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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa reportedly told the country’s war collaborators this week that they “should not lose sleep” over demonstrations by opposition parties, whom he claimed were already sensing defeat in the forthcoming polls”. According to the state-owned Herald newspaper, Mnangagwa said this while addressing members of the Zimbabwe Liberation War Collaborators (Ziliwaco). The war […]

The Mugabe family offered the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Nelson Chamisa 24 million US dollars and a dozen vehicles to oil its election campaign, a Zimbabwean newspaper has claimed. In return, the MDC would reserve 82 parliamentary seats and a vice president’s post for a party linked to the Mugabes, the report said. Stiff […]

Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe it has be reported that fired six security details provided by the state because he suspected they were spying on him on behalf of the current Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government, it has been revealed. According to sources at Mugabe residence, Former President Mugabe took the drastic action last week […]

The captain of Nigeria’s national football team, John Obi Mikel, has revealed he was told his father had been kidnapped four hours before the crunch World Cup game against Argentina, which saw the West African nation knocked out of the tournament. Pa Michael Obi was abducted in south-east Nigeria as he travelled to a funeral […]

MDC Alliance which has since hit hard times, is now seeking donations to fund campaigns ahead of the July 30 harmonised elections. The opposition party’s national chairperson, Morgen Komichi, confirmed to the Daily News last week that the party is seeking contributions from supporters and well-wishers. “We are calling upon Zimbabweans to contribute towards the […]

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has joined many other voices in condemning the bomb attack at President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s campaign rally in Bulawayo on Saturday which left two people dead and at least 47 others injured. ZEC chairperson Priscilla Chigumba said in a statement published Wednesday that the attack had the effect of retarding strides […]

FOUR people died on the spot while several others were seriously injured when an Eagle Liner bus which was travelling from South Africa was involved in a head on collision with a private car in Mvuma yesterday. The dead, including the driver, were all in the private car which was travelling towards Masvingo from Harare. […]

Printing of ballots to be used in next month’s harmonised elections will begin next week following the closure of the window period for aspiring candidates to withdraw their candidature yesterday. ZEC commissioner and chairman of the Multi-party Liaison Committee (MLC) Dr Qhubani Moyo said the ballots will be printed locally in the presence of political […]

Political parties and candidates contesting next month’s elections are expected to sign a peace pledge next Tuesday as a sign of their commitment to maintaining peace before, during and after the polls. The event was organised by the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission. NPRC chairman Retired Justice Selo Maselo Nare said the peace pledge was […]

Rural teachers have urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to stop commandeering school children to his rallies. In a statement yesterday, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) said educators were getting increasingly worried over continued reports of school children and their teachers seen at Zanu PF functions and in some cases seen clad in party […]