Harare Mayor ‘Bernard Manyenyeni’ Condemns Police Assault And Arrests Of vendors

Harare Mayor ‘Bernard Manyenyeni’ Condemns Police Assault And Arrests Of vendors

HARARE Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni strongly condemned Thursday’s beating and arrest of scores of street vendors by municipal police in the capital. The MDC-T official however, quickly denied his views were influenced by his party which has taken a tougher stance against the controversial government-sanctioned clean-up exercise. Dozens of municipal police on Thursday razed down vending stalls and arrested more than 25 vendors who were resisting their eviction from their vending sites to so-called designated areas….

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‘Undisclosed Sum Estimated, Thousands In MDC T Contributions, Disappears’

‘Undisclosed Sum Estimated, Thousands In MDC T Contributions, Disappears’

AN UNDISCLOSED sum of money probably running into thousands of dollars in contributions made by ordinary and executive members of the opposition MDC-T has reportedly disappeared. Early this year the opposition party, faced with a crippling financial crisis, appealed to its membership to make donations ranging from $1 for ordinary members to $50 for National Executive Council members. The MDC-T suffered a massive dip in donor support following its humiliating loss to Zanu-PF in the…

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‘MDC-T Lays Into Globetrotting Vas Coda- Mugabe’

‘MDC-T Lays Into Globetrotting  Vas Coda- Mugabe’

THE opposition MDC-T has urged suffering Zimbabweans to rise up and start demanding responsible leadership from President Robert Mugabe who, this week, flew out for yet another costly sojourn to New York. In a statement, party spokesperson Obert Gutu took issue with the 91 year old leader for his penchant for foreign travel at the expense of a country battling the effects of his ruinous policies. “The MDC is deeply appalled by the decision of…

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Electoral Court Orders Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) To Stick To The Law

Electoral Court Orders Zimbabwe Electoral Commission  (ZEC) To Stick To The Law

THE Electoral Court on Thursday issued a mandatory order forcing the country’s poll management body to “perform its duties in accordance with the law”. Justice Chinembiri Bhunu, according to the order issued, said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) “admitted to flouting the country’s Constitution”. “In light of ZEC’s admission that it has not been carrying out its mandatory obligations in terms of section 239 of the Constitution since 1st August 2013, it is necessary for…

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Zimbabwe Is Facing Serious Food Shortages Due To Drought’ Warns Deputy Minister Paddy Zhanda

ZIMBABWE risks serious food shortages if government fails to procure grain from neighbouring countries, agriculture deputy minister Paddy Zhanda has warned. Zhanda Thursday told delegates at a national food conference in the capital that the country is in dire need of grain and requires 700,000 tonnes of maize as some areas did not receive adequate rainfall. He said anyone was free to import maize from anywhere, as long as the country’s food and safety standards…

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0400 Hours Harare Municipality Police Raid & Burning Of Vendors Wares On Speke Avenue footbridge

0400 Hours Harare Municipality  Police Raid & Burning Of  Vendors Wares On Speke Avenue footbridge

The Harare city council  war against vendors was stepped up a gear, after  a variety of vendors wares,such as blankets, shoes, clothing bales and electronic goods  on the Speke Avenue footbridge, went up in flames in scenes reminiscent of the Zanu PF 2005 Murambatsvina clean up operation after, Harare municipality police, at    0400 hours this morning raided the storage and  set everything alight. Goods valued at thousands of dollars were lost in the vicious and uncompromising  dawn raid, which…

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So Far, Harare, Chitungwiza & Mutare Have Nominated Biti For MDC Renewal Team’s First president

So Far,  Harare, Chitungwiza & Mutare Have Nominated Biti For  MDC Renewal Team’s First president

Former MDC-T secretary general Tendai Biti is set to be the MDC Renewal Team’s first president following his nomination for the post in the ongoing provincial conventions to select provincial and national leaders ahead of the party’s congress to be held on July 30. So far Harare, Chitungwiza and Mutare have nominated Biti. The Renewal Team has been run by an interim executive since it weaned itself from the Morgan Tsvangirai led-MDC-T last year. A…

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Saviour Kasukuwere And Justice Mayor Wadyajena In Nasty Verbal Exchange

Saviour Kasukuwere And Justice Mayor Wadyajena In Nasty Verbal Exchange

A war of words erupted during a parliamentary committee meeting yesterday between Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment, Justice Mayor Wadyajena over the work of the committee. Kasukuwere was appearing before the committee to give oral evidence on the circumstances surrounding the establishment of the Zimunya-Marange Community Share Ownership Trust that was established in 2012. Kasukuwere insisted the…

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