News » Maxwell Sibanda, Assistant Editor
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 16:36
HARARE - Media, Information and Publicity minister Webster Shamu, who is also the Zanu PF political commissar, has been roundly condemned for his recent utterances in which he allegedly said the country would “not be taken through a pen.” Addressing hundreds...Read More
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 16:26
HARARE - Blue chip and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) stocks’ demand is likely to remain high as investors hedge against election impact, analysts say. Zimbabwe is expected to hold watershed polls this year with President Robert Mugabe squaring off long-time rival...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 11:37
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday came face-to-face with the hassles Zimbabweans are facing in the ongoing chaotic voter registration exercise as he took his 18-year-old twins to register as first time voters. It took about 30 minutes for the...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 11:16
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe yesterday evoked history in order to lure the elusive Bulawayo vote ahead of crunch watershed elections expected later on this year. He was addressing a memorial service held in Bulawayo for the late Vice President John...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Monday, 13 May 2013 11:16
HARARE - Crusading on an indigenisation programme — the corporate version of the farm invasions a decade ago — President Robert Mugabe is seeking to shore up his support ahead of an election which promises not only to be his last,...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 11:16
HARARE - Fireworks are expected at tomorrow’s Cabinet meeting as the Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC takes the electoral war to President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF over a voter registration programme mired in controversy and renewed crackdown on pro-democracy groups. Matters...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 11:16
HARARE - Information minister and Zanu PF political commissar Webster Shamu says the country cannot be taken through a pen — in remarks that could set the tone for potentially-violent polls. The Chegutu East MP made the chilling remarks as he...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 11:02
HARARE - Like members of a single family, women from across the political divide gathered in Harare to plot their ascendancy to power in the upcoming elections. Dubbed “Vote for a woman campaign”, the project aims at boosting women’s numbers in...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 10:55
BULAWAYO - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s says delays in conducting primary elections are due to infiltration by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF. A senior MDC official claimed Zanu PF had infiltrated the party and was causing confusion. Speaking at a Bulawayo...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Thursday, 09 May 2013 11:39
HARARE - Zimbabwe's forthcoming elections are on the ropes, with revelations that cash shortages are threatening a key voter registration exercise which has become the subject of fresh wrangling. Apart from the cash woes announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)...Read More
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Wednesday, 08 May 2013 11:45
HARARE - Former State radio and TV personality Eric Knight, who is eyeing the Mbare Constituency, has fired warning shots, launching an election manifesto that could change the outlook of Harare’s oldest suburb. Knight wants to represent Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Wednesday, 08 May 2013 11:29
HARARE - With the elections looming so large in our collective consciousness, many policies and slogans are being proffered to the general public, lofty words and heavenly promises are being peddled day in day out. It saddens us to note...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Monday, 06 May 2013 13:37
HARARE - For once Zimbabweans should be told the truth about the election dates because President Robert Mugabe is not being sincere when he declares that elections would be held next month. And the clock is ticking; next month is not...Read More
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News » Guthrie Munyuki, Senior Assistant Editor
Monday, 06 May 2013 11:06
HARARE - Welshman Ncube, leader of the smaller MDC faction has drilled holes into President Robert Mugabe’s assertion that elections will be held at the end of June. Addressing the Zanu PF central committee on Saturday, Mugabe said there was no...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Sunday, 05 May 2013 14:03
HARARE - PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has insisted that the country will hold harmonised elections by June 29 when the life of the Seventh Parliament comes to an end. Addressing members of the Zanu PF central committee at his party headquarters in...Read More
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