Prime Minister Tsvangirai turns to God
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said he was praying for divine intervention to ensure Zimbabwe has a bloodless transition in the forthcoming general elections.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said he was praying for divine intervention to ensure Zimbabwe has a bloodless transition in the forthcoming general elections.
HARARE – Southern Africa’s regional body Sadc looks set to convene an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe after disagreements over a new constitution threatened to disrupt a roadmap to a fresh election.
President Robert Mugabe walks into a storm at a Sadc summit that begins in Maputo Friday, as mediator South African President Jacob Zuma presents a report to the regional organ showing that a new constitution is being stalled by sharp differences in Zanu PF.
HARARE – What started as a useful terror group for Zanu PF is turning into a monster and runaway gang now out of the party’s control. Senior party officials, including President Robert Mugabe’s closest allies are coming out demanding its disbandment.
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth wants to visit Zimbabwe, a trip that will likely strengthen ties with Zimbabwe. The royal tour, possibly the Queen’s last to Zimbabwe given her age, if it materialises, will coincide with nationwide celebrations marking her 60 years on the throne.
Mugabe is ready to hand over power if he loses the forthcoming elections, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said. Mugabe will voluntarily give up his powers and will not seek to subvert the will of the people, the PM told his New Zealand counterpart John Key.
Unconfirmed reports suggest the late General Solomon Mujuru left behind an estate worth an estimated US$9 billion. The sources, citing correspondence between lawyers representing the general’s family and children, predicted a big battle for the estate.
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is set to confront President Robert Mugabe over the military’s use of intimidation and violence to block MDC activities.
There was drama in Mashonaland West yesterday when dozens of soldiers and hundreds of Zanu PF militia forced MDC secretary general Tendai Biti to hold a rally in the bush instead of Darwendale Stadium as tensions ahead of elections rise in Zimbabwe.
HARARE – Zanu PF spin doctor and former Information minister, Jonathan Moyo on Thursday night clashed with South African ambassador to Zimbabwe, Vusi Mavimbela at a public discussion, with the serial political flip-flopper accusing the envoy of “undiplomatic behaviour.”
President Robert Mugabe’s desperate push for early elections this year suffered a major dent when the United Nations warned that holding the polls before reforms would be “suicidal”.
HARARE- President Robert Mugabe is battling to thwart an internal Zanu PF plot playing out within Copac, which also involves the other two parties, MDC-T and MDC-N, designed to deliver a “technical knock-out blow” against him by a joint force drawn from a cross-section of rivals straddling the three main political organisations.
Harare- A Zimbabwean magistrate has ruled out foul play in the death last August of retired army general Solomon Mujuru, a major player in the contest to succeed ageing President Robert Mugabe.
HARARE- Roy Bennett, the exiled treasurer –general of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai believes his party is good at campaigning but it lacks the people who know how to run a government.
HARARE- Energy and Power Development minister Elton Mangoma came under fire from President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF cabinet ministers at a high-level meeting on Tuesday over leaked Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) bills.
LONDON- The founder of the Girl Child Network Betty Makoni has criticised singer Plaxedes Wenyika for accepting US$1,800 from Dr Munyaradzi Kereke, who is accused of raping his then eleven year old niece in December 2010.
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