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Herald ReporterZanu-PF candidates for the harmonised elections are today expected to meet President Mugabe and members of the Politburo and the Central Committee at the party headquarters in Harare. Those expected to attend the meeting are the candidates who successfully filed their papers for the National Assembly seats, Provincial
Desist from violence, youths urged
Herald ReporterZANU-PF cadres in Mashonaland East Province have been urged not to interfere with MDC-T activities in the area even if provoked as doing so would end up discrediting the harmonised polls set for July 31. Provincial party chairperson Cde Ray Kaukonde said Zanu-PF supporters should be wary of the MDC-T tactics of provoking them so that
Bogus online voters’ roll
Farai Kuvirimirwa Herald ReporterTHE bogus voters’ roll being run on the website www.myzimvote.com has been linked to MDC-T, with a non-governmental organisation aligned to the Western-sponsored party being part of the scheme. The online roll appeared designed to discredit the actual voters’ roll as it gives wrong information to almost everyone who searches. Registrar-General
. . . amid positive response to voter registration
Herald ReporterTHERE was a huge turn out at most mobile voter registration centres in Harare yesterday as people rushed to register and inspect the voters roll before the process officially ends on Tuesday next week. The mobile voter registration and inspection of the roll began after the publication of the new Constitution on May 22. The 30-day ward-based mobile
Poll date extension case before court today
Herald ReporterPresident Mugabe’s lawyers will today argue against MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC counterpart Professor Welshman Ncube’s counter applications in the Constitutional Court seeking to delay harmonised elections slated for July 31. Mr Tsvangirai and Prof Ncube’s counter applications were consolidated with those of Ms Mariah
Exiled MDC-T activist re-arrested
Beitbridge BureauA 30-YEAR-OLD exiled MDC-T activist who was in February arrested for attempting to illegally cross into South Africa using a passport belonging to another person has been re-arrested at Beitbridge Border Post on a similar mission. Wellington Makumbinde, who is a member of the party’s youth committee for mobilisation and was resident in
Zapu official nabbed
Crime ReporterA ZAPU member has been arrested in Bulawayo on allegations of removing and tearing up Zanu-PF campaign posters. According to police, Hector Tichaona Chikowore’s behaviour was likely to incite violence in Bulawayo. Chikowore (34) was arrested last Friday after he was spotted removing the posters by two Zanu-PF youths near the intersection of George
ZBC-TV hails scrambling of SABC channels
Herald ReportersZBC-TV has described the scrambling of South African Broadcasting Corporation channels on free-to-air decoders as a welcome development and urged viewers to pay up their radio and television licences to enable them to improve their programming. The majority of Zimbabweans and Batswana who could not afford to watch pay per-view bouquets like
MSF workers under investigation
Beitbridge BureauMedecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without borders) is investigating the conduct of its four workers who were last week chased from Beitbridge by the local authority for engaging in political activities following the discovery of subversive material at their offices recently, an official has said. Hanna Mari Majenen, project co-ordinator (Finland), Alexandro
Congestion at Chirundu Border Post
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi BureauTHERE is congestion at the Chirundu Border Post that has seen long queues of haulage trucks stretching more than five kilometres while some drivers have spent more than five days queuing in a development that has been attributed to slow processing and inspection of goods. Although it could not be verified, drivers alleged that Zimra officials were on