adminBiti backtracks on election funding
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter
FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti has backtracked on his pledge last year to liquidate US$100 million from the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights to fund elections as MDC-T continues attempts to frustrate the holding of elections on July 31. In an interview published in The Sunday Mail of July 1 last year, Minister Biti pledged to set aside US$100 million to
ZEC set to receive US$20 million
Peter Matambanadzo Senior ReporterThe Zimbabwe Electoral Commission will receive US$20 million today from the Ministry of
First Lady rallies voters to President, Zanu-PF
Paidamoyo Chipunza in CHIKOMBA
THE First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe has urged Zimbabweans to vote for President Mugabe in the harmonised elections because he is a selfless leader and God-chosen. Addressing tens of thousands of people at a rally at Madamombe Business Centre in Chikomba, Mashonaland East, yesterday, Amai Mugabe described President Mugabe’s
Tsvangirai in shocking July 31 U-turn
Lloyd Gumbo in Gokwe
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday made an incredible somersault that will shock even
More US images on MDC-T campaign flyers
BARELY a week after the MDC-T came under fire for importing foreign images in its manifesto and website, it has emerged that the party is using United States images on its campaign material posted on the party’s website. Most of the MDC-T flyers have images from US stock image websites Photobucket and Dreamstime and various other USAnalysts speak on plot to derail polls
Felex Share Herald ReporterATTEMPTS by the MDC formations to derail the holding of harmonised elections on July 31 are doomed to fail as the march to elections was irreversible, analysts said yesterday.
This follows revelations that the chaos that characterised the special voting on Sunday and Monday this week was a ploy by the MDC-T to scuttle the holding of elections on July
Teen pregnancies on the rise
Health Reporter
About 115 births in every 1 000 women are delivered by teenagers between 15 and 19 years, a clear indication that teenagers are not having protected sexual intercourse, the United Nations Population Fund has said. In a statement released in commemoration of the World Population Day, UNFPA described the figure as too high for the teenagers
Muchena declared hero
Herald ReporterAIR Force of Zimbabwe senior officer Group Captain Tendai Muchena who died on Monday has been declared a liberation war heroine. Capt Muchena (54), who died at Manyame Air Force base hospital, will be buried tomorrow at the Warren Hills Provincial Heroes Acre. AFZ public relations officer Squadron Leader Simon Matingwina confirmed the
Zimra misses target
Business ReporterThe Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) missed its revenue collection target for the second quarter of this year by six percent after its net collection amounted to US$836,9 million against a target of US$886,2 million. The gross collection for the quarter was US$873, 6 million. The revenue authority’s failure to meet the target resulted in it missing
Victims recovering
Crime ReporterTHE two sisters who were shot and injured by Harare businessman Jeff Mutizwa following a dispute at their Waterfalls home were yesterday still admitted to Harare Central Hospital after being transferred from Parirenyatwa Hospital. Thandiwe Mutizwa and her sister Nyarai Mwale were reported to be in a stable condition. Harare provincial police spokesperson