adminDefeated MDC-T members go independently
Chronicle Reporters The rift within the MDC-T party yesterday forced some party members to file their nomination papers as independents. In Bulawayo four aspiring MPs and two councillors parted ways…
Diaspora hope to vote shattered
Harare Bureau DREAMS by Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to vote through the postal ballot system in this year’s harmonised election were shattered yesterday after the Constitutional Court dismissed an application…
Editorial Comment: Politicians must be persuasive in marketing their policies
Zimbabwe is now 33 years old and it is our belief that the country has matured politically. The era of throwing stones, burning houses and fighting each other to gain…
Youth hold key to future
Stephen Mpofu Perspective The future, per se, is like a road without end; the end only coming to one who embarks on a journey along that road. The more conversant…
Residents must elect capable MPs
Lungile Tshuma Analysis “If there is anything we want to say and do to these outgoing parliamentarians is to wave our hands and say ‘good bye’. It has been a…
Importance of wills
Vaidah Mashangwa WHILE a number of laws such as the Domestic Violence Act (2007), the Zimbabwe National Gender Policy and the Constitution are in place, many women, girls, men and…
Parties should promote women participation in politics
AS the country heads towards the decisive harmonised elections on 31 July, women’s participation in the polls is once again under the spotlight. Major political parties are winding up their…
SA await fresh word on Mandela as Obama visits
JOHANNESBURG — South Africans awaited fresh word yesterday about the fate of Nelson Mandela as a heady blend of rumour and official reports deepened concerns over his health despite an…
Vatican official held in corruption plot
Vatican City — A Vatican official was arrested yesterday by Italian police for allegedly trying to bring €20m in cash into the country from Switzerland aboard an Italian government plane,…
Ecuador decries US ‘blackmail’ over Snowden
Ecuador has pulled out of a trade pact with the United States, claiming it had become an instrument of “blackmail” for Washington as Quito considers whistleblower Edward Snowden’s asylum request.…