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Herald Reporter
AT least 19 MDC-T activists were arrested yesterday for impersonating Government officials as they moved door-to-door in Hatcliffe, Harare, ordering residents to register with them as voters.
Manicaland recommends heroine status for Mbuya Tangwena
Herald ReporterZanu-PF Manicaland province has recommended that Mbuya Matadzisei Tangwena (nee Madziwanzira) widow to national hero Chief Rekai Tangwena be declared a national heroine.
Mpofu dismisses VP ambitions
Midlands BureauMines and Mining Development minister Dr Obert Mpofu yesterday dismissed reports that he harbours ambitions to become the country’s Vice-President, saying he was focusing more on campaigning for Zanu-PF to win the forthcoming elections.
Tsvangirai slammed for sanctions stance
Herbert Zharare Political Editor
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has come under fire for abusing his official Government website complete with the National Flag and Court of Arms to run a poll asking Zimbabweans if they wanted the West’s illegal sanctions regime to be lifted.
Defections rock MDC-T
Senior ReporterThree MDC-T councillors have defected to the Professor Welshman Ncube led MDC in Gutu, Masvingo province.
In a bid to cover up for the defections, the MDC-T claimed it fired the councillors on corruption related charges.
Zimta elects new president
Bulawayo BureauTHE Zimbabwe Teachers Association has elected Mr Richard Gundane as its president, replacing Mrs Tendai Chikowore, who has been at the helm of the organisation since 2004.
Mr Gundane would be deputised by Mrs Shamiso Makumbe from Masvingo Province and Mr Thomas Muzondo from Mashonaland East.
Mozambique to blame
Herald Reporter
ABOUT half of malaria cases being recorded in both Mashonaland Central and Manicaland provinces are emanating from people coming from Mozambique, a senior health official has said.
RG’s Office complies with Cabinet resolution
Lloyd Gumbo and Rugare Maranga
The Registrar General’s Office yesterday summoned all provincial registrars countrywide to brief them on Cabinet’s resolution that lost national identity documents for all Zimbabweans should be replaced free of charge until the last day of voter registration for the forthcoming harmonised elections.
Speaker consulting on expelled legislators
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
House of Assembly speaker Mr Lovemore Moyo yesterday said he has started consultations on how to deal with a petition from the MDC seeking to have three legislators, who include his deputy Ms Nomalanga Khumalo, expelled from the House after joining the MDC-T.
Mining to spur growth: WB
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke in Bulawayo
THE World Bank says Zimbabwe could raise up to US$5 billion in Foreign Direct Investment by 2018, if mining production volumes increase.
Speaking at the International Business Conference in Bulawayo on Wednesday, WB country