Monthly Archives: August 2019
Uneasy calm prevails in Zimbabwe’s Harare as police ban planned demo
Xinhua 16th August 2019 Traffic was thin in the Harare Central Business District as motorists and other members of the public remained cautious of planned demonstrations led by the opposition MDC. Businesses opened while the police maintained a heavy presence in strategic areas from where they could easily deploy into the streets in case violence […]
Chief Ndiweni faces jail time after he is remanded in custody over ‘property destruction’
ZimLive.com 16th August 2019 “This is profoundly shocking but not surprising. So much for the ‘new dispensation’” Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, the outspoken Ntabazinduna traditional chief, faces jail time after he was convicted of malicious damage to property on Thursday. Ndiweni, an outspoken critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime, was spending the night in a jail […]
David Coltart blasts ICC: They are racists and neo-colonialists
ZimMetro News 7th August 2019 By Lucky Mahorse Former education minister David Coltart has blasted the International Cricket Council for suspending the Zimbabwe men and women’s teams from participating in the upcoming. T20 Qualifiers tournament. Namibia will now take Zimbabwe’s place in Scotland. While Nigeria will replace Zimbabwe at Men’s T20Q in UAE. Said Coltart “The ICC […]
We are too broke to compete: MDC
Newsday 6th August 2019 BY OBEY MANAYITI/EVERSON MUSHAVA HE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC says it is too broke to fund its programmes without accessing finances under the Political Parties Finance Act hence was struggling to challenge the ruling Zanu PF party during elections. The opposition party’s Dalumuzi Khumalo lost to Zanu PF’s Mbongeni Dube in the […]
ZANU PF To Win Lupane East National Assembly Seat
Pindula News 4th August 2019 Reports indicate that the ruling ZANU PF party is set to retain the Lupane East National Assembly seat following a by-election held on Saturday. With votes from 61 out 62 polling stations having been counted, unconfirmed reports suggest that ZANU PF has polled 6 038 while the opposition MDC has […]