the situation countrywide, but its partners, the two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which consider the two cities as their strongholds, are clamouring for two meetings per ward.Critics fear the latest standoff could…
Patrick Chinamasa, the Justice and Legal Affairs Minister, on Monday told a press briefing that the coalition government would soon introduce a Bill providing for the functionality of the ZHRC set up in April this year as per the Global Political Agreement signed between President Robert Mugabe, Prime…
Treasury is already under pressure to meet the competing needs of an inclusive government whose bloated waistline is not commensurate with the size of the country’s tottering economy whose Gross Domestic Product — essentially a measure of a country’s overall economic output — has declined by half from…
Strong parliaments, free and fair elections, gender equality and non-discrimination, active civil society and an independent media are some of the yardsticks used to measure a nation’s adherence to democracy.It is in recognition of what democracy can do to society that the United Nations declared an International Day…
According to a letter written to the law enforcement agents Law and Order Section, Bennett’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa on Tuesday implored the police to disclose their case against her client, said to be currently out of the country — or risk a court action.The latest development comes as…
Mutasa and three others face allegations that they defrauded the mobile operator US$1,7 million, but were let off the hook after Tomana withdrew charges citing lack of evidence and subsequently declined to issue a certificate for private prosecution.Mutasa, her personal assistant, Caroline Gwinyai and Telecel’s regional sales manager,…
The investment will result in Ecobank becoming the single largest shareholder in Premier and final shareholding structures will be announced once all regulatory requirements have been met.Ecobank will partner local management, African Development Corporation and KMQ Enterprises as shareholders in Premier and this combination is expected to deliver…
The hotel group, whose total room occupancy rate averaged 40 percent in the first half of the year, hopes to consolidate its local business portfolio through sprucing up the company’s flagship.The hotel boasts of one of the continent’s largest modern conferencing facilities occupying seven hectares and capable of…