Chokuda told to resign
Kennedy Chokuda OPPOSITION legislators have called on Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda to resign after laying the blame for the dodgy laptop and desktop tender, and suspicious fuel allocations at the august House on his doorstep. Chokuda appeared before the Public Accounts Committee...
State responds to Sikhala, Sithole bail bid
Investigations into the alleged incitement of public violence in Nyatsime by CCC members of Parliament Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole are almost complete with the trial set for November 15, the State said yesterday when opposing the latest bail application by the two. Sikhala and Sithole applied for a new...
2 men chased in vehicle and shot for parking near prisons training school
Two men were chased in their vehicle and shot by prison officers - allegedly for trespassing at a training facility for prison officers in Harare. Police and prisons said Tavonga Mashange and Tinashe Tanyanyiwa, who were driving in a blue Honda Fit, trespassed into a "sensitive area" at Chikurubi Training...
IMF says it will not provide loans for Zimbabwe
The International Monetary Fund has ruled out providing financial assistance to Zimbabwe, following a staff mission to the country. The mission’s leader, Dhaneshwar Ghura, said the IMF was “precluded from providing financial support to Zimbabwe due to unsustainable debt and official external arrears”. The IMF urged the Reserve Bank of...
CCC, MDC-T and Zanu-PF youths unite for peace; condemn political violence
YOUTHS from main political parties in Zimbabwe came together in Bulawayo Saturday to condemn political violence ahead of next year presidential elections. Speaking at a peace-building meeting organised by a local non-governmental organisation, the youths pledged to shun political violence ahead of the crunch ballot. Zanu-PF national youth league executive...
Mnangagwa plots succession roadmap
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly ordered his Zanu-PF party to fast-track internal constitutional amendments to enable him to plot the succession roadmap in consultation with the proposed council of elders. The amendments to be tabled at the party congress set for next month, would, according to insiders, enable him to...