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  ZIMBABWE People First (ZimPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, yesterday waved a defiant fist, declaring she was now geared to contest next year’s presidential race against President Robert Mugabe, with or without the electoral reforms demanded by her counterparts in the country’s opposition ranks. In a statement posted on her Facebook wall, which was confirmed by the ZimPF leader’s spokesperson, Gift Nyandoro, Mujuru told her supporters that boycotting the 2018 elections was not an option, despite…

FAST growing retail firm Choppies Zimbabwe looks forward to a robust business in 2017 in view of improved consumer spending on the back of use of plastic money and introduction of bond notes. Choppies managing director Mr Siqokoqela Mphoko said the company would be opening its 32nd branch in Harare this week in line with its aggressive expansion drive. “Year 2017 has started on a good note for us as we will be opening another…

THERE will be no biometric or any electronic voting in next year’s harmonised elections as the new technology that the Zimbabwe Electrical Commission is set to acquire will only be confined to voter registration.Although the voting system remains the same, those who fail to register afresh using the biometric technology will not be eligible to vote. The biometric voter registration, which is expected to start in March, will capture biometrics such as a person’s unique…

NORTON MP, Temba Mliswa (independent) yesterday castigated First Lady Grace Mugabe over her alleged extravagant lifestyle, including buying a $1,35 million diamond ring at a time the economy was on its knees and most Zimbabweans were surviving on $1 per day. Mliswa raised the issue during debate on the Second Reading Stage of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill on bond notes, where he said the Executive must deal with corruption and profligacy. “We…

RIOTS broke out in central Harare yesterday, briefly bringing business to a standstill, as vendors fought running battles with police, who were trying to push them off the streets. This came as High Court judge, Justice David Mangota, issued an interdict stopping the blitz on vendors. The interdict barred Harare City Council, Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere and Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri from evicting vendors or destroying their stalls. The vendors’ lawyer, Tonderai Bhatasara, said…

The People’s Democratic Party official based in South Africa Fortune N. Mlalazi has claimed that First Lady Grace Mugabe and Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa are currently engaged in clandestine and secret deals with the former white commercial farmers in efforts to reverse the land reform programme in the post President Robert Mugabe era.   Mlalazi said Zanu PF is engaged in a process of reversing the land reform program of 2000-2008.”In the bid to win…