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June 17, 2018

Hopewell Chin’ono: Moving capital city to Gweru a non-starter

Hopewell Chin’ono: “On the first leg of my flight to Bongo Bongo Land, I thought I should share my views on the moving of the capital city from Harare to Gweru. I expect to hear your views too and more importantly I expect the MDC Alliance to not just throw promises but to tell the voters how they would implement them. The same applies to ZANU PF.”

Celebrating democracy on aspirin

On Thursday history was made, as for the first time in post-independent Zimbabwe there will be female presidential candidates who  threw their lots against 20 male counterparts in the race to occupy the country’s hottest seat.

Chief Charumbira faces arrest

President of the National Council of Chiefs (NCC) Fortune Charumbira is facing jail after failing to comply with a court order that directed him to issue an apology for rallying other chiefs to support the ruling Zanu PF in this year’s elections.

Dabengwa gives Chamisa a lift

ZAPU leader and former Home Affairs minister Dumiso Dabengwa gave MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa a huge lift when he announced a deal to join the country’s biggest opposition grouping.

Huge headache for Mnangagwa, Chamisa

Both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa face major problems as the country’s national elections beckon — with dozens of disgruntled former Cabinet ministers and MPs from their respective parties staging a rebellion by registering to contest the make-or-break polls as independents.